Canvas and source editing share one template model. Use visual controls for layout work, then open HTML and CSS when the change is easier to express in code.
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Select any element to adjust its layout visually, or inspect the underlying source code in real time. Changes in either view sync directly to the same template.
#total <div id="logo"
style="left:6%; top:10%; text-align:left">
Acme Co.
</div>
<div id="invoice-no"
style="left:62%; top:10%; text-align:right">
{{ invoice.number }}
</div>
<div id="bill-to"
style="left:6%; top:34%; text-align:left">
{{ customer.name }}
</div>
<div id="due"
style="left:62%; top:34%; text-align:right">
{{ invoice.dueDate }}
</div>
<div id="total"
style="left:62%; top:68%; text-align:right">
{{ invoice.total }}
</div>
The selected canvas element and source representation share this stable identifier. Both controls
update the same template model. Bound to invoice.total.
Paste HTML, upload HTML with its CSS and assets, submit supported source through the API, or build a new design visually. Each path creates an editable template model.
Move and align elements on the canvas. Restructure markup or styles in source. Stable identifiers keep both views attached to the same elements.
Review the output with representative data and a named profile. Rendering uses the saved template model and explicit request options rather than a separate visual export.
Complex templates may contain advanced CSS or custom scripts. The designer preserves unsupported markup in protected regions while keeping element IDs and revision history intact across both visual and code edits.
Elements and bindings retain their identifiers when edited from source or canvas. A selection, structural diff, or merge can refer to the same model object instead of trying to match two unrelated representations by appearance.
Source outside the supported visual contract is preserved as a protected block rather than converted into controls that cannot represent it. The canvas exposes the boundary and allows edits around the region.
Supported HTML elements, attributes, CSS selectors, and properties are defined by a versioned contract. Check that contract before expecting a source construct to appear as an editable canvas control.
Inspect the declared style beside the value that applies after variables, inheritance, and specificity. This makes it possible to distinguish an incorrect rule from one that was overridden elsewhere.
Import validation rejects or isolates scripts, event handlers, unsafe URLs, and remote imports according to the authoring contract. Pasted markup does not receive unrestricted execution simply because it entered through the source editor.
Name and publish revisions, compare their model or rendered output, and restore an earlier state by creating a new revision. The history retains both the intervening work and the later restoration.
Add named output profiles to a base design. Each profile can override visibility, crop, dimensions, quality, background, format, or delivery while leaving the shared content and structure in one place. Use separate designs when the outputs do not share that structure.
The application, API, and renderer refer to the same saved profile identifier. A scheduled job still needs to select the intended profile and supply the data required by the template.
Import detected structure and content into the editable model instead of treating every page as one flat image. Review ambiguous regions in the correction workflow and compare the result with the source before publishing it.
Capture a reachable page and reconstruct supported content as an editable design. Review the adopted result. Script-driven behavior and source rules outside the visual contract may not become canvas controls.
Connect form fields to existing design elements or create an element from a field. Store the relevant submission and schema version with the document workflow so later regeneration can use the intended binding contract.
Render bindings with representative names, paragraphs, table rows, images, and missing optional values. A short placeholder cannot reveal overflow, pagination, or empty-state problems.
Our visual designer provides full control over layout, layer structure, data bindings, multi-page organization, and version history. Everything is built so your design stays pixel-perfect even when incoming data lengths vary.
A clean canvas filled with short placeholders proves very little. Preview the document with the longest values, largest row sets, missing optional fields, and image shapes the real workflow will supply. Keep those cases available when the template changes.
Replace short sample names and headings with realistic upper bounds. Check wrapping, truncation, direction, font coverage, and the page break that follows. Text length can change the document even when every style value stays the same.
Preview zero, one, and many table rows. Confirm how headers repeat, totals stay with the intended group, and content continues across pages. A line-item design should define its empty and overflow behavior before the first production batch.
Remove optional values and verify whether the element hides, shows a default, or leaves deliberate space. Put that rule in the template or binding contract instead of relying on every calling workflow to make the same decision.
A profile can change dimensions, visibility, crop, format, and background. Preview the stress cases under every profile you publish; a base design that fits A4 may still fail when cropped into a card or rendered with a different image ratio.
Copy, brand, layout, integration, and approval may belong to different people. Roles, revision conflicts, and audit events let them work on one template without granting every participant every destructive action.
Control view, edit, publish, restore, export, and delete separately. A copy editor can correct text without receiving permission to publish or delete history.
Detect when another save changed the base revision and provide an explicit recovery path. Do not silently treat the last network response as the intended combined result.
Record designer and revision events with the responsible identity and timestamp so a published template change can be traced beyond the visual diff alone.
A long-lived template changes while documents continue to use it. Name the state you publish and keep the save status visible. Compare revisions before release, and restore an earlier state as new history when a later change must be undone. The record should explain both moves.
Author the layout once, then reference that saved template from collection, generation, signing, profiles, or assisted drafting.
Bind form fields to design elements and keep the submission version with the resulting document workflow.
Render the saved model with explicit page settings, assets, data, and a reviewed output profile.
Use a named profile when an image output shares the base content and structure but needs different dimensions, visibility, or background.
Place signature elements in the design and bind them to the form-native signing workflow.
Draft a template into the editable model, then review its structure, bindings, and output in canvas or source view.
Clone a gallery item into your account, then edit its model instead of filling a locked layout.
You can open, edit, and export the template HTML and CSS. The visual canvas and source editor operate on the same document model, so source changes are not a separate export that must be re-imported.
The editor keeps unsupported markup in a protected region instead of rewriting it as visual elements. You can see the boundary, preserve the source block, and make canvas changes around it.
Yes. Templates track full revision history so your team can safely collaborate. If two people edit at the same time, the editor prevents accidental overwrites, and you can review or restore previous versions at any point.
No. Split view lets you work in the visual canvas and HTML source side by side with live preview. You get full visual drag-and-drop tools alongside direct code editing, data binding, and revision tracking.
Yes. You can import existing PDF documents to convert them into editable templates. The designer identifies text and form fields, lets you adjust any detected elements side by side with the original, and saves the layout for reuse.
Create named output profiles on one base design. A profile can change visibility, crop, size, quality, background, and delivery settings. The designer, API, and renderer refer to the same saved profile definition.
Keyboard navigation and shortcuts cover the authoring workflow, while document structure and reading order remain properties you can inspect in the design.
The designer is available on the free account along with API access and PDF and image output. Paid plans start at $9 a month for 1,000 renders when you need a larger allowance, more templates, storage, users, or concurrency.
Start on the canvas or from HTML, test the layout with representative data, and save a reviewed revision before rendering it.
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