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What are canvases and screens on the Apiway Workspace

The Workspace is the home page of Apiway after sign-in: your apps as tiles on canvases. A canvas is a named set of tiles in the order you put them; tiles that do not fit the window go to a second screen of the same canvas.

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The Workspace is the home page of Apiway after sign-in: your apps as tiles on canvases. A canvas is a named set of tiles in the order you put them; tiles that do not fit the window go to a second screen of the same canvas.

Steps

  1. Open the WorkspaceSign in to Apiway. The Workspace opens first. The left rail has App marketplace, Files and All actions. — open in Apiway
  2. Switch a canvasThe tabs at the top are your canvases. Click a tab to switch; double-click it to rename.
  3. Make a canvasPress New canvas at the end of the tabs.
  4. Edit canvasesPress Edit canvases to reorder or delete them, then Done. Delete canvas removes a canvas and everything arranged on it; it cannot be undone.
  5. Go to the next screenWhen a canvas has more tiles than the window holds, short marks appear under its tab (Screens of this canvas). Scroll down or press a mark.
  6. Add an appThe cell Add app stands after the last tile. It opens the App marketplace.

The numbers

WhatValue
Room on one canvas30 cells of tiles (6 columns)
Columns6 on every computer; the rows are as many as the window's height holds
Canvases in one accountUp to 50
What changes a canvasOnly what you do yourself. Nothing is added or moved by itself

If it did not work

  • Some tiles are missing: They are on the next screen of the same canvas. Scroll down, or connect a larger display: more rows fit at once.
  • A canvas is gone: A deleted canvas cannot be brought back. Add its apps again from the App marketplace.

Questions and answers

Does the layout change between a laptop and a big monitor?

No. The order of the tiles is the same; only the number of rows on one screen differs.

Is the Workspace the same as a desktop?

Yes. The product calls it the Workspace.

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