Many of the gadgets you add to the Sidebar are generic and need to be customized. For example, you can customize the Clock gadget by selecting a new clock face, giving it a name, and selecting a time zone other than your own (this analog clock automatically displays the same time as the digital time display in the Notification area of the Vista taskbar). You also need to customize the Feed
Headlines gadget so that it displays headlines for a particular RSS feed to which you’ve subscribed.

To customize the contents of a gadget, position the mouse pointer in the upper right corner of the gadget and then click the wrench icon that appears immediately beneath the X. Alternatively, you can also right-click its icon on the Sidebar and then click Options on the gadget’s shortcut menu. Vista then opens a dialog box specific to the gadget that enables you to customize its display.

For example, if you open the settings dialog box for the Clock gadget, you can then select a new clock face by clicking the button with > symbol, and entering a clock name (such as London or Beijing that then appears on the face of the clock) in the Clock Name text box. Next, select the appropriate time zone for the clock in the Time Zone drop-down list box. In addition, this dialog box contains
a Show the Second Hand check box that you select if you want the Clock gadget to display a moving red second hand.