Whiteboard

An infinite canvas for the part of the work that starts as a sketch — architecture, flows, and the messy first pass before anything becomes a task.

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Sticky notes, shapes, and freehand strokes on one infinite canvas.

Drawing Tools

The toolbar sits at the bottom of the canvas:

Select & Move V: Pick up and reposition anything on the canvas.
Pan H: Drag the canvas itself without moving objects.
Pencil P: Freehand drawing with adjustable stroke size and colour.
Eraser E: Remove strokes and objects you drew.
Shapes: Rectangle, ellipse, line, and arrow — enough for a flow or a box diagram.
Text T: Drop a text label anywhere on the canvas.
Sticky Note S: Quick text capture in a coloured note.
Insert image: Upload an image onto the board. SVG uploads are rejected on purpose — an SVG is executable markup.

Saving your work

Edits are kept in your browser as you draw, so a refresh does not lose the last few minutes. Persisting the board to your team is an explicit step: press Save in the header. The button reports its own state — Save, Saving…, Saved, or Save Failed — so you never have to guess whether the board is stored.

Use Cmd+Z to undo and Cmd+Shift+Z (or Cmd+Y) to redo. A board that says Save Failed has not been written to the server — fix the connection and press Save again before you close the tab.

Team Collaboration

When teammates open the same board, a presence indicator shows who is on it, and changes are broadcast to their canvases. The Live badge appears only while the realtime connection is actually up — if it is missing, treat the board as single-player and re-open it once the connection returns.

Broadcast sync, not conflict-free co-editing

This is broadcast-and-store sync, not operational-transform multiplayer. Two people reshaping the same object at the same moment can overwrite each other. For heavy simultaneous editing, split the work across areas of the canvas.

AI Suggestions

Open AI Suggestions in the header and Lithora reads the current board and proposes what to add or clarify. Suggestions are proposals — you choose which ones to place on the canvas.

Board options

Export JSON: Download the board and all of its elements as JSON — a portable backup you can archive or re-import. There is no PNG or SVG export.
Duplicate: Copy the whole board — the fastest way to make a reusable starting template.
Clear: Empty the canvas. Export first if you might want the contents back.

Plan requirement

Whiteboards are available on Pro and Scale, and are enforced server-side — a locked account sees the upgrade path instead of the board list. Find them at Dashboard → Whiteboard. Deleting a whiteboard is permanent and is not covered by the 30-day Trash.