Everything around the canvas is a panel: a small, self-contained piece of the interface that floats over the board rather than taking a fixed slot in a rigid layout. The canvas itself fills the screen, and the panels sit on top of it at the edges, so the diagram always has room to breathe.
You will meet a handful of them: the palette for adding things, the tab bar for moving between boards, the toolbar that appears when something is selected, the zoom controls, and the quick controls in the corner. Each is covered in its own guide.
Panels stay out of the way: they appear when they are useful and tuck back when they are not, and several can be dragged to a spot that suits you. The point is a calm workspace where the canvas is the star and the controls are within reach without crowding it.
Want even less on screen? Most panels can be hidden for a distraction-free view, see Zen mode.
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