It is a common pattern to move the canvas using the middle mouse or right mouse drag. Having to use both keyboard (space) and mouse to move canvas requires additional cognitive effort. Proposal: keep the current solution + add the right (or middle) mouse drag Note: Some SW uses left mouse drag and dragging the empty space on canvas. This has some drawbacks when canvas is very busy with objects. Apology - the mentioned issue is of the UX / workflow design character and not a functional bug. Still I believe it should be categorised here. Or you could have a separate UX / Design issues category.

@radek Not a problem at all, we already have this story in our whiteboard feature, I think the solution here to add the right click+drag behaviour.

Fixed in latest release [image] CHANGELOG: Jan 13 / Whiteboard improvements, experimental features Changelog raised_back_of_hand Whiteboard improvements Now you can move canvas with the middle mouse button drag. We also added a new Hand tool. [2022-01-13 16.49.02] woman_scientist Experimental features You can find and enable some experimental features in Workspace menu → Experimental Features. Note that features enable for you only. [Screenshot 2022-01-13 at 4.49.51 PM] For example, you can already try the brand new multi-panel navigation. It is not bugs free, but we already use it in our accou…

[DONE] Whiteboard - move canvas with mouse only

Bugs & Issues

mdubakov January 13, 2022, 2:53pm 3

Fixed in latest release

Topic		Replies	Views
Midle-click dragging embedded whiteboards moves page as well Bugs & Issues	0	37	September 22, 2025
UX: Whiteboards: Moving the whiteboard element becomes moving the whole board Bugs & Issues whiteboard	0	24	August 19, 2026
CHANGELOG: Jan 13 / Whiteboard improvements, experimental features Changelog	5	1073	January 14, 2022
UX: Cannot move a whiteboard to another space when it's under a Document Bugs & Issues	0	25	August 19, 2026
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[DONE] Whiteboard - move canvas with mouse only

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