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Build your own board
The toolbar at the bottom of the Board has three tools, three trays and three buttons. The tools decide what happens when you click and drag. The trays are where you add cards, and the buttons add boxes, text and comments.
The toolbar
The Board toolbar with the Select, Hand and Connect tools, the Links, Pages and Blocks trays, and the Box, Text and Comment buttons
| Button | Key | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Select | V | Pick, move and edit cards. This is the tool you use most. |
| Hand | H | Move around the Board and open the details of a card. |
| Connect | L | Draw a line from one card to another. |
| Links | Opens your links so you can add them. See Adding links and pages. | |
| Pages | Opens your tracked pages and conversions. | |
| Blocks | Adds Winner, Revenue, Total, Conversion and Target. See Blocks that do the maths. | |
| Box | S | Adds a box to group cards. See Text, boxes and comments. |
| Text | T | Adds a heading or a label. |
| Comment | C | Pins a comment on the Board or on a card for your team. |
Select or Hand?
Both tools let you look around the Board. The difference is what happens when you press on something.
| When you | Select (V) | Hand (H) |
|---|---|---|
| Drag on empty space | Draws a selection box | Moves the Board |
| Drag a card | Moves the card | Moves the Board, the card stays put |
| Click a card | Selects it and shows its toolbar | Opens its details on the right |
| Double click a block | Opens its settings | Opens its settings |
Use Select when you are building: adding, moving, grouping and tidying. Use Hand when you are reading: moving around and checking the numbers behind a card.
Using the Select tool
A selection box drawn around three ad cards, which turn orange along with their lines
- Click a card to select it. It turns orange. Pages, conversions, text, boxes and blocks also show a small toolbar above them. Links don’t, so press Delete to remove one.
- Drag a card to move it. When it comes close to lining up with a card it’s connected to, it settles in line so the line between them runs straight.
- Drag on empty space to draw a selection box. Every card and line it touches is selected.
- Drag any selected card to move the whole selection together.
- Press Delete to take everything that is selected off the Board.
- Click selected text to type in it. Double click a block to open its settings.
Using the Hand tool
The Hand tool picked in the toolbar and a hand pointer over the Board
- Drag anywhere to move the Board, even when you start on a card.
- Click a link, page, conversion or block to open its details. See Opening the details of a card.
- Nothing moves or changes by accident, so it is the safe tool for showing the Board to someone.
Using the Connect tool
Pick Connect, or press L, then drag from one card to another. You can also click the first card and then the second.
The Connect tool picked and a line being drawn from Homepage to Checkout
There are two more ways to draw a line without switching tools. See Connecting cards.
Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| V, H, L | Select, Hand or Connect |
| S, T, C | Add a box, add text or start a comment |
| Space and drag | Move the Board |
| 1 | Fit everything on screen |
| ⌘ Z | Undo |
| ⇧ ⌘ Z | Redo |
| ⌘ D | Duplicate what is selected |
| Delete | Take what is selected off the Board |
| Esc | Back to Select, close trays, clear the selection |
Text shortcuts like bold and text size are on Text, boxes and comments.