Find your way around the editor
Learn what Structure, Table, and the canvas do, and how to identify the level you are editing.
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Before you start
Open a practice diagram. Panel layout depends on screen width and which panels are open. Enlarge the screenshots to inspect controls.
Steps
Toggle the panels
Use the top-left icons to show or hide Structure, AI Assistant, and Table. For manual editing, keep Table open and close panels you do not need to make room.
Actual screen: toggle panels at the top left, edit steps in Table, and inspect the diagram on the canvas. What to checkTable is visible when you need it.
Understand the table columns
Content sets a step's name, Type sets its shape, and Next Step sets its outgoing connections. Edit Content to rename a step; edit Next Step to change its destination.
What to checkYou can distinguish name editing from connection editing.
Reveal hidden columns
If Details is hidden, scroll the table horizontally. You can also drag the panel boundary to widen it. Match the Check details row to the icon in its Details column.
Actual screen: follow the Check details row marked in red, then click the red-boxed layers icon (Create Sub-flow) in the Details column. Scroll the table horizontally if the column is hidden. What to checkYou can match the parent row and its details icon.
Check the level and viewport
Check the canvas breadcrumb. Root means the overview. After entering a detail flow, use Back to Parent or the breadcrumb. Use Fit to View at the bottom of the canvas if the diagram is clipped.
Actual screen: opening Check details and viewing its child steps in the table and diagram. Watch the actual steps
The red box marks where to act or check. Silent video with captions. Video data loads when you press play. The written steps above cover the same operation.
What to checkThe breadcrumb identifies the current level.
Check your result
You can find the controls for names, connections, and detail flows, and identify the current level.
If something goes wrong
Restore Table with its top-left icon. If Code is selected, switch to Table. Use column names and control descriptions when your layout differs from the screenshot.
Common questions
I cannot paste into Code
Code is a view for reading and copying. Edit steps and connections in Table.
The table is too narrow
Close unnecessary panels, drag the panel boundary, or scroll horizontally to reveal the right-hand columns.
Next steps
- Create a diagram
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- Add detail and return to the overview