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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  • Installing the Chrome Extension
  • Do I need to register my Canvas application with the Build Hub to use the Canvas extension?
  • Adding a new page
  • Adding blocks to the page
  • Setting up blocks you have added
  • Adding blocks with functionality
  • Adding elements to blocks

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  1. CANVAS FUNCTIONALITY

Bubble Pages & Blocks

Expand your application by adding Bubble pages, blocks & elements to your template using the Canvas Extension.

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Your Canvas template is installed with several pages that provide login, account, and admin functionality. However, your template can be extended far beyond this by taking advantage of dozens of prebuilt Bubble pages and blocks available to you in the Canvas library.

Installing the Chrome Extension

In order to be able to add Bubble pages and blocks to your Canvas template be sure to .

With the Canvas Chrome extension installed, please follow the instructions below:

  1. In your Chrome browser, click on the puzzle icon in the upper right corner

  2. Find Canvas by Airdev and click on the pin next to it to pin it to your Chrome browser for easy access

  3. Click the Canvas icon to open and close the extension

View a list of all pages and blocks available through Canvas

Do I need to register my Canvas application with the Build Hub to use the Canvas extension?

As of Sep 5, 2023 (template version 5.1.0), we have removed the manual registration flow in the template to register your app with the Build Hub. If your app template version is v5.1.0 or later, you can simply open the Canvas extension from your app editor to add free assets. If you are using an older template, you can self-register your application with the Build Hub using this .

Adding a new page

With the Canvas extension open, click on 'Pages' to open the library of Bubble page templates.

Select the page you would like to add and click the 'Add page' button. The unique path entered here will also be the name of your new Bubble page.

When creating your page, Canvas will also create a corresponding option in the . You will need to set this option up with the correct privacy and role permissions for each Bubble page you create.

Customizing your page

Some page templates will include a page-level group with a collapsible image banner, title, description, and toggle tabs. This group should be used when you want to further customize a page.

  • To show an image banner, unhide the placeholder group by checking the box for This element is visible on page load and change the group's style to an empty style. Change the background of the group by selecting a background type and entering the relevant fields.

  • Show or hide the other UI components in the Page Flair group to fit your needs.

Your page is now a fresh canvas ready to go. Start building it out by adding blocks from the Canvas library!

Adding blocks to the page

A block is a group of Bubble elements arranged in a way that is responsive, cohesive with Canvas design standards, and has some functionality that you can use in your app.

To add a block, open the extension and select 'Blocks' from the sidebar. The library of Canvas blocks already contains dozens of Free and Premium options and we are constantly adding new options to the list.

From the 'Add to' dropdown, select the group that you would like to add a block to. Click the 'Add' button to start building out your page.

Setting up blocks you have added

Adding blocks using Canvas Pages is only the first step to extending the functionality of your app. In order to make the most of the Canvas blocks, you need to modify these blocks in a few different ways:

  • Adding or modifying actions on buttons

  • Changing data sources on repeating groups or elements with data sources

  • Filling out content on groups

  • Linking content on groups to data types

  • Linking blocks to portal tabs (show/hide based on what user selects)

Customizing block title group

Most blocks will include a standard title group. This group includes common UI components such as a title, dropdown, toggle tabs, description text, sort dropdown, filters, and a 'new' button.

The dropdown, toggle tabs, and description/results text are within three separate collapsible groups. You can set any of those groups to be visible or not visible on page load.

Adding blocks with functionality

Some blocks in Canvas already have functionality that is preconfigured for your app. Adding these blocks to your app is another way to quickly extend the template.

Adding elements to blocks

An element is a small and foundational UI that you can add to any Canvas page or block to further customize it.

To add an element, open the extension and select 'Elements' from the home screen.

From the 'Add to' dropdown, select the group that you would like to add an element to. Click the 'Add' button to start customizing your blocks.

More complex blocks also require some customization as well as specific data types and fields to be added to your application in order to work properly. Please see the for these blocks to learn how to set them up.

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install the Chrome extension
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Bubble Pages option set
Page Flair Group with page title and description visible
Page Flair Group with page title, description, and toggle tabs visible
Page Flair Group with image banner, page title, description, and toggle tabs visible
Title Group with Category dropdown visible
Title Group with Toggle tabs visible
Title Group with Description/Results text visible