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How to Make a Drag & Drop PDF Editor Like Canva Clone in Browser JavaScript Tutorial for Beginners
Mar 12, 2026
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Uh hello guys, welcome to this video. So
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in this video, I'll show you how to
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build out a drag and drop Canva clone
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PDF editor directly in browser. So
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actually editing your PDF files directly
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in browser. So this is actually the
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application that I developed entirely
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inside browser using HTML, CSS and
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JavaScript. I have given the link you
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can directly purchase this source code.
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This is a single index.html HTML file as
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you can see about 20 2200 lines of code
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here. So it's a single file which
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directly runs in the browser. So it's a
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single static web application. So it's a
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similar to drag and drop Canva clone
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kind of a editor. So here you will
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select your first of all your PDF file
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whatever PDF file you want to select.
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So after selecting the PDF file, the
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file will display here with live
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preview. All the pages will be there. So
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you will be able to individually
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uh be able to edit the PDF. So we have a
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quite a number of uh tools out there for
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annotating highlighting the PDF here. So
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you select the pen operator. So simply
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you can select the PDF here. You can
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highlight anything right here using
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this. You also have the capability to
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change the color using the color picker.
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So change the color here and you can
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just see how easy it is. You can even
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change the stroke level as well. And
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then you can go to the next page. Do the
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same highlighting. And you also have the
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capability to add text here. So simply
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click on the location where you want to
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add the text here and just add the text
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here. And also you have the capability
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to add images. So you simply select the
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image file whatever image file that you
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want to add and you can place it
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accordingly
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and after making these modification you
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can click the export PDF button to
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change. So save the changes here and you
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will see the output PDF file will be
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saved here. So if you're interested in
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this Canva clone drag and drop PDF
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editor you can purchase the source code.
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I have given the link in the description
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of the video. So it's very easy to
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modify the source code as well. So once
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you get the source code, you can add
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additional features on top of this or
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add uh you can modify the interface as
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well
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and it's also very easy for you to
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deploy this application. It's just a
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single file here index html. So it's a
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single static web application. So there
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is no backend. All the code is there in
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a single file. So you also have the
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capability to add a blank page as well.
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So simply click and this blank page will
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be added. And now if you want to delete
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this page, you can click the delete page
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button as well. So all these
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modifications you can do. And apart from
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that we also have this. If you want to
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hide something in PDF, you can click
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this operator which is white out. And
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simply select the portion that you want
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to hide and that portion will be hidden.
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So you can just see how easy it is. It's
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really fast as well. So everything is
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hidden out there. You also have the
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capability to add a comment as well. So
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you can just see here you can add a
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comment as well. And if you want to
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duplicate a page, you can click this
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button here to duplicate the page. So
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everything will be duplicated. So this
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is a Canva clone uh drag and drop PDF
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editor. So if you are interested in
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this, the link is given in the
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description.