Block overview

Blocks are the building blocks of a page. This page organizes them — the full list with all settings is in the Block types reference.

The three groups

The block picker is organized into:

Group	For
Basic Blocks	Text, headings, images, sub-pages, layout
Special Blocks	Displaying, evaluating, embedding, and linking data
Form field Blocks	Collecting data

Basic Blocks

The foundation of every page: Paragraph, Heading 1 through 3, Image, Page (sub-page), and the four Layout blocks.

With these you build documentation, manuals, and notes — and with the layouts, the structure for everything else.

→ Layout blocks

Special Blocks

This is where the real difference from a plain text document lies.

Displaying data

Grid View — embeds an existing view. The most important block for Portals.
Grid List — turns entries into a freely designed list.
File list — list view with drag-and-drop upload.

Evaluating

Counter — number of entries in a view
Sum card — sum of a numeric column
Donut chart — distribution over a single-select column

A dashboard in five minutes

Three or four evaluation blocks in a horizontal layout make a metrics row. An embedded Grid view underneath with the details — that's usually all a decent dashboard needs.

Triggering actions

Button — starts a form or a Flow
QR code — the same, as a QR code, for posters and print
Flow — embeds a Flow

Embedding external content

Embed — any external content via iframe
HTML — your own code, optionally AI-generated

Form field Blocks

All the input fields you know from forms — but here freely placeable, combinable with text and layout, and with conditional visibility.

Roughly by purpose:

Purpose	Blocks
Text	Single-line text field, Multi-line text field
Numbers	Number, Decimal, Currency, Rating scale
Selection	Select as dropdown, Select as list, Multiple select, Checkmark, Decision
Time	Date, Date and time
Contact	Email, Phone, URL, Address
Location	Geolocation
Linking	Record, Records
Media	Upload files or photos, Photo camera, Video, Upload video, Voice recording
Other	Signature, Barcode scanner, HTML with form fields

Which block for which task

You want to …	Block
Show a table in the Portal	Grid View
Highlight a single metric	Counter or Sum card
Show a distribution	Donut chart
Let visitors start a process	Button
Make something scannable on a poster	QR code
Collect files	File list or Upload files or photos
Repeat content per entry	Grid List
Show something external	Embed
Full design freedom	HTML
Multiple areas on one page	Tab layout
A guided process	Stepper layout

Nesting blocks

Layout blocks contain other blocks. Two metrics side by side with a table below is built like this:

Vertical layout
├── Horizontal layout
│   ├── Counter
│   └── Sum card
└── Grid View

At this level of nesting, you should work in structure mode — in the regular editor it's hard to tell which block sits inside which.

Block overview ​

The three groups ​

Basic Blocks ​

Special Blocks ​

Displaying data ​

Evaluating ​

Triggering actions ​

Embedding external content ​

Form field Blocks ​

Which block for which task ​

Nesting blocks ​

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