Google Web Designer has a large central area for building your projects and editing code. The central area is surrounded by a toolbar, a tool options bar, a timeline and a set of panels that let you modify elements, add components, add events and more.
The document
In the centre of the Web Designer interface, you see the current document.
Two different document views are available:
- Design view shows the images, text and other elements of your document visually, just as they would display in a browser. The white stage represents the visible area of the ad or web page.
- Code view shows the document code with appropriate colour coding and formatting.
You can customise the Design view and Code view by setting your preferences.
1. Toolbar 2. Tool options bar 3. Timeline 4. Panels 5. View bar
View bar
The view bar lets you choose between Design view and Code view, preview your document in a browser and publish your ad.
Tools
The toolbar contains tools for creating and manipulating elements on the stage. This includes tools for creating text and simple page elements, colour selection tools and 3D tools.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
Selection tool |
Select and move objects on the stage. |
Motion path tool |
Draw curved motion paths for animated elements. Unavailable for AMPHTML or image ads. |
3D object rotate tool |
Rotate objects in three dimensions. |
3D object translate tool |
Move objects in three dimensions. |
Element tool |
Create HTML tags of any type by clicking and dragging on the stage. |
| Pen, Oval, Rectangle and Line tools |
Create SVG drawings, including elementary shapes with the shape tools, and bezier curves with the pen tool. |
Text tool |
Add or edit text. |
Rectangle, Oval and Polygon masks |
Add a clip path mask to an element. |
Rectangle, Oval and Polygon backdrop tools |
Add a div with a backdrop filter. Available only for image and video documents. |
Fill, Stroke and Gradient tools |
Modify the colour of elements in your project, including the element's fill, stroke and gradient fills. |
Eyedropper tool |
Select a colour from an element on the stage. |
3D stage rotate tool |
Change your 3D view of the project. |
Hand tool |
Change your view of the stage. |
Zoom tool |
Zoom in and out on your creative. |
 Fill colour and stroke colour |
Change the active fill and stroke (border) colour. |
Tool options
The tool options bar at the top shows options for the currently selected tool. For example, when the Text tool is selected, the tool options bar shows font and text layout options.
Timeline
The timeline allows you to create animations using keyframes. In Quick mode, the animation is created scene by scene; in Advanced mode you animate each element separately.
Panels
Panels include the Colour, Properties, Text, Components, CSS, CSS effects, Responsive, Events, Dynamic, Library, Ad validator and Outliner panels. The panels can be resized, rearranged, combined and closed. Learn more about organising panels.
Document tabs
When multiple documents are open, their filenames display on separate tabs. You can switch between documents by clicking a tab or pressing Ctrl+Tab to jump to the next document or Shift+Ctrl+Tab to jump to the previous document.
If the document tabs won't all fit in the window, you can see a list of all open documents in a pop-up menu by clicking the More icon 