Canvas Documentation
Bubble Best Practices
v6.0
v6.0
  • Introduction
  • Key Features
  • What's New
  • Canvas Design System Figma File
  • CANVAS FUNCTIONALITY
    • Getting Started
    • Branding & Design
    • Marketing Pages
    • Page
    • Bubble Pages & Blocks
    • Roles & Permissions
    • Menus & Navigation
    • Data & Workflows
    • Emails & Alerts
      • Mail merge terms
    • Miscellaneous
      • Setting up two factor authentication
      • Cookie and consent banner
      • Setting your password policy
      • Set up Payment info on Account page
      • Loading screen
      • Configuring multiple languages
      • Customizing your app's portal page colors
    • Reference
      • Pages
        • Index
        • Product homepage
        • Marketplace homepage
        • SaaS homepage
        • About us
        • Pricing
        • Admin Portal
        • Account
          • Account deletion
        • Login
        • Legal
        • Reset Password
        • 404
      • Reusable elements
        • Header
        • Footer
        • Signup & Log in
        • Cookies Permission
        • Widgets
          • App security
          • Header Widgets
          • Workflow Widgets
        • Admin Portal
          • Admin analytics
          • Admin email & templates
          • Admin header & footer
          • Admin legal popups
          • Admin branding, setup checklist, and settings
          • Admin options app variables
        • Menu Focus Elements
        • Sidebar tab
      • Data types
      • Option Sets
      • Backend Workflows
      • Design standards
        • Manually Building UI
  • Canvas library
    • Updating asset RG data source
    • UI Patterns
      • Simple Dashboard Page
      • Product Marketplace Dashboard Page
      • Labor Marketplace Profile Page
      • Social Network Profile Page
      • Simple Events Search Page
      • Events Search Page
      • Ecommerce Search Page
      • Labor Marketplace Search Page
    • Page templates
      • Basic Bubble Marketing Page
      • Chat Messenger Page
      • Form Builder Page
      • Centered Profile Page
      • Left-Justified Profile Page
      • Standard page
      • Toggle Tabs Page
      • Menu Page
      • Mobile Menu Page
      • Video List Page
      • Horizontal Tabs Portal / Dashboard Page
      • Standard Portal / Dashboard Page
      • Simple Portal / Dashboard Page with Icons
      • Double Sidebar Portal Page Template
      • Search Page
      • Map Search Page with Toggle and Filters
      • Floating Map Search Page
      • Search Bar Page
      • Multi-Step Page With Progress Bar
      • Standard Multi-Step Process Page
      • Multi-Step Process Page with Sidebar
      • Gallery Profile or Product Page
      • Sidebar Profile Page with Tabs
      • 2-Column Menu Tabs Page
      • 2-Column Checkout Page
      • 2-Column Video Chat Page
      • Vertical Multi-Step Page Template
    • Blocks
      • Pagination
      • Monthly Calendar Scheduling Widget
      • No Reply Comments Thread
      • Nested Comments Thread (with Like and Reply)
      • Placeholder Group
      • List with Circular Progress Bar Repeating Group
      • Top Input Chat Widget
      • Bottom Input Chat Widget
      • Toggle Tabs Group
      • Single-Select or Multi-Select Pill Tabs Group
      • Settings Group
      • Order Confirmation Group
      • To-Do List Repeating Group
      • Title Group with Button and Filters
      • Product Details Group With Progress Bar
      • Listing details with Icons and Menu Focus Group
      • Week Daily Availability Group
      • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Repeating Group
      • Dismissible Module
      • Video Group
      • About Group
      • Add to Cart Group
      • Full Width Map with Directions Link
      • Location Module (Map and Directions)
      • Drag and Drop Repeating Group
      • Infinite Columns Horizontal Scroll Data Table with Fixed First Column (Repeating Group)
      • Nested Data Table (Repeating Group)
      • Standard Data Table (Repeating Group)
      • Standard Data Table (Table Element)
      • Mobile-Friendly Data Table (Repeating Group)
      • Mobile-Friendly Data Table (Table Element)
      • Infinite Columns Horizontal Scroll Data Table (Repeating Group)
      • Infinite Columns Horizontal Scroll Data Table (Table Element)
      • Activity Feed
      • Social Feed
      • Nested Repeating Group
      • Advanced Form Inputs Group
      • Reviews with Ratings Summary and Images
      • Reviews Repeating Group with User Images
      • Reviews (Text Only) Repeating Group
      • Standard Repeating Group with Image
      • Search Bar Group
      • Listing Details Group
      • Post Group with Upvoting UI
      • Large Chart Dashboard Widget
      • Chart With Key Metrics Dashboard Widget
      • 2-Column Table and Key Metrics Dashboard Widgets
      • 2-Column Large Metrics Dashboard Widgets
      • 4-Column Large Metrics Dashboard Widgets
      • Main Image with Thumbnails
      • Centered Profile Block
      • Left-justified Profile Block
      • Tile Image Gallery and Popup
      • Image Feed with Nested Comments Thread
      • 1-Column Standard Form Inputs Group
      • 2-Column Slideshow Tiles Repeating Group
      • 2-Column Repeating Group (Text, Link, Image, and Description)
      • 2-Column Repeating Group (Link, Text, and Button)
      • 2-Column Repeating Group with Actions
      • 2-Column Grid Tiles Repeating Group
      • 2-Column Form Group
      • 4-Column Tiles Repeating Group
      • Expiration timer
    • Popups
      • Edit Drawer
      • Map Location Details Drawer
      • Details and Comments Drawer
      • Confirmation Popup
      • Message Popup
      • Image Popup
      • Video Popup
      • Vertical Scroll Popup
      • Permissions popup
      • Multimedia Slideshow Popup
      • Edit Popup
      • Standard Form Popup
      • Subscribe Popup
      • Feedback / Contact Popup
      • Details Popup
      • Add List Popup
      • Advanced Form Popup
      • Rating Popup
      • Toggle Tabs Popup
      • Share Popup
      • Multi-Step Popup
      • Invoice Popup
      • Stripe Credit Card Purchase Popup
      • View Profile Popup
      • Send Message Popup
      • Multi-Select Pill Tabs Popup
      • Net Promoter Score (NPS) Popup
      • Pricing Plans Popup
    • Reusables
      • Multimage uploader
      • Sidebar_icontab
      • Doublesidebar_tab
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  • Get the Template
  • Add to your account
  • Create a new app
  • Get the Chrome Extension
  • Explore the Admin Portal
  • Naming conventions

