# Why the Template Canvas is Great and How to Use It

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 9, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-the-template-canvas-is-great-and-how-to-use-it/9681 "2015-02-09T17:47:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-the-template-canvas-is-great-and-how-to-use-it/9681/1 "2015-02-09T17:47:26Z")

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I just published a blog post all about Ignition’s Template Canvas:  
[nickmudge.info/post/ignitions-te … at-runtime](http://nickmudge.info/post/ignitions-template-canvas-dynamically-creating-screens-at-runtime)

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**Author:** ![miketob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/miketob/32/5936_2.png) [@miketob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/miketob)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-the-template-canvas-is-great-and-how-to-use-it/9681/2 "2020-01-03T01:32:37Z")

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Hello Nick,

I just wanted to say thank you for this post, it helped me a lot.

The link is broken but I was able to see it in [archive.org](http://archive.org). Perhaps you’d like to update the link because it is really useful. Now I can drag and drop templates in runtime, it is really awsome.