Additional Concepts

Additional concepts that are handy to know

Interactions

Well-named and structured interactions are essential for maintaining consistency and ease of management in your Webflow projects. To simplify organization, we recommend using a structured naming format for all interactions:

Format: [Category] + [Element] + [Action]

• Category: Defines the broad purpose or section of the interaction (e.g., Navigation, FAQ, Testimonial).

• Element: Specifies the section, div, button, or element where the interaction is applied.

• Action: Describes the behavior or trigger (e.g., Open, Close, Hover On, Scroll).

This approach ensures that interactions are easy to discover and manage within Webflow’s interactions UI.

Example Interaction Names:

1. Navigation Button Hover On Adds a hover effect to a button in the navigation.

2. FAQ Section Scroll Triggers an animation when the FAQ section scrolls into view.

3. Testimonial Carousel Next Slide Advances to the next slide in a testimonial carousel when a button is clicked.

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Components

Webflow components offer exciting possibilities for future component-based development, thanks to features like slots and variants. However, there are currently some limitations you should be aware of:

1. Slots Restrictions: Slots cannot be added inside forms or link blocks, which means creating form components or button components is not yet possible.

2. Slot Exclusivity: Only components can be added into slots. For example, if a button requires an icon, that icon must first be converted into a component.

While these limitations exist, components are still a powerful tool and a promising feature for scalable, modular development.

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Transitions

When adding transitions, avoid using transition-all. While convenient, this can lead to performance issues and animation bugs because it forces browsers to repaint the entire UI during animations. Instead Target specific properties (e.g., transition: opacity 0.3s ease;) to optimize performance.

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Custom Code

Take your Webflow projects to the next level with Flowbase Boosters—a free Webflow app that provides a range of attribute-based code solutions. Boosters include features like:

• GSAP Animations

• Carousels

• Before & After Sliders

• And much more!

Best of all, Boosters is completely free for the Webflow community, empowering designers and developers with advanced capabilities that integrate seamlessly into their projects.

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Useful Shortcuts

Webflow has some awesome shortcuts that help speedup development. We use these shortcuts every day.

Function	Shortcut Keys
Unwrap element	ctrl + shift + g
Wrap element in div	ctrl + alt + a
Search & add element	ctrl + e
Focus class selector	ctrl + enter
Rename class	ctrl + shift + enter
Duplicate class	ctrl + alt + enter
Add vertical or horizontal margin/padding	alt + drag / click
Add all sides margin/padding	shift + drag / click
Move to parent element,	arrow ↑
Move to child element	arrow ↓
Move to sibling elements	arrow ←→
Preview	alt + p
Change device widths	1,2,3,4

You can see all shortcuts by pressing "Shift + /".