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Work with User Flow

Zoom in / out

When you first open a FlowMapp User Flow, the default zoom level will be set to Zoom to fit.

You may want to update this to a specific percentage, or use controls to zoom in and out on the board. You can customize these preferences by clicking the Zoom/view options dropdown in the top-right corner of your FlowMapp User Flow canvas.

You have a number of zoom settings available:

  • Use the Zoom in and Zoom out buttons to adjust the zoom level at pre-determined increments Cmd+/Cmd-.
  • Use the Zoom to fit shortcut  –  to fit the entire working area of the board in the screen – Shift1
  • Use the Zoom to 100% – Zoom to a specific percentage to display the board at the percentage of the virtual/actual pixel size.

Create elements

From a Side Toolbar

  • Select a Figure from the toolbar on the left and click on it
  • The figure will be attached to mouse cursor
  • Find a spot on the canvas and click
  • The figure will be placed on the spot

From an existing element

  • Select a created Figure
  • Find figure connector, hold and drag it to an empty spot
  • Release the button
  • Select a figure you want to add

Resize elements

Need a shape to pop a little more than the rest? Resize objects to make them larger, smaller, wider, shorter, or taller to customize their appearance.

Change the width or height of an object. Manual resizing can change the aspect ratio of an object. To resize an object:

  1. Click the object to select it.
  2. Click and drag:
  • the right or left edge to change the object’s width
  • the top or bottom edge to change the object’s height
  • a corner handle resize the object in either direction

Duplicate elements

  1. Select an element with click
  2. In the context toolbar appeared find  duplicate Duplicate Block button

Change styles

Each figure have number of options to set:

  • Filled or Bordered color,
  • Icons

Connectors (links, arrows)

Connectors link figures, pages, sections and text blocks.

You can change:

  • Color
  • Fill
  • Add/remove icons
  • Change pointer style

Layers

You can set layers for all User Flow elements.

Select an element by clicking on it and choose layer from the context menu.

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