Adding and Customizing Zoho Mail Widgets in iOS

Adding and Customizing Zoho Mail Widgets in iOS

Widgets in iOS are small, interactive tiles that display information from an app directly on your iPhone's home screen. The Zoho Mail widgets provide a quick way to access essential app content at a glance, such as unread emails, upcoming events, and more, without having to open the full application.

In this article, we'll see the list of Zoho Mail home screen widgets available and how you can configure and customize them.

Available Widgets  

The following key information and actions are available for emails and calendar events in the home screen widgets:

  • Viewing unread email count

  • Viewing unread emails

  • Composing new emails

  • Searching for emails

  • Viewing upcoming events

  • Creating new events

Available Widget Sizes 

The home screen widgets come in four sizes and accordingly the level of information and interactiveness will vary.

  • Small

  • Medium

  • Large

  • Extra Large (supported only in iPads)

You can pick any of the widget sizes based on the information you wish to see on your home page.

Mail  

Small

Medium

Large

Extra Large

To view unread email count.

To view unread emails along with options to compose new emails and search emails.

To get a detailed overview of unread emails.

To view detailed overview of unread emails along with options to compose new emails and search emails.

To get a detailed overview of unread emails.

Calendar  

Small

Medium

Extra Large

To view upcoming events for today and tomorrow.

To view upcoming events for today and tomorrow along with the current month's calendar.

To get a detailed overview of upcoming events for today and tomorrow.

NotesNotes:

  •  Extra large size is available only on iPads. 

  •  Large size is not available on both iPhones and iPads for calendar events. 

Adding a Widget to the Home Screen

To add a Zoho Mail home screen widget:

  1. From the Home Screen, touch and hold a widget or an empty area until the apps jiggle.

  2. Tap Edit in the top left-hand corner.

  3. Tap Add Widget.

  4. Scroll or search to find the Zoho Mail widget you want, tap it, then swipe through the size and style options.

  5. When you see the size you want, tap Add Widget.

  6. While the apps are still jiggling, move the widget where you want it, then tap Done.

Editing a Widget  on the Home Screen

To edit a Zoho Mail home screen widget:

  1. Touch and hold a Zoho Mail widget to open the quick actions menu.

  2. Tap Edit Home Screen or choose a different layout for the widget.

  3. Make your changes, then tap outside the widget to exit.

Removing a Widget  from the Home Screen

To remove a Zoho Mail home screen widget:

  1. Touch and hold the Zoho Mail widget that you want to remove.

  2. Tap the Remove icon.

  3. Tap Remove in the alert to confirm.


NotesNote:  Find out more about widgets in your iPhone and iPad.