Working With Links

In Canvasflow, links can be embedded in both text and media components like images or galleries.

Creating Text Links

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

1. Highlight the text in the 'Article Builder'.

2. Select the Link icon at the right end of the formatting tool.

   

3. Enter the URL you want it to point to and decide whether it opens in a new tab.

   

Creating Image Links

Creating a link from an image is simple via the 'Image Component Properties':

Adding an email (mailto:) link

Mailto links are hyperlinks which let you automatically open the default email client with a predefined recipient already entered. You can also specify the subject, email body and cc fields of the 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.