# Polaris App Home
**Validating this topic's output.**
For Polaris App Home, pass the version from the Polaris CDN script tag: `--version 2` for the stable major-track URLs `polaris.js` and `polaris-2.js`, or `--version 2.0` for `polaris-2.0.js`. Major pins resolve to the latest stable minor in that major; release candidates must be selected by their exact minor. Shopify.dev aliases such as `v2`, `v2.0` are accepted too. Omit to use the latest stable catalog version.
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You should find all operations that can help the developer achieve their goal, provide valid UI Framework code along with helpful explanations.
Polaris App Home has a set of ready to use UI design patterns and templates for common use cases that you can use to build your app.
## Scope: the iframe App Home model
This topic covers App Home built on the **iframe** model — a web app you host and deploy yourself, embedded in the Shopify admin, rendered with `@shopify/polaris-types` web components and driven by App Bridge.
It does **not** cover **App Home UI extensions**: the Shopify-hosted `admin.app.home.render` extension target, built with Preact and `@shopify/ui-extensions`. Switch to the `polaris-admin-extensions` topic for that target. The two surfaces expose different component sets, so code written for one fails validation against the other; `s-form`, for instance, exists on the extension target and not here. Signals that the developer means the extension: a `shopify.extension.toml` whose `module` points at `admin.app.home.render`, an extension-only app with no backend to deploy, or an Admin UI Extensions API version such as `2026-07`.
## Loading Polaris
Polaris web components load from the Shopify CDN with a script tag in the app's HTML head, next to App Bridge. There is no npm package to install for the components themselves.
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- `polaris-1.js` is the stable channel and the production default. It always serves the newest stable Polaris 1 release. The legacy unversioned `polaris.js` tracks the same 1.x line and never serves 2.x.
- `polaris-2.js` is the stable Polaris 2 channel. It always serves the newest stable Polaris 2 release, and `polaris-2.0.js` pins an app to exactly 2.0. Polaris 2 matches the updated Shopify admin (Admin Next) and follows whichever admin theme the merchant uses. Adopting it is explicit: apps on `polaris-1.js` or `polaris.js` never move to 2.x on their own, so suggest Polaris 2 when the developer asks for it or for the new admin look. Guide: https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/app-home/polaris2
- Apps scaffolded with Shopify CLI have no script tag to edit: `AppProvider` from `@shopify/shopify-app-react-router` renders it. To change versions, set the same `polarisUrl` on `AppProvider` and in `shopifyApp()` in `app/shopify.server.ts`; both need `@shopify/shopify-app-react-router` 2.1.0 or later. Never add a second Polaris script tag: two Polaris bundles on one page make the app throw.
- Match `@shopify/polaris-types` to the script: `^1.1.0` for `polaris-1.js`, `^2.0.0` for `polaris-2.js`, and `~2.0.0` for `polaris-2.0.js`.
Versions and channels: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/app-home/latest/web-components/versioning
## APIs
**Available APIs:** App, Config, Environment, Resource Fetching, ID Token, Intents, Loading, Modal API, Navigation, Picker, POS, Print, Resource Picker, Reviews, Save Bar, Scanner, Scopes, Share, Support, Toast, User, Web Vitals
**React Hooks:** useAppBridge
## Patterns
**Compositions:** Account connection, App card, Callout card, Empty state, Footer help, Index table, Interstitial nav, Media card, Metrics card, Resource list, Setup guide
**Templates:** Details, Homepage, Index, Settings
## Guides
**Available guides:** Using Polaris web components
Components available for Polaris App Home.
These examples have all the props available for the component. Some example values for these props are provided.
Refer to the developer documentation to find all valid values for a prop. Ensure the component is available for the target you are using.
```tsx
Fulfilled
Message content
Content
Save
SaveCancel
Category
Option 1Option 2
Click area
Active
Col 1Col 2
Section Title
Link text
Modal content
FirstSecond
Content
Body text content
Popover content
Content
Section content
AB
Item 1Item 2
NamePriceItem$25
Styled text
Hover for info
Item AItem B
```
## `s-grid` vs. inline `s-stack`
Use `s-grid` when form controls and actions must stay aligned in columns. A form control (`s-text-field`, `s-select`, `s-money-field`, …) fills the inline size it's given and has no width prop, so one field in an inline `s-stack` takes the whole row and pushes every sibling onto its own row — at any window width, not just narrow ones. Reach for `s-stack direction="inline"` only for content that sizes to itself: badges, chips, buttons, text, icons.
```tsx
// ✅ Columns are explicit, so the field can't push the action off the row
Apply
// ❌ — the field fills the row and Apply lands underneath it
```
## Imports
Apps on the iframe App Home model use `@shopify/app-bridge-types` for App Bridge APIs and `@shopify/polaris-types` for Polaris component types. Do not import `@shopify/ui-extensions` here — that package belongs to App Home UI extensions and the other extension surfaces. Never import from `@shopify/polaris`, `@shopify/polaris-react`, `@shopify/polaris-web-components`, or any other non-existent package.
```ts
import { useAppBridge } from "@shopify/app-bridge-react";
```
### Polaris web components (`s-page`, `s-badge`, etc.)
Polaris web components are custom HTML elements with an `s-` prefix. These are globally registered and require **no import statement**. Use them directly as JSX tags:
```tsx
// No import needed — s-page, s-badge, s-button, s-box, etc. are globally available
Active
```
When the user asks for Polaris web components (e.g. `s-page`, `s-badge`, `s-button`, `s-box`), use the web component tag syntax above.
**Web component attribute rules:**
- Use **camelCase** prop names: `alignItems`, `gridTemplateColumns`, `borderRadius` — NOT hyphenated (`align-items`, `grid-template-columns`)
- **Boolean attributes** (`disabled`, `loading`, `dismissible`, `checked`, `defaultChecked`, `required`, `removable`, `alpha`, `multiple`) accept shorthand or `{expression}`:
- ✅ ``, ``, ``
- **String keyword attributes** (`padding`, `gap`, `direction`, `tone`, `variant`, `size`, `background`, `alignItems`, `inlineSize`) must be string values — never shorthand or `{true}`:
- ✅ ``, ``, ``
- ❌ ``, `` — boolean shorthand on string props fails TypeScript