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Board basics

A board is an infinite canvas. Place sticky notes and shapes, connect them, and group them in frames to organize your thinking. A project can have any number of boards, and they save automatically.

Choose from the toolbar at the bottom of the board. While the board is focused, a single key picks a tool.

Tool Key What it does
Select V Select, move, resize
Hand H Pan the board (holding Space also pans)
Sticky note N Add a sticky note
Shape S Add rectangles, ellipses, diamonds, and more
Text T Add text on its own
Frame F Add a frame
Connector C Connect two items
File D Add a project file as a card
Component B Add a card and other components (right-click for more)
Table E Add a table
Diagram M Add a diagram such as a flowchart
  • Pick a tool and click the board to place an item. Drag to set its size as you place it
  • Double-click an item to write in it
  • ⇧⌘N also adds a sticky note
  • Click to select. ⇧-click adds to the selection
  • Drag from an empty spot to select everything inside the box
  • Drag a selection to move it. Drag a corner or edge to resize
  • ⌥ + arrow keys move the selection to the next item in that direction (for keyboard-only use)
  • Duplicate with ⌘D. Change text size with ⇧⌘. (larger) and ⇧⌘, (smaller)
Action Keys
Zoom in · out ⌘; · ⌘- (or pinch on the trackpad)
Actual size ⌘0
Zoom to fit ⇧⌘1

Select items and press ⇧⌘L to pin them so they can’t be moved or deleted by accident. Folto AI never changes pinned items.

  • Select and press ⌫ to delete
  • Undo with ⌘Z, redo with ⇧⌘Z. Changes made by AI undo the same way