What is a block?

What is a block?
In this article
Learn how dicehub blocks form pages, which block types are available, and how to arrange them to create clear project content.

Everything in dicehub is a "block"

When you create your first page in dicehub and begin typing, you've started with a text block. But dicehub pages can contain a lot more than plain text!

Imagine every piece of content you add to a page — whether it's text, an image, or a table — as a single building block. Every page is a stack of blocks combined however you want.

Here's just one example page with different block types pointed out:

What is a block - block example

Blocks can transform

Any block in dicehub can be turned into any other type of block in order to use, view, or deepen that information in a new way.

Try this out by clicking the ⋮⋮ symbol and choosing Turn into to convert your block to something else!

Blocks can be rearranged

The ⋮⋮ button can be used to drag and drop existing blocks. This makes it simple to rearrange, reorder, and reshape your thoughts with one motion.