Changing the number of columns for the New Products grid widget in Magento

How do I change the number of columns for the New Products grid widget in Magento?

I know I have to update the layout.xml file somehow but I'm not sure what to insert.Or maybe do I have to do a layout update 开发者_StackOverflow中文版in the CMS pages that include the widget?

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If you are using CMS page content as widget container:

It is pretty simple, just add column_count parameter in {{widget type="widget_type" parameter1="value" column_count="your_value"}} directive.

By the way widget it is a standard Magento block with some pre-configurations, so you can easily specify any block parameter within {{widget}} directive.

If you want to use Widget functionality, you can create etc/widget.xml in your custom module with this XML:

<widgets>
   <new_products>
       <parameters>
           <column_count translate="label">
               <required>1</required>
               <visible>1</visible>
               <value>5</value> <!-- default parameter value -->
               <label>The number of Products in a row</label>
               <type>text</type>
           </column_count>
       </parameters>
   </new_products>
</widgets>

It will add a new field to widget form, where an admin user will be able to enter the number of products in a single products row

Have fun with Magento =)