Canvas Basics

The main area of Zuga is called the canvas. This page explains the basic operations for placing and editing nodes.

Screen Layout

Top-left — Toolbar (tool selection and action buttons)
Top-right — Panel toggle buttons (Properties, Layers, Document Settings, Grid & Snap, Icon Library)
Right side — Currently active panel
Center — Canvas (work area)

Zoom: Mouse wheel to zoom in/out (0.05x–8x)
Pan: Middle-button (wheel button) drag
Pan: Shift + left drag
Fit View: Click the Fit View button in the toolbar to automatically fit all nodes in the viewport

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` + `Z` / `Cmd` + `Z`	Undo
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Z` / `Cmd` + `Shift` + `Z`	Redo

Operation	Action
`Ctrl` + click / `Cmd` + click	Multi-select (add to or remove from selection)

Shortcut	Action
`Escape`	Close the open dialog

⚠️ Delete / Backspace keyboard shortcuts for deletion are not yet implemented. Use the delete button (trash icon) on the toolbar.