# Canvas basics > Zoom and pan the board, select items, copy and paste, group, undo, and start from an empty board. Source: https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/canvas Last verified: 2026-10-24 (checked against FlashBoards app build 8299930841d7) The canvas is an endless surface. Items stay where you put them. ## Move around [Video: Zoom, pan, recenter, pick a zoom preset, then reset with ⌃0](https://media.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/navigate-canvas.h264.b67eea35.mp4) | Action | How | | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Zoom in or out | Mouse wheel, trackpad pinch, or `⌘ + +` and `⌘ + -` | | Pan | Drag empty canvas, or two-finger scroll on a trackpad | | Pan on a touch screen | Drag with one finger; pinch with two to zoom | | Reset zoom to 100% | `Control + 0` (`⌘ + 0` also works on Mac), or **Zoom presets** → **Reset zoom to 100%** | | Jump to a preset | **Zoom presets** (the percentage, top right) | | Center the view on your content | **Center on content** (top right). It keeps the zoom, so zoom out first if your content doesn't fit. | On Windows and Linux, use `Ctrl` where Mac uses `⌘`. > **Note.** Use the board's zoom, not your browser's, which scales the whole interface. Keyboard zoom also works in the prompt box: it moves focus out of the prompt and zooms the board. In other text fields, click the canvas first. ### Use the minimap Click **Show minimap** (top right) for a small overview of the board. Click or drag in it to move around. **Hide minimap** closes it. ## Select items * **Click** an item to select it. It moves to the front. * **Shift-click** to add or remove an item. * **Shift-drag** on empty canvas to draw a selection box. A plain drag pans. * Press `Esc` or click empty canvas to clear the selection. One selected media item shows an action rail; see [Item actions](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/item-actions.md). Several selected items show a toolbar with alignment and layout tools; see [Arrange and align](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/arrange.md). ## Group items Select two or more items and press `⌘ + G`, or right-click a selected media item and choose **Create Group**. * Drag the group's label to move the group. Click the label to select every member. * Drag a single member to move only that item. * **Edit group style** (the palette button) changes the name and color. * Press `⌘ + Shift + G` or click **Ungroup items** to ungroup. The items stay on the board. An item can belong to only one group. [Video: Shift-drag a selection box, press ⌘ G to group, then drag the group by its label](https://media.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/canvas-select-group.h264.86310598.mp4) ## Duplicate, copy and paste | Action | Shortcut | | ------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | | Duplicate selection | `⌘ + D` | | Copy selected items | `⌘ + C` | | Paste | `⌘ + V` | | Delete selection | `Delete` or `Backspace` | Pasted items land at your pointer, even on a different board. Duplicated items can overlap other items; dropped and imported files are placed in free space instead. See [Where new items land](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/arrange.md#where-new-items-land). To move items to another board, right-click a media item and choose **Move to Board** or **Copy to Board**. ### Paste from outside FlashBoards Click the canvas and press `⌘ + V` to add a copied image, SVG or web link. A link that doesn't look like media is still added, with a warning to check it. Plain text doesn't become a note ("No images found in clipboard"). Use **Add text note** instead; see [Notes and drawing](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/notes-and-drawing.md). ## Undo and redo Click **Undo** and **Redo** (top left), or press `⌘ + Z` and `⌘ + Shift + Z`. Each local board keeps up to **10** undo steps. Shared boards have no undo. Deleting doesn't ask for confirmation, so undo right away if you delete by mistake. > **Warning: Undo and finished generations.** A generation that finishes normally does not add an Undo step. Its result is kept when you undo or redo an earlier edit. Deleting the result is still an ordinary edit; undo that deletion or use **Restore to board** on its progress chip to bring it back. ## Start from an empty board A new board shows a **Get Started** card with **Paste from clipboard**, **Drag & drop media** and **Generate with AI**. It disappears once the board has an item. A first-time hint may offer **Open Import/Export Guide**; click **Dismiss** to hide it. ## Pick a model without leaving the canvas Right-click empty canvas to open a quick model picker. Hover **Favorites** or **Recent** and click a model to make it active. Press `Esc` to close it. ## Preview and compare Double-click a media item, or select it and press `Enter`, to open it full screen. With two images or two videos selected, `Enter` opens a side-by-side wipe comparison. With more items, you step through them. See [Preview and compare](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/preview-and-compare.md). ## Related - [Arrange and align](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/arrange.md) - [Item actions](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/item-actions.md) - [Notes and drawing](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/notes-and-drawing.md) - [Keyboard shortcuts](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/reference/keyboard-shortcuts.md)