Map Editor & Shortcuts

Editor Layout

Desktop:

• Top navigation — a back-to-dashboard link (the StitchGraph logo and a chevron) on the left, and an editable map title. The workspace switcher is not shown on map pages.
• Left sidebar — an icon rail with six sections: AI Chat, Search, Bookmarks, Outline, Share & Export, and Settings. A Keyboard Shortcuts button is pinned to the bottom of the rail. Click any icon to expand or collapse its panel.
• Canvas — the central area where your map lives. Pan by dragging the background, zoom with scroll or pinch.
• Minimap — a small overview in the bottom-right corner showing your full map and current viewport position.

Editing Nodes

Nodes are the building blocks of your map. Here's how to work with them:

• Select a node by clicking it.
• Edit a node's title by double-clicking it or pressing F2.
• Add a child by pressing Tab.
• Add a sibling by pressing Enter.
• Delete a node with Delete or Backspace.
• Drag a node to reposition it — click and hold directly on the node, then move your mouse. No modifier key is needed.

Inspector panel:

When a node is selected, the inspector panel gives you access to additional properties:

• Notes — add rich text notes to a node.
• Labels — tag nodes with labels for categorization.
• Checklist — toggle checklist mode for task tracking.
• Hierarchy & connections — view and manage parent/child relationships and cross-links.
• Styling — customize the node's appearance.

AI Features

StitchGraph offers AI-powered tools both on the dashboard and inside the editor.

Dashboard AI:

Describe your idea in the dashboard prompt and click Generate to create a new map with structured nodes. If AI is available on your plan, this is the fastest way to start a new map.

Editor AI Chat:

Open the AI Chat section in the sidebar (the message-square icon) to chat with AI about your map. The panel shows a scope indicator — either "Whole map" or a specific node name — and a scope lock toggle so you can control which part of the map AI operates on.

Review system:

When AI suggests changes, a review banner appears at the top of the canvas showing "AI suggested N changes." You can cycle through changes with arrow buttons and see ghost-node previews on the canvas. Use the action buttons to apply or discard:

• Accept All or Accept Selected (N) — apply the changes.
• Reject All — discard all suggested changes.
• Individual operations can be accepted or rejected one at a time with ✓ and ✗ buttons.

Outline & Search

Outline:

Open the Outline section in the sidebar (the list icon) or press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+O to toggle it. The outline shows a full hierarchical tree of all nodes in your map.

Search:

Open the Search section (the search icon) or press Cmd/Ctrl+F to start searching. Search matches across node titles, notes, tags, and icons — not just titles. The panel also offers tag filter checkboxes and icon filter checkboxes for more targeted filtering.

Matching is real-time: nodes that don't match your query are grayed out on the canvas. Click a search result to navigate to and select that node.

Command Palette

Press Cmd/Ctrl+K to open the command palette — a searchable list of all available actions. Commands are grouped into five categories:

• Node — add child/sibling, delete, duplicate, move to top level, start connection, collapse/expand.
• View — zoom in/out, home camera, zoom to fit, toggle outline, toggle focus mode, theme switching, toggle dark mode.
• Edit — undo, redo, select all nodes.
• File — create a new map from a built-in or custom template, save the current map as a template.
• AI — generate a map from text.

Exporting Maps

Export your map via the Share & Export section in the sidebar, or press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+E.

Available export formats:

• PNG — raster image.
• JPG — compressed raster image.
• SVG — scalable vector graphic.
• PDF — printable document.
• Markdown — text export with root nodes as ## headings, children as indented bullets, checkboxes for checklist items, and notes quoted with > prefix. Use the Include notes checkbox to control whether notes are included.

Keyboard Shortcuts

StitchGraph has extensive keyboard shortcuts. You can also press ? in the editor to open the shortcuts legend, or click the Keyboard Shortcuts button at the bottom of the sidebar rail.

Node Editing

Selection

Clipboard

View

General

For a quick reference of your first map and the editor layout, see the Getting Started guide.