Toolbars

Who can do it: All users Which plans: Free, Starter, Business, Business, Education Which platforms: Browser, Desktop, Mobile

Miro's board toolbars give you quick access to creation tools, collaboration features, board settings, and navigation controls, wherever you are on the canvas.

A Miro board has four toolbars:

• Board bar — top-left. Shows the board name and thumbnail, and opens the Main menu for board-level settings.
• Creation bar — left side. Holds the tools you use to add and edit content.
• Collaboration bar — top-right. Holds facilitation tools, activity, people, and sharing.
• Canvas controls bar — bottom-right. Holds frame and layer navigation, zoom controls, and help resources.

NOTE: Tools on the Creation bar and Collaboration bar are available to board owners, co-owners, and editors. They're locked for viewers and commenters. Commenters can leave comments; viewers cannot make changes to the board. More information: See Board access rights.

Board bar

The Board bar shows the board name and thumbnail, and lets you change the board's classification if you have the appropriate privileges.

To rename the board, click the board name.

The Board bar includes the Main menu, which you open by clicking the vertical three-dots (⋮).

The Main menu is organized into five submenus:

Board

• Make a copy of the board.
• Export, save as template, or embed the board.
• Move the board to another Space.
• Star the board.
• Delete the board.
• Change the board's background color.
• Specify the start view for newly invited members.
• See the board's history.
• See the board's details.

Edit

• Undo or redo.
• Open Command palette.
• Find board content (also available via Ctrl + F | Cmd + F).

View

• Set grid options, including turning the grid off.
• Enter full-screen mode.
• Show or hide collaborator cursors, comments, scroll bars, object dimensions, and the undo/redo controls.

Preferences

• Enable mouse or trackpad control.
• Turn object alignment on or off.
• Turn on Follow all threads.
• Open your profile settings.

Accessibility

• Turn on Precise selection.
• Turn on Reduce motion.
• Run the accessibility checker.

NOTE: Export, board search, and starring the board are all in the Main menu now — they're no longer separate icons on the Board bar. More information: See How to make your Miro boards more accessible.

Creation bar

Activate Sidekick above the Creation bar. Click Show Sidekick.

By default, the following tools are pinned to the Creation bar:

• Select — selects objects on the board.
• Templates — opens the templates modal.
• Sticky notes — opens the sticky notes menu.
• Text — enables text mode.
• Shapes and lines — opens the shapes-and-lines menu.
• Create freehand drawings — opens the freehand drawing menu.
• Frame — opens the frame menu.
• Stickers, Emoji and GIFs — opens a library of stickers, emoji, and GIFs.
• Comment — enables comment mode.
• Tools, Media and Integrations — opens the Tools and Marketplace libraries.

NOTE: Shapes and lines are combined into a single tool.

Customizing the Creation bar

You can change the order of tools, and add or remove the ones you don't need.

1. Click and drag a tool to change its position on the Creation bar.
2. Right-click a tool and select Unpin to remove it.

NOTE: Your tool order and pinned tools are saved to your profile only — you can't change another collaborator's Creation bar. Toolbar customization isn't supported on touchscreen devices.

Select and Hand tools

Select and Hand can't be removed from the Creation bar. Click the pointer to enable Select, and click again to switch to Hand (or use the V and H keyboard shortcuts). You can also pan the board using the right mouse button, or by sliding two fingers on a trackpad. More information: See Using Miro with a mouse, trackpad, or touchscreen.

Add content by dragging

To add text, comments, frames, shapes, or stickies to the board, drag the icon from the Creation bar onto the board. Alternatively, click the icon, then click the board to place the item.

NOTE: Except for the pen, eraser, lasso, and comment tools, all tools are one-time use: once you use a tool, it switches back to Select.

Collaboration bar

The Collaboration bar appears in the upper-right corner of the board and includes tools that help facilitate and drive engagement.

