Slideout · Feature discovery
Canva reminds users of its built-in functions
When you screenshot a design in Canva's mobile app, a slideout suggests sharing it by link instead and puts the link and a Copy button right there.
Screenshot added to the library in January 2023; its exact capture date wasn’t recorded, and the product may look different today. Write-up reviewed 22 Oct 2026.
Canva's mobile app watches for one specific action: taking a screenshot of your design. At the time of the screenshot, doing so opens a contextual slideout modal from the bottom of the screen titled "Took a screenshot?". Under an illustration of a camera, it suggests sharing the design instead, explains that anyone with the link can view it without signing in, and shows the design's link in a field with a Copy button. A close button dismisses it.
Why it works
- Triggered by what you just did: the tip appears at the moment you try to share a design the hard way, so the better way is easy to connect to the task and to remember next time.
- The right size: a slideout covers the lower half of the screen and leaves the design visible, which suits a suggestion rather than an instruction.
- Help you can act on at once: the link and the Copy button sit inside the modal, so you can switch to sharing by link without going looking for the share menu.
More on this pattern: contextual onboarding and how companies use UI modals.
