The palette's Tools tab gathers the elements that are not plain shapes. It is split into two sub-sections: Tools for general-purpose elements, and Data for charts and meters.
The Tools sub-section
This sub-section holds the everyday building blocks. Text drops a free-standing label. Pencil lets you sketch freehand, with an optional shape-recognition mode. Arrow drops a plain connector you can position by hand. Avatar places a circular image and User places an actor figure, both handy for people in a flow.
A few more are self-explanatory: Sticky Note is a coloured note card, Table is an editable grid of cells, Frame is a labelled container you group work inside, Annotation is a small note marker for callouts, Link Card is a clickable preview of a URL, and Timeline Rail is a horizontal track for sequencing events. Each behaves like any other element once placed: select, restyle, group, and move it freely.
Guides in this tab
Several tools have their own walkthroughs, listed below and linked here:
- Drawing and Sketch covers the Pencil tool and shape recognition.
- Images covers uploading and placing pictures, avatars, and user figures.
- Data and Chart Elements covers the Data sub-section: Pie Chart, Bar Chart, Line Chart, Progress Bar, Progress Ring (a donut meter), and Rating (stars).
The Arrow tool lives here too, but arrows are deep enough to deserve their own guide: see Arrows.
Reach for a Frame when a diagram grows past one screen: it keeps a section labelled and easy to move as a unit.
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