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title: Portal Quick Links widget instance options form
description: The instance options enable you to configure the Portal Quick Links widget on a portal page.
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# Portal Quick Links widget instance options form

The instance options enable you to configure the Portal Quick Links widget on a portal page.

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Instance option

</th><th>

Description

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Title

</td><td>

Required title of a Portal Quick Links widget. The default text is `Quick Links`.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Show Carousel

</td><td>

Option to switch between carousel view and grid view.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Quick Links

</td><td>

Field from which you can select the catalog items, knowledge articles, or URL to show as quick links on the widget.By default, this field is set to the pre-defined Quick Links from the sn\_ex\_sp\_quick\_link table.

You can also create a quick link and add it to the Quick Links \[sn\_ex\_sp\_quick\_link\] table. For more information, see [Create a quick link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/employee-service-management/create-quick-links.md).

You can display title, short description, background image, and icon fields on the card in the widget.

Following are the fields of the table

-   Content type: options are: article, catalog item, external link and page
-   Content: select the content
-   Quicklink name
-   Title: Displays as a title of quick link card
-   Short description: Displays as description of quick link card
-   Background image: Displays as thumbnail quick link card when card display style is thumbnail
-   Icon: Displays as an icon on quick link card when card display style is icon on top or left

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Instance option

</th><th>

Description

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Card Display Style

</td><td>

Display the style of a card tile on the widget.The available options are:

-   Thumbnail
-   Icon on top
-   Icon on left
-   Simple text
-   Tile only

The default display style is Thumbnail.

**Note:** Currently, if you select None, the style is set to Thumbnail.

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