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LEDMatrixWidgets.loadPluginWidget has always fetched /static/plugin-widgets/<plugin>/<widget>.js, and docs/widget-guide.md has always documented that path, but nothing served it. soccer-scoreboard has shipped a 17KB widgets/custom-leagues.js since August that could never load. Both halves were missing, not just the route: - serve_plugin_widget serves the script from the plugin's widgets/ directory as text/javascript. The manifest is the allowlist -- only a widget the plugin declares is reachable -- so installing a plugin does not publish everything it ships. Path handling mirrors the sibling serve_plugin_web_ui: allowlist regexes, os.path.basename, resolve() + relative_to() containment, and the ledmatrix- prefix fallback. The declared script name is guarded too, since it comes from the plugin rather than the request. - The config form never requested one. Its x-widget dispatch is a hardcoded list of core widget names, so a plugin's own widget fell through to a plain text input. An unrecognised x-widget on a string field now asks ensureWidget() for it. The text input stays as the fallback and is removed only once the widget has actually rendered, so a missing or broken widget costs the user an editor rather than their configured value on the next save. - manifest_schema.json gains "widgets", so the declaration is validated rather than merely tolerated by additionalProperties. Verified in a browser against the real partial: a declared widget loads, registers and renders, and its field posts exactly one value; a field whose widget 404s keeps its text input and still posts its value. Not addressed: loadPluginWidgetsFromManifest still has no caller. The per-field ensureWidget path is lazier and is what the form now uses, so that bulk helper is dead weight -- worth removing, but left alone here rather than inventing a call site for it. Known limitation, documented: only string-typed fields take this path. object/array/boolean/number fields and enums are dispatched by the template's own branches, which still only know core widgets. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
LEDMatrix Documentation
This directory contains guides, references, and architectural notes for the LEDMatrix project. If you are setting up a Pi for the first time, start with the project root README — it covers hardware, OS imaging, and the one-shot installer. The pages here go deeper.
I'm a new user
- GETTING_STARTED.md — first-time setup walkthrough
- WEB_INTERFACE_GUIDE.md — using the web UI
- PLUGIN_STORE_GUIDE.md — installing and managing plugins
- WIFI_NETWORK_SETUP.md — WiFi and AP-mode setup
- TROUBLESHOOTING.md — common issues and fixes
- SSH_UNAVAILABLE_AFTER_INSTALL.md — recovering SSH after install
- CONFIG_DEBUGGING.md — diagnosing config problems
- LOW_MEMORY_BOARDS.md — Pi Zero 2 W / 3B+ / 1GB Pi 4 memory limits
I want to write a plugin
Start here:
- PLUGIN_DEVELOPMENT_GUIDE.md — end-to-end workflow
- PLUGIN_QUICK_REFERENCE.md — cheat sheet
- PLUGIN_API_REFERENCE.md — display, cache, and plugin-manager APIs
- PLUGIN_ERROR_HANDLING.md — error-handling patterns
- DEV_PREVIEW.md — preview plugins on your dev machine without a Pi
- EMULATOR_SETUP_GUIDE.md — running the matrix emulator
Going deeper:
- ADVANCED_PLUGIN_DEVELOPMENT.md — advanced patterns
- PLUGIN_ARCHITECTURE_SPEC.md — original plugin-system design spec (historical; see its banner for what has drifted)
- PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_GUIDE.md / PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_TROUBLESHOOTING.md
- PLUGIN_WEB_UI_ACTIONS.md (+ example JSON)
- PLUGIN_CUSTOM_ICONS.md
- PLUGIN_REGISTRY_SETUP_GUIDE.md (+ registry template)
- STARLARK_APPS_GUIDE.md — Starlark-based mini-apps
- widget-guide.md — widget development
- ADAPTIVE_LAYOUT.md — render legibly on any panel size (opt-in font/layout scaling)
- plugin-safety-harness.md — test a plugin across every screen and matrix size
Configuring plugins
- PLUGIN_CONFIG_QUICK_START.md — minimal config you need
- PLUGIN_CONFIGURATION_GUIDE.md — schema design
- PLUGIN_CONFIGURATION_TABS.md — multi-tab UI configs
- PLUGIN_CONFIG_ARCHITECTURE.md — how the config system works
- PLUGIN_CONFIG_CORE_PROPERTIES.md — properties every plugin honors
Advanced features
- ADVANCED_FEATURES.md — Vegas scroll, on-demand display, cache management, background services, permissions
- FONT_MANAGER.md — font system
- SKIN_SYSTEM.md — skin architecture for sports scoreboards
- CREATING_SKINS.md — writing and validating a skin
Reference
- CONFIG_REFERENCE.md — every key in config.json and config_secrets.json
- REST_API_REFERENCE.md — all web-interface HTTP endpoints
- PLUGIN_API_REFERENCE.md — Python APIs available to plugins
- DEVELOPER_QUICK_REFERENCE.md — common dev tasks
- PLUGIN_IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md — what the plugin system actually does
Contributing to LEDMatrix itself
- DEVELOPMENT.md — environment setup
- HOW_TO_RUN_TESTS.md — running the test suite
- MULTI_ROOT_WORKSPACE_SETUP.md — multi-repo workspace
- MIGRATION_GUIDE.md — breaking changes between releases
- SPORTS_UNIFICATION.md — how the sports scoreboard base classes are organized
Archive
docs/archive/ holds older guides that have been superseded or describe
features that have been removed. They are kept for historical context and
git history but should not be relied on.
Contributing to the docs
- Markdown only, professional tone, minimal emoji.
- Prefer adding to an existing page over creating a new one. If you add a new page, link it from this index in the section it belongs to.
- If a page becomes obsolete, move it to
docs/archive/rather than deleting it, so links don't rot. - Keep examples runnable — paths, commands, and config keys here should match what's actually in the repo.