akweteco01: Add fonts to the built-in Stickies widget

Monday, April 25, 2011

Add fonts to the built-in Stickies widget

The built-in Stickies dashboard widget lets you use a few Apple-selected fonts, but the selection doesn't have very many options. I wanted a way to add other fonts to the Stickies widget. By adding two lines to the code that supports the widget, you can add any font on your computer.

It may be helpful to have some knowledge of HTML and JavaScript, but the procedure is simple enough that you should be able to do it even if you don't have experience with those languages.

The first step is to make a copy of the widget so you're not working on the original. Go to /Library/Widgets and find Stickies. Copy it and paste it into ~/Library/Widgets and name it something else, like StickiesWithFonts.

Close the Stickies widget in your Dashboard; you won't be needing that version anymore.

Next, we begin modifying the code. You'll need a good text editor like TextWrangler ...