Create Pop-ups with New Templates

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Read the following article to understand the new experience of creating Pop-up with templates.

Overview

Step 1: Select a Template

Step 2: Edit the Pop-up

Step 3: Configure the Pop-up

Step 4: Set Visibility Rules

Step 5: Publish the Pop-up

Overview

Whatfix enables you to create Pop-ups using a library of ready-to-use templates designed for common use cases such as announcements, alerts, and onboarding.

Select a template that matches your requirement and customize it to your style and design. Templates are visually organized that reduce the time and effort required to create Pop-ups.

Note:

  • The new Pop-up templates experience is a Beta feature. To enable it, contact support@whatfix.com.

  • The Templates apply only to new Pop-up creation. All current Pop-ups remain unchanged.

Here’s how you can browse and select a template:


Step 1: Select a Template

Expand the following accordions to select a Pop-up template:

On Whatfix Studio

  1. Log in to the application where you want to create content, and then launch Whatfix Studio.

  2. In the WIDGETS section, click Popup.

  3. Based on your requirements, select a Template from the list.

Info:

Use the Filter option to filter the templates by Use Case, Type, or Component.

The following table lists all the available filters:

Filter

Values

Use Case

Outage Alerts, Maintenance, Training, Feature Updates, Policy Updates, and  Announcements

Type

Modal, Snackbar, and Carousel

Component

Media and Text and Only Text


On Whatfix Dashboard

  1. On the Whatfix Guidance dashboard, click Widgets.
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  2. Click Pop-ups.
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  1. Click Create widget.

  2. Click Pop-up.

  3. Select a Template based on your requirement.

Info:

Use the FIlter option to filter the templates by Use Case, Type, or Component.

Step 2: Edit the Pop-up

The Editor is a drag-and-drop workspace with a live preview of the Pop-up, where you can reorder, resize, add, and remove elements within the Pop-up boundary.

The following sections describe all the actions you can perform in the Editor:

Resize and reposition elements within the Pop-up

  • Reposition an element within the Pop-up: A grab handle appears at the top-centre of the element and is visible on both hover and select. Use it to reposition an element.

    Here’s a GIF that shows how you can use the grab handle to drag and reposition the element:

  • Resize an element within the Pop-up:

    • Text components: Use the resize controller in the middle-right side to adjust width (height automatically adjusts).

    • All other components (images, buttons): Resize controllers on the right side and bottom center, allowing both width and height adjustment.

      Here’s a GIF that shows how you can resize an element:


  • Configure the space in between elements: adjust vertical spacing and insert new elements between existing ones. Hover your cursor in between elements, and use the + (plus) button to adjust the space in between elements.

    Here’s a GIF that shows how you can adjust he space in between elements:

Resize the Pop-up

The editor enables you to drag and resize the total size of the Pop-up. Here’s how you can resize the Pop-up width and height:

Review and revert changes using Undo and Redo

You can use the Undo and Redo buttons in the editor to quickly revert or reapply changes while editing your popup.

The following lists all the actions that are tracked with the Undo and Redo feature:

Editor (drag-and-drop workspace):

  • Element repositioning (drag and drop)

  • Element resizing (width and height changes)

  • Spacer adjustments

  • Adding a new element

  • Deleting an element

  • Side-by-side placement changes of elements

  • Continuous typing is treated as a single undo step

  • Formatting changes (bold, paste, delete) are tracked as one action

Whatfix Studio Configuration Panel:

  • Background appearance changes (colour, gradient, image)

  • Button colour changes and link modifications

  • Font size changes

  • Pop-up position changes

  • Auto-scroll toggle and configuration

  • Don't show me again toggle

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The following limitations apply when reverting or reapplying changes:

  • Up to 20 actions are supported for Undo and Redo

  • Oldest actions are removed once the limit is reached

  • Redo history is cleared after a new action is performed

  • Undo and Redo history persists within the current editing session only

  • Navigating away from the editor or refreshing the page clears the history

  • Saving the pop-up does not clear the history. You can continue to undo actions after you save the Pop-up, as long as you remain in the same session.

