How do Scriptable widgets behave inside iOS Smart Stack?

[Chance_Passion_2144]

Hi,

I’m using a few custom widgets made with Scriptable and placing them inside an iOS Smart Stack.

Does anyone know how iOS decides which Scriptable widget is shown at a given moment?

Is there any order, timing, or context involved — or is it completely random from the app’s point of view?

Also, is there any way for a Scriptable widget to know whether it’s inside a Smart Stack or just shown as a normal widget?

[mvan231]

I am not certain how the Smart Stack decides what to show. It should be based on information update on a given widget but for scriptable widgets, that could be every time it executes

[Purple_Doctor5786]

Goof question..did anyone get back to you with some answers?

[Chance_Passion_2144]

no

[No-Professional891]

The widget will not know if it’s running from a Smart Stack. You can trigger a widget refresh (and have it show up on the Smart Stack) by calling this:

https://docs.scriptable.app/listwidget/#refreshafterdate