Widget Sections (experimental) #

Dashboard widgets can be displayed:

use craft\widgets\MyDrafts;
...
$co->createWidgetSection()
    // optional, defaults to widget title
    ->heading('Drafts created by me')
    ->widget(new MyDrafts([
        'limit' => 20
    ])),

This just calls the constructor and the getBodyHtml method of the widget. The widget is not loaded in the context it expects, so it may or may not work properly. (JavaScript errors, missing css etc).