Use the Panorama Image Viewer gadget to provide users with an immersive 360° view of events, locations, and other important moments. This gadget takes equirectangular images found in a connected folder channel and processes them to provide an interactive experience. Play the video below to see the Panorama Image Viewer gadget in action.

Sections in this article: 

• Considerations and caveats
• Set up
• Settings
• How to interact with it

Considerations and caveats

Image properties

• Images must be equirectangular. The gadget processes these images to provide an interactive experience. Below is an example of an equirectangular image.
• Images in the gadget are scaled to a maximum height of 600px.
• The file name of an image is used as its title in the gadget.

Set up

Follow these steps to set up this gadget:

1. Place an Integrations widget on a page, space, or dashboard. For more information, see Placing and setting up a widget. For the best experience, avoid placing this gadget in side columns.
2. Select the placed widget's Edit button.
3. Under Integration Library, select Igloo Gadget Depot.
4. Select the Panoramic Viewer gadget from the library.
5. Review and make changes to the settings on the Options, Layout, and Appearance tabs. You can find details about the widget's settings in the Settings section below.
6. In the widget editor, select Update to apply your changes or Cancel to discard them.  
7. At the bottom of your page, space, or dashboard, select Publish or Save as Draft to save your changes.

Settings

Options tab

General Options

Setting	Description
Title	Enter a title for the widget. The title appears as a heading above the widget's contents. You should use the title to provide context to the widget and better structure a page's content by clearly denoting different sections. When entering a title, you do so only for your currently selected language. If your digital workplace supports multiple languages, you should select Translation and enter a title for each supported language.   This field can contain a maximum of 140 characters.
Title link	Enter the URL of a location in your digital workplace. Users who click the widget's title, if it has one, will go to this location. Whether you enter the link as a relative URL or an absolute URL does not matter, it will convert to an absolute URL the next time you edit the widget. This field can contain a maximum of 2,083 characters.
Description	Enter a description for the widget. The description appears between the title and the widget's contents. You can use this text to provide information to users about the widget. When entering a description, you do so only for your currently selected language. If your digital workplace supports multiple languages, you should select Translation and enter a description for each supported language.

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Layout tab

There are currently no Layout settings.

Appearance tab

How to interact with it

You can perform the following actions on the Panoramic Viewer gadget:

• Select and drag the image to rotate the view.
• Use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out on the image. 
• Select the Back or Forward button to change the image.
• Select Fullscreen to expand the gadget to take up your entire display. Press Esc to exit fullscreen.
• Select Control Settingsto adjust the following viewer settings:
  • Control: Change how you interact with the images in the gadget. Settings include: 
    • Mouse/Touch: Select to use your device's mouse or touchscreen. This is the default option.
    • Sensor: Select to use your device's gyroscopic sensors.
  • Mode: Change how the image is displayed. Settings include: 
    • Normal: Select if you are using a browser. This is the default option. 
    • Cardboard: Select if you are using a VR device such as Google Cardboard.
    • Stereoscopic: Select if you are using a VR device that requires a Stereoscopic view.