Minimap

A zoomed-out overview of the whole canvas in the corner, with a box marking where you are — tap or drag to navigate.

When a diagram grows past one screenful, the Map in the bottom-left corner keeps the whole thing in view. It draws a zoomed-out wireframe of every shape and connector, with a coloured rectangle marking the part of the canvas you're currently looking at — so you always know where you are and what's off-screen.

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The Map mirrors the canvas; the outlined box is your current view. Tap or drag it to move there.
  • Tap anywhere on the Map to re-centre the canvas on that spot.
  • Drag across it to pan continuously — the view box follows your finger.
  • Scroll on the Map to zoom the canvas in or out, centred where you scroll.

The view box updates live as you pan and zoom by any means, so the Map doubles as a constant "you are here" indicator. The shapes use their real outlines (a circle reads as a circle), and arrows show as connecting lines, so the overview is a faithful miniature rather than a grid of blocks.

When it shows, and turning it off

The Map appears once a tab has a few elements to map and the Activity panel is closed (they share the corner). It's a desktop convenience, so it stays hidden on phones where the canvas is already edge-to-edge.

  • The × in the Map's header hides it for now.
  • To bring it back — or turn it off for good — use Show minimap in Settings.

On a big board, scroll on the Map to zoom straight into a far corner, instead of panning all the way there and zooming separately.

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