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Open a canvas

You can now programmatically open a Component’s canvas or navigate to a page with the new webflow.openCanvas() method (Beta).

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// Open a component canvas by ID
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await webflow.openCanvas({ componentId: 'component-id' });
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// Open a component canvas by reference
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const components = await webflow.getAllComponents();
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await webflow.openCanvas(components[0]);
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// Navigate to a page by ID
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await webflow.openCanvas({ pageId: 'page-id' });

Previously, Designer Extensions and MCP agents that needed to modify a Component’s internal structure had to rely on the user manually navigating to the component canvas. The openCanvas() method removes that manual step and enables fully automated Component workflows.

openCanvas() accepts a Component ID, a Component reference, or a ComponentElement (instance) reference to open the component canvas. It also accepts a page ID or Page reference to navigate to a page — equivalent to calling webflow.switchPage().

For more information, see Open a canvas.