I use todo.txt as a todo list manager, and so my todo list is saved as a text file. I'd like for there to be a widget that monitors text files, so that it's not on my desktop, but in my dashboard. Is there a widget for this?
Also, I can't seem to figure out how to search for widgets in http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/?r=dbw without looking through all the categories. Bug?
Best Answer
There's a trick you can use to do this without using any other sort of dashboard widget:
This MacTipper article from 2008 shows how if you open a text file in Safari, you can then send that file to be opened in Dashboard.
Apple have removed that ability in later version of Safari, however using a simple HTML file allows you to bypass that restriction as in the example below:
For other people who come to this thread looking to get TODO lists in the Dashboard, then iSlayer's Organized is a Dashboard widget that provides TODO functionality in the Dashboard.