Particles

An animated particle background layer for a section: line web, starfield, bubbles, snow or low poly. It is shown in the block inserter as Canvas Particles and registered as canvas-core/particles.

Select the block on a page and its own settings open in the sidebar, in the panels below:

The Particles settings in the block editor sidebar

Settings

Each setting is named exactly as the block editor names it, followed by what it does and what it starts as. Where a setting carries a Shown when line, it stays hidden until that condition is met, which is the usual reason a setting looks missing from the sidebar:

Content

  • PresetDefaultLine Web

    Place this block inside a section: the layer fills its nearest positioned ancestor and sits behind the section’s content.

    ChoicesLine WebStarfieldBubblesSnowLow Poly

Every Canvas block also carries the Animation, Scroll Effects and Advanced panels, which are described in Controls every Canvas block has.

Other blocks in Content: Background Video / Audio, Cascading Images, Charts, Circle Stack, Clients, Data Tables.

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