Add or remove a text widget from a CloudWatch dashboard - Amazon CloudWatch
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Add or remove a text widget from a CloudWatch dashboard

A text widget contains a block of text in Markdown format. You can add, edit, or remove text widgets from your CloudWatch dashboard.

To add a text widget to a dashboard

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Dashboards, and then choose a dashboard.

  3. Choose the + symbol.

  4. Choose Text.

  5. For Markdown, add and format your text using Markdown and choose Create widget.

  6. To make the text widget transparent, choose Transparent background.

  7. Choose Save dashboard.

To edit a text widget on a dashboard

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Dashboards, and then choose a dashboard.

  3. Hover over the upper-right corner of the text block and choose Widget actions. Then, choose Edit.

  4. Update the text as needed and choose Update widget.

  5. Choose Save dashboard.

To remove a text widget from a dashboard

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Dashboards, and then choose a dashboard.

  3. Hover over the upper-right corner of the text block and choose Widget actions. Then, choose Delete.

  4. Choose Save dashboard.