# Build a screen with widgets

> Open a Wireframe for editing, drag widgets from the widget library onto the screen and change their text, settings and layers.

Source: https://mockflow.com/docs/build-a-screen-with-widgets

A wireframe screen is made of widgets: buttons, text, inputs, lists, navigation bars, charts and more. You add and change them in edit mode, right on the board.

## Open a screen for editing

![A selected Wireframe with its toolbar, with Edit wireframe and Library numbered](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/64323dcaa7674823809dfb8808807526.webp)

1. Select the Wireframe.
2. Click **Edit wireframe** (1), or click **Library** (2) to open the widget library straight away.

The board toolbar is replaced by the wireframe toolbar while you edit.

![A banking app screen in edit mode with the wireframe toolbar at the bottom, with Widget library and the quick widget tools numbered](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/12b469b191c34502b56e9be452cd96cc.webp)

- **Widget library** (1): opens the full list of widgets. Press L.
- **Quick tools** (2): **Text** (T), **Button** (B), **Text input** (I), **Image box** (M) and **Box** (X). Click a tool, then click or drag on the screen.

Click **Exit wireframe** (the X at the end of the toolbar) when you are done. To give the screen the whole view, click **Enter Focus Mode**.

## Add widgets from the library

![Dragging the Button widget from the widget library onto the bottom of a banking app home screen](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/0d0bfb1f915d4082a8f3e6277fb9709c.webp)

1. Open the widget library.
2. Find a widget by browsing, or type in **Search widgets**.
3. Drag it onto the screen, or click it to drop it inside the screen.

![The widget library with Change category and Search widgets numbered](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/d373af35f4484b998e29f8cf33327985.webp)

Widgets are grouped in categories (1), such as Layout, Controls, Navigation, Data, Blocks, Mobile, iOS and Android. Click **Change category** to switch. **Search widgets** (2) searches every category.

## Edit a widget

Click a widget to select it. A small toolbar opens above it:

- **Edit text:** double-click the widget, or use the text button, and type.
- **Properties:** press Enter or click the settings button to open **Widget Settings**, with sections such as Content, Style, Typography, Arrange and Layout. Tables and charts also get a **Data** editor, where you can paste cells from a spreadsheet.
- **Duplicate**, **Delete**, **Bring forward** and **Send backward.**

Right-click a widget for more: Group, Lock, Hide, Align, Distribute and **Put inside** another widget.

## Find widgets in Layers

Click **Layers** in the wireframe toolbar, or press Alt+1, to see every widget on the screen as a list. Use **Find layers** to locate one by name, and click a layer to select its widget.

To keep widgets lined up as you edit, see [Stack widgets with spacing and padding](/docs/stack-widgets-in-a-wireframe). To change the look of the whole screen, see [Change a screen's style](/docs/change-wireframe-style).