Connectors
Connectors are lines that join two items on a MultiTaction Canvus canvas, for example to show a flow or a relationship. A connector stays attached to its items when you move them.
Draw a connector
- Tap an item to activate it.
- Tap Draw connectors (the arrow button) in the item's sidebar. Connection points, called bullets, appear on the edges of the item.
- Drag from a bullet, with a finger or a pen, to another item.
- Release over the other item.
If you release over empty canvas, Canvus discards the connector. Tap Draw connectors again to hide the bullets.
From Canvus 26.4.0, bullets are hidden until you turn them on for an item. You cannot draw connectors on a canvas you can only view.
Style a connector
Touch a connector's line to make it active. An active connector shows a title bar with these buttons and a handle at each end:
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Line tip (beginning) | Switches the start of the line between no tip and an arrow |
| Line tip (end) | Switches the end of the line between no tip and an arrow |
| Line color | Picks a colour from the canvas pen palette |
| Line width | Picks one of five line widths |
| Delete | Deletes the connector |
A new connector is a curved line with an arrow at the end and no tip at the start. When you change the style of a connector, your next new connectors in this workspace use that style.
Connector colours always come from the canvas pen palette. When someone edits the pen palette, the connector palette changes with it. See Colour palettes.
Move a connector end
On an active connector, drag the handle at either end to another item. Release over empty canvas to delete the connector.
Follow a connector
Tap a connector line to move the view to the item at its other end. Canvus goes to the end farther from where you tapped, so when you are zoomed in on one item, tapping the line takes you to the item that is off-screen. Dragging an end handle still moves that end. See Connector follow. (From Canvus 26.10.0.)
Copy items with connectors
When you copy items to or from a zone with canvas macros, the connectors between the copied items are copied too. A connector is copied only when both of its items are copied.