Does anyone know if it is possible to construct a retool custom component that displays Apryse's pdf viewer and editor? If so, what would be the desired workflow? I have been working on this for days but have had no luck getting my component to display in retool
Hi @sarahlevesque_40543, here are the general guidelines on building custom components in Retool:
Is there a specific problem you were running into trying to achieve this?
Yes, I’ve gone through all the documentation on custom components, and I’ve double-checked all my settings in Retool. I know my setup is correct because I can get the test custom component from your documentation to appear in my app without any issues. But when I try to load my own custom component, nothing shows up.
I’ve checked the Retool settings, ensured my component is properly registered in the Custom Component Library, and confirmed that there are no obvious errors in the console. I’ve also ruled out issues like missing dependencies or incorrect imports. The component itself is correctly structured for Retool’s environment. But for some reason, it doesn't show up in the component library.
At this point, I’m completely stuck. Is there anything about how Retool handles custom components that could be preventing mine from being added to the library, even though the test component works? I’d really appreciate any guidance because I’ve exhausted every logical troubleshooting step on my end. I am unsure how this type of situation can be further debugged as nothing is showing up and there are no errors in the console.
Hi Sarah, it's hard to say without more information. Are you able to get an empty component to show up in the library?
If you haven't already, you might inspect the dist/ directory within the custom component working directory to make sure that your component is appearing as expected in the built sources and in the manifest JSON.