Widgets

led-ticker ships 6 built-in widget types. Each is configured by a [[playlist.section.widget]] block in your TOML. This page is the menu — pick the one that fits your data, then read its page for the full options list.

By data source

Widget	Source	Use when
`message`	static text	most lines on most signs
`clock`	local clock	current time (12h/24h, optional date/tz)
`countdown`	local clock + a target date	”X days until …”
`two_row`	two static lines	held-handle + scrolling promo (storefront)
`gif`	local file	animated gifs / webp / multi-frame images
`image`	static PNG / JPG	logos / single still graphics
`pool` (plugin)	pool_monitor InfluxDB	water temp (today / 7-day / season)
`baseball.scores` (plugin)	MLB free API	game scores / series state
`baseball.standings` (plugin)	MLB free API	standings (top N + tracked teams)
`crypto.coingecko` (plugin)	CoinGecko	multi-coin price ticker
`calendar.events` (plugin)	iCal / .ics URL	upcoming events, agenda / next / two_row
`rss.feed` (plugin)	any RSS URL	news / blog headlines
`weather.current` (plugin)	WeatherAPI.com	forecast / current conditions

By complexity

Just text: message, countdown, clock. No external dependencies.
Two text rows (storefront layout): two_row at section scale=2.
Live data (background fetch): all plugin widgets — pool, baseball.scores, baseball.standings, crypto.coingecko, calendar.events, rss.feed, and weather.current. Each has retry + exponential backoff.
Visual: gif, image. Both support text overlay, fit modes (pillarbox / letterbox / stretch / crop), and per-row two-row layouts.

Common knobs

Most widgets share these — see the message widget for the canonical surface:

font, font_size, font_threshold — see Fonts
font_color — see Color providers
bg_color — RGB list, painted across the panel before content; see Section backgrounds
border — a ring around the panel: rainbow chase, color cycle, constant, color bands, or lightbulb marquee (Borders)
animation — typewriter (where supported)