Widget Wishlist

[jorritscholze]

Wishlist of widget from geoinfo,

Widget	Application	Ranking	Status
Button	Buttons allow users to take actions, and make choices, with a single tap.	Needed	✔️
Select	Select components are used for collecting user-provided information from a list of options.	Needed	✔️
Slider	Sliders allow users to make selections from a range of values.	Needed	✔️
Table	Tables display sets of data.	Needed	✔️
Tooltip	Tooltips display informative text when users hover over, focus on, or tap an element.	Needed	✔️ (1)
Typography	Use typography to present your design and content as clearly and efficiently as possible.	Needed	✔️
Progress	Progress indicators (spinners) express an unspecified wait time or display the length of a process.	Needed	✔️
Tabs	Tabs make it easy to explore and switch between different views.	Needed	✔️
Container	The container centers your content horizontally. It's the most basic layout element.	Needed	✔️ (4)
Button Group	Group related buttons.	Nice to have	✔️
Switch	Switches toggle the state of a single setting on or off.	Nice to have	✔️
Divider	Provides a thin, unobtrusive line for grouping elements to reinforce visual hierarchy.	Nice to have	✔️
Icons	Guidance and suggestions for using icons with Material UI.	Nice to have	(2)
Alert	Alerts display brief messages for the user without interrupting their use of the app.	Nice to have	(3)
Dialog	Dialogs inform users about a task and can contain critical information or require decisions.	Nice to have	✔️
Skeleton	Displays a placeholder preview of your content before the data gets loaded.	Nice to have (lower prio)	❌
Accordion	Lets users show and hide sections of related content on a page.	Nice to have (lower prio)	✔️
App Bar	Displays information and actions relating to the current screen.	Nice to have (lower prio)	❌
Drawer	Navigation drawers provide ergonomic access to destinations or app functionality.	Nice to have (lower prio)	❌
Checkbox	Allows the user to select one or more items from a set.	Nice to have (might be covered by Button)	✔️

(1) - Provide as a tooltip: str property for appropriate components
(2) - Provide as a icon: str property for appropriate components
(3) - Likely not possible to implement in chartlets
(4) - Use Box instead

[forman]

We already have Button, Select, Typography, Checkbox, and Box.
And of course Plot, which holds a Vega-Lite Chart.

For ease of use I suggest we make Icon and Tooltip properties of other components, e.g., btn = Button(icon="update", tooltip="Update the chart").