Canvas
Master the infinite canvas: place, select, link, annotate, layer, rotate, animate, lock and theme elements, undo changes, and start from templates.
The Canvas
The infinite canvas, the palette, and adding elements.
Selecting Many Elements
Marquee, multi-select, and the format painter.
Text and Fonts
Editing labels and choosing from eleven fonts per element or tab.
Themes
Restyle a whole tab, including multi-colour and custom themes.
Templates
Start from a ready-made template instead of a blank canvas.
Event Storming Boards
A board built for the workshop: the notation, paper-like notes, one wall.
Editor Modes
Diagram, Draw, Facilitate, Illustrate and Plan: what each mode is for, the mode switch, Shift+D and Opens in.
Draw Mode
Freehand drawing on any tab: switch modes, then a dock of pens, a Path tool, erasers and shapes.
Plan Mode
Boards of items on any tab: Kanban, sprints, triage, retros and roadmaps, with cards you drag together.
Facilitate Mode
Run a session on any tab: retros, town halls and workshops, with timers, votes, polls and reveals.
Illustrate Mode
Work on a tab as pages: sizes for print and social, layouts, colour and photo backgrounds, then export or present.
Links and Link Cards
Link elements across tabs or to URLs, and bookmark cards.
Annotations
Drop a marker with a note that readers hover to read.
Notes
Attach a longer written note to any element, formatted and out of sight until opened.
Layers
Split a tab into stacking layers you can hide, lock, rename, and restack.
Hiding, Locking, and Dimming Layers
Hide, lock, dim, or solo a whole layer, and preview one on hover.
Organising and Merging Layers
Rename, restack, merge, clear, and move elements between layers.
Layer Order and Opacity
Send elements to the front or back layer, and fade them with opacity.
Size
Type an exact width and height, lock the ratio, or reset a stretched shape.
Rotating Elements
Snap an element to a preset 45° angle from the right-click menu or search palette.
Animating Elements
Animate shapes, text, notes, drawings, media, tables, arrows, and icons.
Element Shadows
Lift an element with a drop shadow: five presets plus offset/blur sliders.
Choosing a Finish
Draw a tab or an element Flexible, Professional or hand-drawn Sketch.
Quick Style Panel
Restyle a selection in one click; the next shape of that kind remembers it.
Locking Elements
Protect an element from accidental moves, resizes, and deletion.
Element Indicators
The small icons that show an element has a link, a note, an action or comments, and how to set them to Top, Footer or Off.
Undo
Step back your most recent change, with a keyboard shortcut and a button.
Redo
Re-apply a change you just undid.
Alignment & Snapping
Drag or resize to snap elements into line and match sizes; hold Cmd/Ctrl to place freely.
Colours, Borders and Opacity
Recolour text, background and border, style borders and corners, and fade elements.