# Notes and drawing > Add and style text notes and sketch freehand on a board to label shots and mark up references. Source: https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/notes-and-drawing Last verified: 2026-10-24 (checked against FlashBoards app build 8299930841d7) Use text notes and sketches to label scenes, block out shots and mark up references. They're for organizing: nothing is sent to a model unless you copy it into a prompt or use a note as text input (such as narration for text-to-speech). Both tools are in the left-side board actions: **Add text note** and **Draw on board**. For arrows and shapes, see [Arrows and shapes](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/arrows-and-shapes.md). > **Note: Read-only boards.** On a shared read-only board, **Add text note** and entering **Draw on board** are disabled. If drawing mode is already active, **Exit drawing mode** remains available. Open one of your own editable boards to add notes or drawings. See [Shared boards](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/sharing/shared-boards.md). ![The board tools on the left edge with a text note and a drawing on the canvas](https://media.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/notes-drawing-left-actions.w2880.62eb41b7.webp) ## Add a text note ### Step 1: Click Add text note Click **Add text note** in the left-side board actions. A note with the text **New Note** appears in free space near the middle of your view. If an item is selected, it goes in the nearest free space beside that item and its neighbours, so it can land a little away from it. It never covers other items. The text is already selected, so just start typing to replace it. ### Step 2: Write the body and optional title Type in the body (**Enter your note...**). To add a **Title**, double-click the note to edit it, then click **+ Add title** at its top-left. It only shows while you edit a tall enough note, so make the note taller first if you don't see it. **Remove** next to the title drops it. ### Step 3: Save Click outside the note or press `⌘ + Enter`. Press `Esc` to discard your edits. Double-click a note to edit it again. [Video: Click Add text note, type over New Note, then press ⌘ Enter to save](https://media.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/notes-add-note.h264.86c01868.mp4) A selected note has a small rail with **Copy note content**, **Duplicate note** and **Delete note**. ### Style a note Select a note to open the **Note** properties panel on the right. It stays open while you type in the note: * **Typography**: font family and font size (4 to 512 px, or pick a preset size). * **Alignment**: left, center or right, and top or middle. * **Appearance**: text, background and border colors, each with a **Reset** button. Background and border colors can be semi-transparent. * **Presets**: see below. For a one-click style, choose a preset: **Classic**, **Minimal** or **Green**. Click **Save current style** (+) to add your own. Double-click a preset to rename it, or hover and click the x to delete it. Custom presets stay in this browser only. ## Draw on the board ### Step 1: Enter drawing mode Click **Draw on board** (the pencil button) or press `D`. The button changes to **Exit drawing mode**. ### Step 2: Pick your brush Choose a color, a stroke size (**S**, **M** or **L**) and an **Opacity**. ### Step 3: Draw and finish Drag on the canvas to draw. Click **Done**, or press `Enter` or `D`, to keep your strokes as one drawing. Before your first stroke, the board shows the hint **Draw here · Enter to finish · Esc to discard**. > **Warning: Some keys throw away a new drawing.** With the board focused, `Esc`, `Delete`, `Backspace`, `X` and `⌘ + Z` discard the whole draft, and you can’t undo it. `Enter`, `D` or **Done** keeps a new drawing. While you type in a text field, these shortcuts leave the drawing draft intact. Click **Done** to finish it. To add strokes to a finished drawing, double-click it, draw, then press `Esc` to finish. Here `Esc` keeps your new strokes: each one is saved as you draw it. To erase a drawing, select it and click **Clear drawing**. This leaves an empty drawing ready for new strokes. [Video: Draw on board: pick a color, circle the details, then click Done](https://media.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/notes-drawing-sketch.h264.6cc944cc.mp4) ## Move notes and drawings to another board Notes and drawings have no right-click menu. To move or copy one, select it together with a media item. Right-click the media item and choose **Move to Board** or **Copy to Board**. See [Item actions](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/item-actions.md). ## For agents A connected agent can add notes and change an existing note's text, title and style with `execute_board_action` (`addTextNote`, `updateTextNote`). See [Edit a board](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/integrations/mcp.md#edit-a-board). ## Related - [Arrows and shapes](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/arrows-and-shapes.md) - [Canvas](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/canvas.md) - [Manage boards](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/managing-boards.md) - [Describe and transcribe](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/describe-and-transcribe.md)