Dashboard Widget Refresh

Dashboard Widget Refresh: free step-by-step lesson with examples, common mistakes, and interview tips — part of jQuery Tutorial on Toolliyo Academy.

8 min read Updated 8/23/2026

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jQuery Tutorial · Lesson 80 of 100

Dashboard Widget Refresh

Setup & DOM ✓ → Events Effects AJAX ✓ → Perf & Integrate → Ship & Projects

Perf & Integrate · 3 — Harden · ~10 min · App Integration

What is this?

Each dashboard widget owns a refresh() that shows a spinner, GETs JSON, renders with text, and handles fail. A top-level Refresh all calls each widget’s refresh.

Why should you care?

QueryVerse home pages must not reload the entire layout to update one KPI.

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Examples include the jQuery 3.7 CDN. Paste into an HTML file or use Run Example to preview.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>QueryVerse</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: system-ui, sans-serif; margin: 1.25rem; }
    .box { padding: .75rem; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 8px; margin: .5rem 0; }
    .muted { color: #666; }
    button { margin-right: .35rem; margin-top: .35rem; }
    input, select, textarea { margin: .25rem 0; }
    table { border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; }
    th, td { border: 1px solid #ddd; padding: .4rem .55rem; text-align: left; }
    .hidden { display: none; }
    .row-odd { background: #f7f7f7; }
    .active { font-weight: 700; }
    .toast { background: #111; color: #fff; padding: .5rem .75rem; border-radius: 6px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <button type="button" id="all">Refresh all</button>
  <div id="kpi" class="box">KPI: —</div>
  <div id="feed" class="box">Feed: —</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(function () {
  function refreshKpi() {
    $('#kpi').text('KPI: loading…');
    return $.getJSON('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1').done(function (t) {
      $('#kpi').text('KPI todo #' + t.id + ' · ' + (t.completed ? 'done' : 'open'));
    }).fail(function () { $('#kpi').text('KPI: error'); });
  }
  function refreshFeed() {
    $('#feed').text('Feed: loading…');
    return $.getJSON('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1').done(function (p) {
      $('#feed').text('Feed: ' + p.title.slice(0, 48) + '…');
    }).fail(function () { $('#feed').text('Feed: error'); });
  }
  $('#all').on('click', function () {
    $.when(refreshKpi(), refreshFeed());
  });
  $('#all').trigger('click');
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

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Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>QueryVerse</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: system-ui, sans-serif; margin: 1.25rem; }
    .box { padding: .75rem; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 8px; margin: .5rem 0; }
    .muted { color: #666; }
    button { margin-right: .35rem; margin-top: .35rem; }
    input, select, textarea { margin: .25rem 0; }
    table { border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; }
    th, td { border: 1px solid #ddd; padding: .4rem .55rem; text-align: left; }
    .hidden { display: none; }
    .row-odd { background: #f7f7f7; }
    .active { font-weight: 700; }
    .toast { background: #111; color: #fff; padding: .5rem .75rem; border-radius: 6px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <button type="button" id="all">Refresh all</button>
  <div id="kpi" class="box">KPI: —</div>
  <div id="feed" class="box">Feed: —</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(function () {
  function refreshKpi() {
    $('#kpi').text('KPI: loading…');
    return $.getJSON('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1').done(function (t) {
      $('#kpi').text('KPI todo #' + t.id + ' · ' + (t.completed ? 'done' : 'open'));
    }).fail(function () { $('#kpi').text('KPI: error'); });
  }
  function refreshFeed() {
    $('#feed').text('Feed: loading…');
    return $.getJSON('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1').done(function (p) {
      $('#feed').text('Feed: ' + p.title.slice(0, 48) + '…');
    }).fail(function () { $('#feed').text('Feed: error'); });
  }
  $('#all').on('click', function () {
    $.when(refreshKpi(), refreshFeed());
  });
  $('#all').trigger('click');
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

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