How does the View tab of a widget work?

Answer

On the View tab of Edit widget you set which language the guest sees, which texts appear, how far ahead they can book, which details they must fill in and where they go afterwards. At the bottom is a block for the module itself (Restaurant, Activities, Ticket sales, Salon or the webshop). On the right you see a live preview.

Where to find it

Settings > Guests and bookings > Widgets > open the widget > Edit > View tab

Explanation

Everything is optional: if you leave a field empty, the widget does what it always did. A webshop widget only shows the webshop block here. You see changes immediately in the preview; they only apply to guests after Save.

Buttons and settings

Name	What it does	When to use it	Note
Language	Chooses the language of the widget: Default (the language from the code on your website) or Automatic (the language of the guest's browser, if your business has that language) or a fixed language.	When your website is multilingual, or when the widget must always be in one language.
Show logo	Puts your business logo at the top of the widget (Yes) or not (No).	For a recognisable widget.	Default No. The logo comes from your Branding.
Headline	The title at the top of the widget (maximum 120 characters), per language.	To replace the default title.	Empty is the default text of the widget, already translated into every language.
Intro text	A short text below the headline, for example what the guest can expect (maximum 1000 characters).	For an explanation or a welcome message.	Its own text per language.
Start button	The button on the first screen, for example Reserve now (maximum 60 characters).	To change the button text.	-
Booking button	The last button, below the guest's details (maximum 60 characters).	To change the button text.	-
Confirmation text	What the guest sees when the booking succeeded (maximum 2000 characters).	For a personal thank-you or explanation.	-
Checkbox text	The text next to the checkbox for the terms (maximum 300 characters).	When the checkbox is on.	-
Color of the headline / Color of the intro text	The color of the headline and the intro text, for all languages.	When the default color is hard to read on your photo.	Empty is the color of your branding, or white on a photo. With Default you clear the color.
Maximum days ahead	How many days ahead the guest can book (at most 730).	To prevent guests from booking too far ahead.	0 = no limit. This comes on top of your opening hours.
Booking cutoff	How long before the start time a guest can still book: No limit, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days or 1 week.	When you need preparation time.	Default No limit.
Required fields	Which fields the guest must fill in: Salutation, Last name, Phone number, Address, Postal code, City and Country.	When you need more details from the guest.	Name and email address are always required. A field you don't ask for doesn't count.
Terms checkbox	The guest must agree to your terms before they can book.	If you want that by law or by choice.	Default No.
Link to your terms	The address of your terms.	When the checkbox is on.	By default the terms and conditions that Jimani makes for your business. If you have terms of your own, put the address (https) here.
Redirect	Sends the guest after five seconds to a page of your own website, for example a thank-you page.	When you have a thank-you page of your own, for example to measure.	For a booking widget (table, tickets, activity, appointment, ordering or combination) Yes is the default, not for a kiosk or hotel.
Redirect address	The address of that page.	When Redirect is set to Yes.	By default the thank-you page of your website at Jimani. Only a complete http or https address is accepted.
Restaurant	The block for the restaurant widget (see the rows below).	For Book a table.	-
Show times as	Choose Buttons (side by side) or List (stacked).	To decide the time selection.	-
Only available times	Yes: full times are not included. No: they are included crossed out, so the guest sees that it is busy.	To show or hide how busy it is.	-
Choose types	Takes you to the Settings tab to choose the types.	When no type has been chosen yet ("No type selected yet.").	-
Activities	The block for the activities widget (see below).	For Book an activity.	The guest chooses people, date, time and then the duration with the price. Extra products come after that.
Show price as	Per person (the amount divided by the number of people) or Total (what the group pays together).	To choose how the price is shown.	Default Total.
Let guest choose duration	Yes: the guest chooses the duration. No: the widget uses the first duration of the activity.	When you only want to offer one duration.	Default Yes.
Extra products	The Extra products step after the guest's choice.	For upselling.	Default Yes.
Ticket sales	The block for ticket sales (see below).	For Buy tickets.	-
Choose a day	Automatic: an event with 1 date shows the tickets immediately, with 2 to 8 dates a list, with more dates a calendar. Or always choose a Calendar or List yourself.	To decide the date selection.	-
Show sold out	Yes: a sold-out ticket stays visible in grey with Sold out. No: it disappears.	To show that it is busy.	-
Show how many are left	For tickets that are almost sold out, it says for example: 4 left.	To create urgency.	-
Threshold	The number appears as soon as this number or fewer are left.	Only when Show how many are left is set to Yes.	-
Maximum tickets per order	The highest number of tickets in one order.	To limit bulk buying.	0 = no limit. If an event has a limit of its own, the lowest applies.
Salon	The block for the salon widget: Let guest choose practitioner, Show duration, Show price and Group by category (each Yes or No).	For Make an appointment.	With No for Let guest choose practitioner, the appointment goes to whoever is free (No preference). By default everything is set to Yes.
Open the webshop editor	For a webshop widget: opens the webshop editor.	To adjust the webshop.	See How does the webshop editor work in Jimani?.
Guest groups in this widget	Which guest groups the guest sees; the first guest group is always in the widget.	When there is more than one guest group.	Manage with Manage guest groups on the Guest groups tab of Widgets.
Live preview	On the right the widget in a Computer or Phone window.	To check your changes.	-
Save	Stores all settings of the tab.	After your changes.	-

Messages

Message	What it means	What to do
The options for ticket sales were not saved. Please try again.	Saving the Ticket sales block failed.	Click Save again.
The appearance can't be saved yet.	The widget could not store the view.	Try again or contact the helpdesk.
There is no preview yet: your business has no key for the widget yet.	There is no widget key for your business.	Contact the helpdesk.

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Keywords: widget view, widget texts, booking cutoff, required fields widget, redirect after booking, widget language, ticket sales options

Last checked: 2026-10-16

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