[With demo] Canvas: Hotkeys for adding items, navigating and changing color

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Agreed - the gold standard for this to emulate is Mindnode IMO.
Specifically, the keyboard shortcuts for:

• Fold/unfold nodes (⌘⇧←)
• Create child node (Return)
• Create sibling node (tab)
• Move node above/below ⌘ ↑/↓
• Move node up/down a level of hierarchy ⌘←/ →
• Select/focus different nodes (Arrow keys)
• Reveal full text/notes attached to node in sidebar: ⌘5

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A video overview of how this could work in Canvas:

Obsidian Canvas feedback - Descript

And some other UX suggestions in line with your OP:

Hotkey-Toggleable sidebar in canvas

Use case or problem - Hotkey-Toggleable sidebar for when a particular card/note is highlighted to show the full text.** Proposed solution Hotkey, e.g. ⌘5 when a note/card is highlighted in the canvas view to open a sidebar with the full note text. [image] Current workaround (optional) Mindnode - Video of how all of this works. Related feature requests (optional)

Drag local graph into canvas

Use case or problem Creating mindmaps from existing spatial connections Proposed solution Being able to drag a node from a graph with all single-connecting nodes directly into canvas. Expected behaviour: to drag that node as a card, with the linked cards linking to it in the appropriate direction. Additionally, if there is a note already in a canvas which links to other notes, pressing a hotkey could generate those as adjacent cards on the canvas, with link arrows drawn. [image] Related…

Canvas 'Overview' mode - where only titles are shown (hide note body)

This app has a great implementation of mindmap vs ‘aerial’ view [image] [image]

Connection UI suggestion

Use case or problem Current problem: Creating a connection requires trackpad (no keyboard shortcut) and requires clicking on a very small element in the screen. Proposed solution 1 - Ability to click anywhere (perhaps with a keyboard modifier) 2 - Keyboard shortcut to create a child node or sibling node [ezgif-3-83c208a9b6] E.g. Fold/unfold nodes (⌘⇧←) Create child node (Return) Create sibling node (tab) Move node above/below ⌘ ↑/↓ Move node up/down a level of hierarchy ⌘←/ → Select/focus …