A Storyflow whiteboard is an infinite canvas. There is no page edge to design around and no fixed layout to fight, so you can put things where they make sense and reorganise later.

Moving around

• Pan: drag empty canvas, or use two fingers on a trackpad. Holding Space pans without leaving cursor mode.
• Zoom: scroll or pinch to zoom at the cursor, or use Cmd/Ctrl + + and Cmd/Ctrl + -.
• Fit everything: Cmd/Ctrl + 0 brings the whole board into view. This is the fastest way to get un-lost.
• Zoom controls sit in the bottom-right corner if you prefer clicking.

The toolbar

The toolbar runs down the left edge. The most-used tools sit on it directly, and the More button opens the full set.

Every tool has a single-key shortcut. Move the cursor to where you want the element and press the key: it appears at the cursor rather than in the middle of the screen.

• N Note
• H Heading
• T To-do
• E Ticket
• D Doc
• W Wall
• K Kanban
• R Table
• I Link
• L Line
• V Video
• U Audio
• P Color
• G AI image
• B Tactic
• C Comment
• F Folder (a nested whiteboard)

Adding elements

Four ways, in rough order of speed:

1. Press the key with the cursor where you want it.
2. Click the tool in the toolbar, then click the canvas.
3. Right-click the canvas and pick from the menu.
4. Drag a file in from your desktop, or paste from the clipboard.

Selecting and editing

• Click an element to select it. Shift + click or Cmd/Ctrl + click adds to the selection.
• Drag to move, and drag the corner handles to resize.
• Just start typing on a selected note, to-do or heading to edit it. You do not need to double-click first.
• Cmd/Ctrl + D duplicates. Backspace / Delete deletes.
• Right-click an element for the rest of its options.

While dragging, three modifiers change what happens: Shift locks to one axis, Cmd/Ctrl snaps to the grid, and Alt drags out a duplicate and leaves the original where it was.

Grouping with walls

A wall is a titled container. Put elements inside it and they move, collapse and theme as one unit, which is how most boards stay readable once they grow.

Create the wall first, then add elements while the cursor is over it so they land inside. Colouring the wall afterwards re-themes everything within it in a single action.

For a topic that deserves a whole canvas of its own rather than a box on this one, use a Folder: it is a nested whiteboard that opens into its own board.

Using AI on the canvas

Open the assistant with the AI button in the top navigation. Select elements first and they become the subject of your request, so "expand these" edits what you selected rather than adding new cards next to it.

Tips and tricks

Cmd/Ctrl + A is context aware. With a text card selected it selects the text, with a wall selected it selects that wall's contents, and with nothing selected it takes the whole board. Use it to scope your selection instead of grabbing everything.

Title the board with a note. A note with a transparent background and a large font size reads as a heading on the canvas with no card around it. This is how most well-organised boards get their section titles.

Nothing is lost. Deleted items sit in the board's trash for 7 days, and undo works throughout.

Good to know

Single-key shortcuts pause while you are typing, so pressing N inside a note types the letter.

On a board shared with you as view-only the creation tools are hidden. If the owner enabled commenting, you keep Comment and Draw.