/docs/components/files/overview
Overview
Understand the file lifecycle: upload, manage tabs, inspect metadata, and export.
File workflows connect your host application to the canvas session state.
- Upload documents with a view payload.
- Sync active tabs and file lists from the canvas.
- Read file metadata for UI panels and audits.
- Export the current session with markups applied.
File Upload
Load a document into the canvas.
File Management
Sync tabs and active files.
File Info
Read metadata for the active file.
File Export
Generate a downloadable snapshot.
Page List
Render page thumbnails and selection state from canvas events.
Page Selection
Navigate the active file by page index or page number.
Jump into the workflow you need.
Keep your file workflows aligned with canvas setup and API references.
- Canvas Setup: Canvas Iframe Initialization
- File API: API References
- Annotation API: API References