Add text and elements within a Pop-up

The Whatfix Rich Text Editor enables you to change font, size, and link multimedia content. For more information, see Add Rich Text content inside a Pop-up.

Step 3: Configure the Pop-up

The Whatfix Studio enables you to configure the Appearance, Position, and Control for the Pop-up.

Note:

The options available for Configurations, that includes Appearance, Position, and Controls, remains same across Whatfix Studio and Whatfix Dashboard.

After you have finished editing the Pop-up, use the following steps to specify the CONFIGURATIONS:

  1. In the Appearance section, you can configure the Background, Padding, and Border Radius of the Pop-up.


    Expand the following section to learn how to configure Appearance for the Pop-up:

    Configure Background, Padding, and Border Radius

    Background
    Choose between Color or Image:

    • For Color:

      • You can select Solid or Gradient option

      • Or use color picker and specify HEX, or RGBA values

    • For Image:

      • You can choose to Replace or Delete the default image or GIF

      • Upload supported formats (such as, PNG, JPG, GIF, or SVG)

    Here’s how you can choose the background color for your Pop-up:

    Padding
    Padding defines the inner spacing between the popup edges and its content.

    • Enable Uniform padding to apply the same spacing on all sides

    • Disable to configure Top, Right, Bottom, and Left individually

    • Range: 0px to 64px

    • Default: 20px

    Border Radius
    Border radius controls how rounded the corners of the popup appear.

    • Enable Uniform radius to apply the same value to all corners

    • Disable to configure each corner individually

    • Range: 0px (sharp corners) to 64px (fully rounded)

    • Default: 20px

    2. In the Position section, configure the Overlay and position of the Pop-up.

    Info:

    Overlay
    When you enable or disable the Overlay toggle, it controls how the background behind the popup appears:

    • Dim: When Overlay is enabled, adds a darkened overlay behind the popup.

    • Blur: When Overlay is disabled, applies a blur effect to the background content.


    Position
    Configure where the Pop-up appears on the screen. To change the position, disable the Overlay toggle, and then:

    • Select a position from the 3×3 grid:

      • Top-Left, Top-Center, Top-Right

      • Middle-Left, Middle-Center, Middle-Right

      • Bottom-Left, Bottom-Center, Bottom-Right

    • Default position: Middle-Center

    3. In the Control section, you can configure the behavior of the Pop-up.

Expand the following section to learn about the Controls of the Pop-up:

Configure theme, behavior, and interactions

Control theme

  • Choose theme: Light or Dark


Show close (X) button

  • Toggle to show or hide the close button

  • When enabled, appears at the top-right corner of the Pop-up


Title for screen reader

  • Add a descriptive title for accessibility

  • The specified text is read by screen readers

    Note:

    The accessibility feature is not available by default. To enable, contact support@whatfix.com.


Don’t show me again

  • Enable to allow users to opt out of seeing the Pop-up again.


Carousel (applicable only for carousel templates)

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This section appears in the Controls accordion only when a carousel template is selected.

  • Enable or disable the Move slides automatically toggle.

    • Toggle ON (default): Slides transition automatically at the configured interval.

    • Toggle OFF: Slides advance only when the end user manually clicks an arrow or a marker.

  • Set delay: In the Delay by field, specify by how many seconds the next slide should appear (the default is four seconds).

  • Configure navigation for the Pop-up. In the Show dropdown, select from three options:

    • Both arrows and markers (displays both left and right arrow marks, and dot indicators)

    • Only Arrows (displays left and right arrow marks only)

    • Only Markers (displays dot indicators only)


Add Carousel slides

  • Use the + Add button to add new slides to the carousel. The active slide being edited is visually highlighted.

  1. Once done, click Save Pop-up.


Step 4: Set Visibility Rules

To learn how to configure Visibility Rules, see Understand New Visibility Rules.


Step 5: Publish the Pop-up

To learn how to publish Pop-up, see Publish Whatfix Content.

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