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Free-draw & layers

Beyond item-to-item arrows, you can draw lines directly on the canvas and control the stacking order of everything on the board.

Free-draw​

  1. Switch on DRAW mode from the toolbar.
  2. Drag on the canvas to draw a line.
  3. The line becomes a free connector — it isn't tied to any item, so it stays where you drew it.

Free-draw is great for circling a cluster, underlining, or sketching a relationship that isn't a clean item-to-item arrow.

Layers (front / back)​

Every item and connector has a place in the stacking order — what's drawn on top of what.

  • Send a connector in front of or behind items with the LINE FRONT / BACK toggle.
  • Bring items forward or send them back to get overlaps looking right.
Lines behind, labels on top

A common setup: keep connector lines behind your images so arrows don't cover artwork, and keep text labels on top so they're always readable.

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