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Script Editor Basics (2025.23)

Source: help-portal-2560f7cb6c2745dab84d2e12652a12b4.md (Write Scripts in Script Editor).

Purpose

Write JavaScript-based scripts on widgets/pages/popups to drive interactivity in analytic applications or optimized stories.

Open the editor

1. In Outline, hover widget/page/popup → Edit Scripts (gear).
2. If multiple events exist, choose the event (for example, onSelect, onInitialization).
3. Editor opens in new tab titled <Widget> - <Event>.

Authoring pattern

<ComponentVariable>.<function>(<arguments>);

Notes

• View available objects/functions in Analytics Designer or Optimized Story Experience API references.
• Edit Scripts also available via widget More Actions menu.
• Related indicator (gear) shows when scripts exist; run in view mode to test.
• See also: script variables (script-variables.md), script objects (script-objects.md), keyboard shortcuts (Help Portal).