Web Export
  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
  • Install the Plugin
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  • Export the Artboard
  • Export Artboard Dialog
    • File Name
    • Subdirectory
    • Page Title
    • Web Page Template
    • Expected HTML Output
    • Stylesheet Name
    • Artboard Stylesheet template
    • Expected Stylesheet output
    • Script Page options
    • Images
    • Export Folder
    • Server
    • Alternative Fonts
    • Scale to fit
    • Centering the page
    • Styles Inline
    • Style via Classes
    • Markup Only
    • Outline Elements
    • Keyboard Navigation
    • Add Data Name
    • Add Image Compare
    • Auto Refresh
    • Export type
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  • Addressing Export Issues
  • Messages Console
  • Export types
    • Export to a Single Page
    • Export to Multiple Pages
    • Export Artboards and show by size (media query)
    • Export to a Slideshow
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Responsive Pages
  • Dynamical page that grows in height
  • Modifying Individual Elements
  • Elements and Sub Elements
  • Styling elements
  • Element Options
    • Id field
    • Tag Name
    • Styles
    • Classes
    • Attributes
    • Hyperlink
    • Width and Height Size
    • Background
    • Markup Inside
    • Markup Before and Markup After
    • Text Ids
    • Text Tokens
    • Row Layout
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    • Overflow
    • Script Template
    • CSS Template
    • HTML Template
    • Layout Section
      • Layout Position types
      • Layout Position Location Types
      • Layout sizing options
    • Centered, Constraint and Anchored Positioning
    • Debug Element
    • Show Outline
    • Export as Image
    • Export as String
    • Export element
    • Displayed
    • Auto Export
    • Export (artboard)
    • Show Markup
    • Show CSS
    • Show Property Changes
    • Reset All Property changes
    • Navigation Buttons
  • Changed Properties
  • How to section
    • Creating a hover menu
    • Centering a page or element
    • Showing Overlays
    • Embedding an HTML page
    • Linking to pages or views
    • Creating a download link
    • Creating List items
    • Embedding Fonts
    • Adding Hover Effects
    • Styling Hyperlinks
    • Showing elements by size
    • Creating a Fixed Header
    • Make a Stretchable Line
    • Blend Modes
  • Creating Code Blocks
  • How Exporting Works
  • Single Page Application API
  • Element Tokens
  • Template Tokens
  • Setting up a server
  • Putting your site online
  • Code Block Snippets
    • Adding a cursor over on hover
    • Go to next or previous artboard with swipe gesture
  • Other Features
    • Gradients
    • Blend Modes
    • Form Elements
  • Learning by Videos
  • WordPress Integration
    • Summary
    • Export the main page
  • Example Packages
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  1. Element Options

Export as String

Export an element markup into a variable

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When this option is checked the HTML markup that would be exported is wrapped in quotes inside of a script block and assigned to a JavaScript variable.

For example, let's say you have a Rectangle:

if you export a Rectangle this is the code that is exported:

<svg class="Rectangle_1">
		<rect id="Rectangle_1" rx="0" ry="0" x="0" y="0" width="56" height="56">
		</rect>
</svg>

If you enable the Export as String option this is the code that is exported:

<script type="text/javascript">
	var Rectangle_1 = `
	<svg class="Rectangle_1">
		<rect id="Rectangle_1" rx="0" ry="0" x="0" y="0" width="56" height="56">
		</rect>
	</svg>
`;
</script>

The rectangle will not be shown on the page but the page will contain a variable that contains that code. The CSS of the rectangle is still defined in the stylesheet.

This comes in handy when you have an unknown number of items in a list, repeat grid or in a grid layout.

Having access to the HTML markup of an item in JavaScript allows you to create more copies of it.

Example Project

The name of the variable is the name or of the element.

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xd-examples/web-export/examples/export-as-string at master · velara3/xd-examplesGitHub
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