Widget may refer to: Widget (beer), a device placed in cans and bottles of beer to aid in the generation of froth Widget (economics), a placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product Software widget, a generic type of software application comprising portable code intended for one or more different software platforms Widget (GUI), an element of interaction in a graphical user interface, such as a button or a scroll bar Widget toolkit, a software library containing a collection of GUI widgets that collaborate when used in the construction of applications Web widget, an applet intended to be used within web pages E-9A Widget, a turboprop airliner Widget (Marvel Comics), a comic book character, an alternate version of Shadowcat from the Days of Future Past timeline Widget (TV series) or Widget the World Watcher, a 1990s animated television series Widget (video game), based on the TV series Widget, a character on the Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! cartoon Widget, a character on the Cyberchase cartoon Widget drive, a hard drive used only in the Apple Lisa computer system The Widget, nickname of New York World Journal Tribune See also Widget Workshop, a science-based computer game developed by Maxis The MediaWiki Widgets extension