Facilitation tools

• Reactions — provides a set of emoji collaborators can use to express how they feel.
• Timer — sets a time limit for timed activities.
• Voting — enables collaborators to vote on a decision, and collates results.
• Private mode — hides sticky note content until you disable it. You can also make collaborators anonymous on the board.
• Note — writes and pins a Visual Note to the canvas.

NOTE: The Reactions menu no longer includes Raise hand. Board owners and co-owners can no longer enable or disable reactions for everyone from the Reactions menu.

NOTE: Estimations, Dependencies, Video Calls, Chat, and Breakout Frames are now available from the Tools, Media and Integrations menu. Talktrack is now available from the Present menu.

Activity

Board comments, Talktrack recordings, and team notifications (previously Feed) are combined into one experience. Click the bell icon to see board activity, including comments and Talktrack recordings. Switch to the Team tab to see notifications from any board on the current team.

People bar

The People bar lets you interact with collaborators on the board.

When collaborators are on the board, click the People dropdown to expand the collaborator list, then:

• Select a collaborator to follow, or bring them to you.
• Search for a collaborator.
• Bring everyone on the board to you.
• Turn cursors on or off.

NOTE: Use the collaborator list in the People bar for Bring everyone to me and Bring to me — these are no longer separate controls.

Profile menu

Click your avatar to open the profile menu, which shows your name and role. You can also access Profile settings from here.

Present

The Present menu lets you present frames on your board as slides, and start a Talktrack recording.

NOTE: Present the entire board and present activities have been removed. More information: See Presentation mode.

Share

The Share menu lets you copy a board link, invite collaborators, embed the board, and save or publish the board as a template. You can also access Sharing settings from here.

Canvas controls bar

The Canvas controls bar sits in the bottom-right corner of the board.

Frames and layers

Organize, present, and configure settings for each frame or layer on your board.

NOTE: Activities have moved under Frames and layers.

Zoom and navigation

Click the zoom percentage to open a submenu with the following options:

• Enter full screen - Expands the board to full screen
• Show/hide minimap - Toggles a small map of your board content
• Grid - Sets a line or dot background grid, with optional snap-to-grid
• Object dimensions - Shows width and height for selected objects
• Fit to screen mode - Fits all board content into the current view
• Zooming in and out - Adjusts the zoom level
• Current scaling - Shows the current zoom percentage

NOTE: To pin or unpin the minimap, use fit-to-screen, or enter full-screen mode, click the zoom percentage to open this submenu.

Undo and redo buttons

Undo and redo buttons are available below the Creation bar.

More information: See Undo and redo buttons.

Help and resources

Opens a menu with a feedback form, the Miro Help Center, and additional learning resources, including the Learning Center.

Troubleshooting

Toolbars disappear or won't load

1. Confirm you have editor or commenter access to the board. Hover over your avatar in the top-right corner to check your access level.
2. On desktop, if the issue persists, see Bugs & troubleshooting.
3. On iPad, this can be caused by RAM limitations. Try closing unnecessary background apps, working on a smaller board, or switching to a browser on a laptop or computer with more RAM.

Tools are hidden on the toolbar

1. Confirm you have editor access to the board.
2. Set your browser zoom to 100% — tools can be hidden at other zoom levels.
3. Confirm the tools aren't hidden on your Creation bar or Collaboration bar.

Tools are locked or greyed out

1. Confirm you have editor access to the board.
2. On desktop, if the issue persists, see Bugs & troubleshooting.

Frequently asked questions

Can I change the size of the toolbars?

If you're working in a browser, change your browser zoom level to resize the board toolbars.

Can I move the toolbars?

Not currently.

Can I hide the toolbars?

Toolbars are hidden automatically when you start Presentation mode. While working on the board, you can't hide toolbars, but you can minimize the Creation bar by unpinning tools. To hide an object's context menu, hold Shift.

More information: See Shortcuts and hotkeys, Using Miro with a mouse, trackpad, or touchscreen, and How to access Miro boards with assistive technologies.