# How to add Links into Canvas When you paste a URL into Canvas, it will automatically transform into a product with a visually pleasing card and be saved automatically into [**My Catalog**](https://www.canoa.supply/catalog). This workflow allows you to easily add and organize different types of content from across the web as products directly inside your Canvas, keeping your collections all in one place. With this web clipper, you can paste and place links wherever you want in your Canvas and save them as products with ease. Try it out! ![:point\_right:](https://a.slack-edge.com/production-standard-emoji-assets/14.0/apple-medium/1f449@2x.png) Here’s a [**three-step guide**](https://www.canoa.supply/canvas/get-started) on how to paste a link into Canvas. ## How to paste a link into your Canvas: 1. **Copy** the URL from your web-browser. 2. Open the **Canvas** that you want to paste it into. 3. Click **`CRTL + V`** in Canvas directly where you want to paste your link. 4. The link will appear in a card view with an image, title, and hyperlink back to the original source. 5. Check the **`My Catalog`** icon in the bottom right corner to see your new product automatically saved.

Pasting links into Canvas, creating products automatically

{% hint style="info" %} Depending on the source of the link, different types of data will appear in the card once pasted into Canvas. Not all links from the web bring in images. {% endhint %} ## Functionality of a link in Canvas 1. Pasted links that bring in an image with the card view will automatically become products and saved to [**My Catalog**](https://www.canoa.supply/catalog) for Pro and Studio users.

Example of a pasted URL automatically becoming a saved product in My Catalog

2. For pasted links that do *not* bring in images to Canvas, you can still instantly create a product with the Save as Product icon. Here's how: 1. Simply, select the card and click the **`Save as Product`** icon. 2. The **Product side panel** will pop up on the right-side of your screen where you can check all of the data it saved from its source and easily add more data manually. 3. Read [**How to create custom products in your mood board**](https://help.canoa.supply/docs/collect/how-to-create-custom-products) to learn all about this functionality.

Product Side Panel to add and check data

3. You also have the ability to turn the card view into plain text if needed. 1. Simply, select the card and click the **`Display URL as Text`** icon. 4. Reference the original link of the card by clicking on the **`Hyperlink`** icon in the bottom left corner of the card. It will take you to the exact website URL you copied into your Canvas.

## Auto-Enrich your Product Data When adding in your products via URL copy paste to your Canvas, CanoaAI will automatically give them a subcategory and a color tag in addition to adding the product to your **My Catalog**. To check this, right-click and View Product Details. Scroll down to the data fields: Category and Tags. ## Collect links from all over the Internet This feature allows you to hyperlink almost anything in your Canvas and turn them into products. Not only can you paste URLs of your favorite furniture pieces from your favorite brands' websites, you can also paste links from e-commerce sites, news media and magazine outlets, bookmarking apps, and even that cooking recipe you've been inspired by lately. Happy collecting!

Examples of URLs pasted in Canvas from various sources

{% embed url="" %} Check out this public Canvas created by our Founder, Federico Negro, to view his collection of links. {% endembed %}