Overview
Right-click an element in the Design Studio and choose Advanced lock. Three switches appear: Lock position and size, Lock style and Lock content. Turn on the ones you need and the element stays as you left it, however many people open the flipbook after you. You can also reach the same three from the padlock icon in the toolbar above the page.
Anyone editing a flipbook can drag a logo or restyle a heading by accident. That is a problem when the element carries your brand, and it is why the lock is split three ways instead of being one on or off.
What each of the three locks does
- Lock position and size: the element cannot be dragged or resized. Use it to hold your logo in the same corner at the same size on every page.
- Lock style: fonts, colors, filters and transparency are fixed. The text can still be rewritten.
- Lock content: the content itself is fixed. Text cannot be retyped, and a locked image cannot be swapped for another one.
The three are independent. Lock the style of a heading and leave its content open, and a teammate can write a new headline without changing your brand font.
Caution: a shape with locked content cannot be used as a mask.
Stop teammates unlocking an element
A lock can be switched off by whoever finds it, which is fine inside a small team and not fine when the flipbook is a template other people build on. Enforce Lock removes the option: locked elements stay locked for everyone but you.
You turn it on for the whole workspace, not per flipbook, so you need access to the workspace settings.
- Open your Flipsnack workspace and go to Settings.
- Click Feature management.
- In the Branding section, turn on Enable Enforce Lock.
Turn it off again in the same place whenever you want.
Troubleshooting
- You cannot select the element at all: another element sits over it. Pick the one you want from the list in the Layers panel instead of clicking the page.
- You cannot turn a lock off: Enforce Lock is on for the workspace. Ask whoever manages your Settings to turn it off.
- A shape will not take an image as a mask: its content is locked. Turn Lock content off, apply the mask, then lock it again.
Additional tips / FAQs
- How do I see what is locked? A padlock shows beside each locked layer in the Layers panel.
- Which lock stops someone deleting the element? Lock content. A locked element cannot be duplicated, added to all pages or deleted.
- Can I lock a template for my team? Yes, and template locking is a separate feature with its own article, linked below.
Next steps
- Enforce branding guidelines with locked Flipsnack templates
- How to share branded, locked templates with your team
- How to edit a ready-made template design in Flipsnack
- Why isn't the text box appearing when I click on it?
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