Technical writers want their documentation to look modern and polished. Adding interactive elements like floating menus, slide-out navigation, reading time indicators, or back-to-top buttons often means dipping into code, something many teams don’t have the time or bandwidth to take on in the middle of delivery.
That is exactly the challenge the new FlareUI script library is designed to solve.
FlareUI is a live, working library of scripts, examples, and setup guidance that makes it easy to add modern web interactions directly into Flare output.
Explore the library and see how the components work here:
MadCap Flare has always been flexible. Writers can build nearly any experience they can imagine. And yes, Flare content can be extended through custom scripts. But should every writer have to learn modern web scripting to do it?
FlareUI builds on Flare’s built-in flexibility by providing:
- A curated set of the most common interactive elements
- Clean, safe, tested scripts built for Flare
- Guidance on where and how to use them in your project
From Feature to Experience
This is where Flare starts to move beyond traditional documentation tooling.
Modern documentation is not just about publishing content. It is about creating experiences that are easy to navigate, intuitive to explore, and align with how users expect to interact with information.
FlareUI makes that shift practical. Writers can quickly add:
- Back-to-top buttons
- Resizable Side Navigation
- Common UI patterns seen on modern documentation sites
- Topic reading time
- And more...
The Bottom Line
It’s simple. It’s fast. And, it empowers writers to enhance their content without having a developer in the loop.
You do not need to overhaul your entire project. Start with one enhancement and build from there.
It’s a living library, so bookmark it for more content.
https://madcappeteam.mcoutput.com/flareui/Content/Home.htm
Do you have some scripting magic that you want to share with the community? We would love to hear from you! Get in touch! success@madcapsoftware.com.
