Working With Links

Overview

Canvasflow can embed links in both text and media components such as images or galleries.

Creating Text Links

Text links can be created using a simple text-formatting tool, to add a text link:

1. Highlight the text in 'Article Manager'.

2. Select the Link icon in the formatting tool popup.

   

3. Enter the URL you want the image to point to and select whether it opens in a new window on the reader's browser.

   

Creating Image Links

Creating a link from an image is done via 'Image Properties'.

1. From 'Article Builder', drag an image component onto your canvas.
2. Select the image; 'Image Properties' appears on the right.
3. Click Select Image and choose a file.
4. Once the image appears on the canvas, clicking it displays 'Image Properties' again where the Linkoption allows you to set an External URL by entering it in the box below, or anInternal Page by selecting it from the dropdown list.

Adding an email (mailto:) link

A 'Mailto' is a type of hyperlink which when clicked, automatically opens the user's default email client with a pre-defined recipient entered. You can also specify the subject, email body and cc fields of a new message if required.

To create a simple 'Mail to' link

1. Highlight the text in the 'Article Builder' or select an image.
2. Select the Link icon at the right end of the formatting tool.
3. Enter a valid 'mailto:' link, i.e. <a href="mailto:{email address}">{clickable text or image}</a>

For example:<a href="mailto:help@canvasflow.io">click to email support</a>

Linking to content within a 3rd party app provider

Some platforms provide functionality which links to other content within an app, such as other articles or issues. This functionality varies across each platform so please refer to your distribution's platform knowledge-base for details.

We've briefly documented how Twixl handles content linking here.