The Canvas

The canvas is the heart of Maestri — an infinite 2D space where you arrange your terminals, notes, file trees, and other nodes however feels natural to you. There's no right or wrong layout; the canvas adjusts to your thinking, not the other way around.

Inserting nodes

Select a tool from the top toolbar, then click and drag on the canvas to draw a rectangle. The node appears at the size and position you drew.

Available node types: Terminal, Note, Text, Drawing, and File Tree.

Moving and resizing

• Move — Click and drag from an empty area inside the node (usually the header area at the top).
• Resize — Position the cursor on a corner or edge and drag to the desired size.

Node actions

• Duplicate — Hold while dragging, or right-click → Duplicate
• Delete — W, or right-click → Delete
• Focus in viewport — \ while the node is selected

Canvas navigation

Maestri's canvas navigation follows the conventions of design tools like Figma, so it should feel immediately familiar.

Trackpad

• Pan — Two-finger swipe in any direction
• Zoom — Pinch in or out

Mouse

• Pan — Click and hold the scroll wheel, then drag
• Pan + zoom simultaneously — Hold scroll wheel and scroll
• Zoom — Hold and scroll
• Pan (alternative) — Hold Space and click-drag

Keyboard

• Zoom in / out — + / -

Zoom controls and mini map

Zoom controls are available in the bottom-right corner of the app. Next to them is a mini map that shows your current position on the canvas — useful when your workspace has grown large and you've lost track of where things are.