Custom tab widgets

It is currently possible to provide connect with custom tabs though connect widget plugins.

This plugins allow to provide custom tabs which can host any custom functionalities, which might be required by productions.

More information on how to write a connect widget plugin are available in development docs

Default plugins

By default ftrack connect is shipped with two default plugins.

  • Launch
  • Publish

Default Connect widget example

../_images/connect_widget.png

Managing plugins

From the top bar menu, widgets can be enabled and disabled. These settings will persists across connect restart.

Connect widget management menu

image/connect_widget_menu.png

Installing plugins

New plugins can be provided as part of the FTRACK_CONNECT_PLUGIN_PATH path, under a hook folder.

for example

<$FTRACK_CONNECT_PLUGIN_PATH>/my_widget/hook

Note

If you find yourself in need of using third party modules, please see how ftrack plugins are usually packaged. A example is available as part of our recipes repository