Build a complete Retool app interface—from a blank canvas to a fully themed, production-ready UI—using Retool’s drag-and-drop React components.
If building app interfaces from scratch is slowing down your workflow, Retool’s pre-built UI components give you the power of professional frontend design with the simplicity of a low-code UI builder. With drag-and-drop building functionality, no custom CSS or complex frameworks are required.
You’ll learn how to:
- Display data with Tables and Charts for powerful data visualization
- Collect user input with Forms, File Dropzones, and Calendar Inputs
- Organize layouts using Containers and Tabs for clean navigation
- Apply custom organizational themes to match your brand’s colors, typography, and style
This Retool UI tutorial is perfect for developers, ops teams, and technical builders creating internal tools, dashboards, and data-driven apps who want polished, production-ready interfaces without frontend complexity.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Retool Apps Components
00:32 - Commonly used
00:46 - Text inputs
00:55 - Number inputs
01:06 - Select inputs
01:13 - Date and time inputs
01:28 - Special inputs
01:42 - Buttons & Data
01:49 - Charts
01:55 - Presentation
02:07 - Frames
02:20 - Containers and forms
02:34 - Tip #1 : Organizing components with containers
03:08 - Example: Tabbed Container
03:38 - Tip #2 : Label components effectively
04:12 - Repeatables
04:40 - Navigation
04:47 - Integrations
04:56 - Custom & Legacy
05:13 - Closing Remarks
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