Zen Mode

Zen mode is a distraction-free focus mode for the editor. It hides every piece of floating chrome so only your diagram remains, which is ideal for reading, sharing your screen, or thinking without the toolbars in the way. It is purely a view setting: it changes nothing about the diagram and is not synced to anyone else, so each person can focus independently.

What it hides and keeps

When zen mode is on, the editor hides the header, the tab bar, the command palette, the inspector and other side panels, the Explorer, the Activity and comments panels, the AI panel, the mobile dock, the status badge, the empty-canvas prompt, and the undo/redo dock.

What stays is the part you came for:

• the canvas and everything on it, with selection, alignment guides, laser trails, and remote cursors all working as normal,
• the zoom controls in the bottom-right, so you can still zoom and fit,
• the zen toggle on those controls, which becomes an exit control while you are in zen mode, so there is always a visible way out.

Interaction is unaffected, so you can still pan, zoom, and (if your role allows) edit. Zen mode is available to everyone, including view-only visitors, since focusing is read-only.

Turning it on and off

There are two ways to toggle zen mode:

• The zoom controls. Outside zen mode the button shows an expand icon labelled "Zen mode"; inside it shows a compress icon labelled "Exit zen mode". Keeping enter and exit in one place means you always look to the same spot.
• The keyboard. Press Z to toggle it, and Escape to exit when it is active. It is listed in the shortcuts dialog under Tools, and it never fires while you are typing into a label or text field.