Canvas columns are live for some time now
For decades, you were asked to choose between creating a doc or a spreadsheet. In Coda, we brought tables and text together. But we didn’t crack it entirely. There were still things you could do in a canvas but not in a table, like adding a Dory.
Our newly-launched canvas column type changes all of that. Now you can truly connect structured and unstructured information together—along with Coda’s building blocks. Canvas columns are collaborative, so multiple people can make edits at the same tim…
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Dear @Megan_Pritts ,
I really recommend this post to understand better the potential of canvas columns:
After much frustration , many Coda community and Google searches , and lots of yelling talking to my monitor “Why the XXXX doesn’t that work!?” , I finally figured out how to make canvas columns dynamic based on some condition(s).
During my research, I saw other people and threads asking the same question, so I thought I’d share this with the community.
Why Use Canvas Columns?
Here’s one of many use cases.
Meeting T…
Credits: @Mike_Ray
And this support article: Canvas column type | Coda Help Center
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Hi @Jean_Pierre_Traets , thanks for sharing this. Canvas columns are a nice feature and I use them, but I’m interested in being able to see information in one visual space like a dashboard. Think tasks, stats, charts, etc. With canvas colums, you have to open each section to see the content. That’s great for linking pages.