Creating a widget configuration file

In this recipe, we will extend the features of the Packt_ProductSlider module with a widget configuration file. In this configuration file, we will declare a new widget or frontend app type.

For a new frontend app, we need to configure the following things:

• Name of the widget (used in the backend)

• Widget configuration parameters

• Widget block type

• Widget templates (the .phtml files)

Getting ready

We will extend the module that we created in the previous recipe with a widget configuration. Ensure that you have the right files installed.

How to do it...

Using the following steps, you can explore the purpose of a widget.xml configuration file:

1. Create the app/code/Packt/ProductSlider/etc/widget.xml file using the following code:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <widgets xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Widget:etc/widget.xsd">
     <widget
       id="category_product_slider...