YoWindow weather widget parameters

YoWindow widget is highly customizable.
You can change its look and behavior by passing a number of parameters.
This is easy.
If you are a programmer you can use our JavaScript API to manipulate the widget.

The parameters (variables) are passed through "flashvar" parameter of Flash component.
The parameters must be divided by & symbol.
Example.
<param name="flashvars" value="location_id=gn:5128581&time_format=12"/>

location_id
An identifier of a location in Geonames data-base.
Value format: gn:[geonames-id]
You can find geonames-id for a location on this page.
Example: location_id=gn:498817

API: setLocationId(locationId:String)
lat and lon - latitude and longitude
You can pass actual coordinates instead of location_id.
Example, Prague coordinates: lat=505&lon=14.4&location_name=Prague

API: not available yet
location_name
Custom location name.
Example: location_name=Emerald City

API: setLocationName(name:String)
landscape
Landscape id or URL.
Available landscape ids:
- village
- seaside
- airport
When you pass a URL, make sure you point widget to .ywl file, but NOT to .png image.
Example:
landscape=seaside
Example:
landscape=http://landscape.yowindow.com/landscapes/colosseum/colosseum.ywl

API: setLandscapeUrl(landscape:String)
moment
Time navigation.
Format: ISO 8601.
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss[Z+-]hh:mm
Z means GMT

Example: time in GMT: moment=2011-03-29T21:29:56Z

API: setMoment(isoTime:String)

Use RsUtil.formatIsoDateAndTime(isoTime) function from RsUtil.js to convert JavaScript Date to isoTime format.
http://js.yowindow.com/js/RsUtil.js

Example: navigate to 15:30 of the current day.
By default local time zone of the selected location used, but you can format isoTime with a desired time-zone if you need to.

var time = new Date();
time.setHours(15);
time.setMinutes(30);
var isoTime = RsUtil.formatIsoDateAndTime(time);
yowidget.setMoment(isoTime);

lang
Widget language id. Valid values: de, de-at, en, etc...
Example: lang=ru

No API.
time_format
Values: 12|24
Example: time_format=12
background
Example: background=#FFFFFF

The parameter affects the background of the area around the landscape (if there is any space) and location bar background.

text_color
Example: text_color=#000000
The parameter affects the color of the text in location-bar.

mini_temperature
Values: [true, false]
Show temperature.

mini_time
Values: [true, false]
Show time.

mini_locationBar
Values: [true, false]
Show Location Bar.

mini_momentBar
Values: [true, false]
Show Moment Bar.

forecast_provider
Force weather forecast provider
Available values:
- yrno - yr.no weather forecast
- nws - National Weather Service forecast (United States only)
- owm - Open Weather Map - http://openweathermap.org/

current_weather_icao
Force METAR station for the current weather Value is METAR station ICAO code
Example: current_weather_icao=ULLI

API: setCurrentWeatherIcao(icao:String)

current_weather_url
URL to yowindow.xml file provided by Personal Weather Station (PWS).
Please read display PWS weather inside YoWindow widget for the details.
API: setCurrentWeatherUrl(url:String)

view_direction Value: [0..360]
You may want to adjust this parameter to make YoWindow Widget look more similar to your window.

view_direction is the angle where the observer looks at (where your window faces).
0 - the user looks North
90 - the user looks East
180 - the user looks South

This parameter will only impact wind direction animation in YoWindow (clouds motion direction, where rain or snow fall to, and the grass is leaning to).

It does not affect the sun and the moon appearance and position.

Pay attention that YoWindow is a 2 dimensional program.
When the wind blows in your face, YoWindow will animate the grass and the clouds as though the wind blows from a side.
auto_update_weather [true, false]
Default: true.
If the weather is automatically updated.
An option for PWS owners - set to false to avoid your server overload when the user left the page open.

API: setAutoUpdateWeather(b:Boolean)

Units control

us - Unit system
- metric - Metric
- us - United States
- uk - United Kingdom
- russia - Russia

us=metric

u_temperature - Temperature
- f - Fahrenheit
- c - Celsius

u_temperature=c

u_wind_speed - Wind speed
- mph - Mile per hour
- kph - Kilometes per hour
- mps - Meters per second
- knot - Knots
- beaufort - Beaufort scale

u_pressure - Pressure
- mm - Millimeters
- in - Inches
- mbar - Millibar
- kpa - Kilo Pascals
- hpa - Hyper Pascals

u_pressure_level - Pressure measurement level
- sea
- location

u_distance - Distance
- mile - Miles
- km - Kilometers

u_rain_rate - Rain/Snow rate
- in - Inches
- mm - Millimeters
- cm - Centimeters

yowidget.setUnit("temperature", "f");

User Interface

ui_opacity

ui_opacity=90

yowidget.setUiOpacity(100);

Inspector

i_pressure=0

i_location

i_weather
i_temperature
i_temperatureRange
i_skyImage
i_skyDescription
i_wind
i_pressure
i_humidity
i_dewPoint
i_feelsLike
i_precipitationChance
i_precipitationAmount
i_snowLevel
i_dailyRainTotal
i_uv
i_visibility
i_observeTime

i_astronomy
i_sunrise
i_sunset
i_dayLength
i_moonPhase

yowidget.setInspectorItemVisible("astronomy", true);

yowidget.setInspectorItemVisible("pressure", false);

Forecast Panel

fp_expanded

fp_expanded=true

yowidget.setFpExpanded(true);

fp_day_count

fp_day_count=7

yowidget.setFpDayCount(7);

The list was originally composed by ikarus1969