Using the Exhibitor List Widget in Composer 2

The Exhibitor List widget allows you to display your event’s exhibitors in a variety of formats, each tailored to different use cases and audience needs. Whether you want a visually impactful display or a streamlined searchable list, this widget makes it easy to create a custom browsing experience for your visitors.

Key Features

Pre-Built Layouts:

• List View: Clean, structured layout for text-heavy listings

• Grid View: Visual-first layout with logos and key details

• Carousel: Scrollable format for limited-space areas or featured exhibitors

• Grouped by Letter: Perfect for long lists that require quick navigation

Customizable Display Settings:

• Show or hide logos, stand numbers, country flags, and exhibitor status

• Toggle search bars, product category filters, and background styles

• Adjust number of exhibitors per row, corner radii, borders, and fonts

Flexible Styling Options:

• Control font sizes, styles, and text alignment

• Apply background colors, gradients, or override global defaults

• Combine with other modules (search, filters, article backgrounds)

Widget-Based Control:

• Layout settings are independent per widget for custom page configurations

• Default layout settings are managed globally via Modules → Exhibitors

How to Use

1. Set Default Layout (Optional)

• Go to Modules → Exhibitors → Exhibitor Options → Layouts → List Layout

• Choose a global default style and settings.

• New widgets will inherit these defaults but can be individually overridden.

2. Insert the Exhibitor Widget

• Navigate to your page or panel in the Back Office.

• Click the Widget icon → Exhibitors.

• Select your show and choose from the available layouts: List, Grid, Carousel, or Grouped by Letter.

3. Customize the Layout

• Layout tab: Pick your preferred style, row count, padding, and spacing.

• Search & Filters tab: Toggle the search field and product category filter visibility.

• Advanced Settings → List Layout: Set number of exhibitors per row, adjust background, borders, and corner radii.

4. Control Display Elements

• In the Options section, toggle key items: logo, company name, stand number, country flag, and status.

• Adjust fonts, text alignment, and other visual styling.

5. Finalize and Save

• Insert the widget once your layout and styling are complete.

• Don’t forget to Save the page to apply your changes.

This widget makes it simple to create dynamic, visually appealing exhibitor listings while maintaining full control over layout, filtering, and styling.

Watch the Video Demo:

Video Transcript: 

There are 4 main exhibited list layouts available in the platform. 

These are a list layout, grid view, a carousel, and a grouped by letter.

These are standard layouts that are included in your package.

If you wish to get a custom layout made, please talk to your account manager.

The basics of each list can also be further customised in the Composer 2 platform, such as, adding the search bar down the left-hand side or adding backgrounds.

You can also use this in conjunction with other modules such as adding backgrounds to the entire list.

To set this up, please go into your back office.

The default settings can be found in Modules > Exhibitors.

To control the list layout, you'll need to go to Exhibitor Options > Layouts > List Layout.

And then everything entered in here.

This is for the default exhibitor list layout.

When you insert an exhibitor widget, this is independent of the default list layout.

This video will go over how to insert a widget into your template.

For this, please go into your page, insert the widget, go to your show, and then select Exhibitors.

At the top, you'll be able to choose the list layout that you would like.

This can be the carousel, grid, grid by letter, and list.  All these settings inherit the settings that are in the default list layout, but you can overwrite any of these.

To adjust your search and filters, go to your Search and Filters tab.

For example, you may wish to not have your search field or not have the product category list.

To further adjust how the list looks, please go into Advanced Settings, then List Layout.

Here you'll be able to control how many items are shown per row.

You'll also be able to customise any backgrounds, borders, or corner radiuses.

In the Option Session, this is where you're going to edit what appears in your list.

The image is your logo, the title is the company name. You have your stand, a country flag, and a status.

These can all be toggled on or off to display.

You can adjust the font sizes where there are words.

When done, hit insert and save.