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  1. CANVAS FUNCTIONALITY

Getting Started

Get up and running quickly with your Canvas App

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In these videos, we explain how to add the framework to your applications, how to design and build a page using components from the Canvas library, and how to modify the standard functionality such as emails or the signup flow.

Get the Template

Getting the Airdev Canvas Building Framework Template through Bubble's template marketplace is a snap.

Add to your account

The first step to getting the template is adding it to your Bubble account. To do this, go to the and press Use Template.

If you aren't signed in to a Bubble account, you'll be prompted to log in or sign up. Follow the prompts from Bubble to complete this process.

Create a new app

Now that you've added the template to your account you can create new apps in Bubble using the Canvas template! From the My Apps tab on your Bubble home page, click the blue 'New App' button. In the popup, click on the 'Start from a template' dropdown and select Canvas Building Framework Template.

Get the Chrome Extension

To extend your template with new Bubble pages and blocks from Canvas you will need to .

Explore the Admin Portal

A great feature of the Canvas template is that it comes preconfigured with an Admin Portal where you can manage all the settings for your application.

The Admin Portal is accessed from the front end of your application (not from the Bubble editor). To begin exploring your Admin Portal, when you are logged into the Bubble editor go to Data > App Data > All Users and then click on'Run as' beside the user with the email '[email protected]'

The admin portal offers access to the following settings from the left navigation menu:

Setup Checklist The Setup Checklist provides step-by-step guidance to help you get started with your new application as quickly as possible.

Settings Here you can update all the general settings for your application like the user signup process and your privacy policy

Analytics View analytics on new, active, and total users across your application.

Metadata View important app metadata (i.e. Roles and Pages) and manage app-wide variables.

Users View a list of all your users including role, last active, and email. Add a new Admin to your application.

Data Type 1 A sample setup to demonstrate how to expand the functionality of the admin portal using your own custom data types.

Naming conventions

In names of data types and reusable elements, we have included a gear emoji (⚙) to indicate that these specific elements should not be edited, or that you should be very cautious about making changes there. These data types and reusables touch a lot of different features or are easy to break when changed.

The data types also include "system_" prior to the reusable's name.

Another thing to note is that Canvas workflows are green. We encourage using workflow folders or creating a color coding convention for your app in order to better organize your app's workflows.

Branding From your app's name to your social media links you can setup all your applications branding here.

Header / Footer Manage the navigational links and icons for your header and footer.

Emails Add, edit, and preview email templates across your platform.

To unlock all the features of the template such as the ability to add , add APIs, and update your , be sure to complete the Install the Canvas extension step from the Setup Checklist.

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The "system" reusable elements as of May 2, 2023
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