Force-refreshing widgets?

[katie ta achoo]

I've searched around the internet and haven't been able to find a way to force-refresh widgets in dashboard. Is there a way to do it?

I've noticed at the bottom of some of mine (currency converter, weather, stocks, traffic) the refresh date says that it was a few days since it has refreshed the data.
Is the currency converter (one of the stock ones) updating itself only once every few days because currency doesn't change super-quickly?
And the Yahoo Traffic one I know for sure hasn't updated because it says "no incidents reported", even though I have it on the lowest traffic threshold setting, and I have it set for Houston, TX (worst. traffic. ever!).

 

[clayj]

I've noticed that if you click the little "i" (which flips the widget around), change settings (for example, a different ZIP code or stock symbol), click Done, and then go back and set the settings the way you want them to be, the data will be as up-to-date as it can be.

 

[mkrishnan]

If that fails, click in a widget and hit Apple-R to reload it completely (with a nice effect!). This should force data reloading.

 

[katie ta achoo]

Wow! The apple + R thing works like a charm (and looks really cool, too!)

Thanks! 😀

 

[clayj]

If that fails, click in a widget and hit Apple-R to reload it completely (with a nice effect!). This should force data reloading.

That's much better than my method. 🙂

 

[ShadowHunter]

If that fails, click in a widget and hit Apple-R to reload it completely (with a nice effect!). This should force data reloading.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW that is way cool. I was just wondering this myself earlier. 😀

 

[mkrishnan]

That's much better than my method. 🙂

Well, Mac users are special, so they deserve a little something something. 🙂

 

[James Philp]

that is a cool effect!

 

[Abstract]

Too bad they don't tell you that this is how you reset Widgets. I knew of that method, but I'm sure lots of people will not for a long time.

WHenever they incorporate a feature such as this, there should be another, easier way of doing so, say right clicking on the widget and allowing for a data reset.

 

[applekid]

They could've just added a refresh button in the bottom right of the whole Dashboard screen or on one of the corners of the widget.

At least refreshing doesn't require a CoreImage compatible card 😉 Fun stuff.