---
title: "basic canvas · RUAL Documentation"
description: "A basic canvas element"
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%20ui/state_canvas
language: en
---

# basic canvas

This block is part of the [`state ui`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%20ui) group and was last modified in core [`v13.0.6`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/130006).

A basic canvas element

- class `uiclass` Assigns a CSS class to the element. • Hidden when unused

- style `uistyle` Applies inline CSS style to the element • Hidden when unused

- attributes `uiattributes` Adds custom attributes to the element. • Hidden when unused

- state `state` Returns the element to the frontend state.

| `canvas` |
| --- |

A typical wiring for [basic canvas](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%2520ui/state_canvas): the `state` out pin feeds [get component child](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%2520actions/state_component_get_child).

![Studio canvas example for the basic canvas block: typical wiring for basic canvas.](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/state_canvas.png)

### Version history

Introduced in [`v13.0.1`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/130001).

Last modified in [`v13.0.6`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/130006).

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