Toolbars – Miro Help Center

As you create a Miro board, you get access to a few sets of board tools and settings. The toolbars surround the board working space.

Toolbars in Miro

Board menu & board settings

The board menu is available in the top-left corner of the board.

Board menu

On the board menu, you can see:

	Miro button to go back to the dashboard
	Board information card ("Big Ideas Test Environment")
	Board/data classification rating
	Main menu hamburger
	Export options (you can export as PDF, image, CSV, etc.)
	Search

Board settings/Main menu

Board settings (Main menu) is available in the top left corner of the board. You can also open the settings by right-clicking the canvas.

Board settings / Main menu

From the settings, you can:

start the board
duplicate the board
move the board to another team or project
switch mouse or trackpad navigation controls
enable/disable snapping objects onthe board
enable/disable the option to align objects on the board
change background grid
access board history
set start view
start/stop following all comment threads on the board
view the list of shortcuts
access Marketplace
open Learning Center
open API documentation
go to Profile settings

Collaboration toolbar

From the collaboration toolbar, you can access voting, timer, video chat, presentation mode, and other collaborative tools. Feel free to reorder the tools on the toolbar by dragging them.Collaboration toolbar

Communication toolbar

The toolbar includes tools for interacting with collaborators on the board.

Communication toolbar

	The option to enable/disable collaborators' cursors
	Reactions
	Comments
	Users on the board
	Feed
	Interactive Presentation Mode
	Sharing settings

Creation toolbar

Tools for navigation and editing are available on the creation toolbar on the left side of the board. Click on the arrows to see more tools. To select a tool, just click on the icon or use a shortcut to activate it. Learn more about Miro tools in this section.

Creation toolbar

Note that the tools are available for board owner, co-owners and editors and are locked for viewers and commenters. Commenters can only leave comments while viewers cannot make any changes to the board.

All tools (except pen, eraser, lasso, and comments) are one-time. This means that once you use the tool, it'll be switched to Select.

Customizing the toolbar

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

Click the arrows.
Drag a tool from the list of apps to the toolbar or vice versa.

Please note, your tools order and available tools will be saved under your profile only, you cannot change the creation toolbar of other users on the board. The toolbar customization isn't supported on touchscreen devices.

Toolbar customization

Drag and drop

To add text, comments, frames, shapes, or stickers to the board just simply drag and drop its icon from the creation toolbar to the board.

Drag and drop functionality

Select/hand tools

Select / Hand cannot be removed from the creation toolbar. Click on the pointer to enable Select tool and click again to switch back to the Hand tool (or use V and H hotkeys). You can also move around with the right mouse button or by sliding two fingers on a trackpad. Learn more about navigation in Miro.

Select and hand tools

Buttons undo and redo

The undo and redo buttons are available under the creation toolbar.

Undo and redo buttons

Board overview

Frames, comments, activities, and board history are available on the board overview. You can open it by clicking the icon in the bottom left corner of the board.

Copy of main_menu_review_reorder_frames.gif Board overview

Zoom controls and the navigation toolbar

Use the following buttons for board navigation.

The navigation toolbar

	Full-screen mode
	Map
	Fit to screen mode
	Zooming in and out
	Current scaling
	Learning Center

Issues with toolbars

Toolbars disappear or won’t load

If some toolbars are not available for you:

Make sure that you have editor/commenter access to the board. You can check your access level in the top right corner of the board.
Checking your access rights on the board
If you still experience the issue while working in Miro on desktop, try these troubleshooting steps.
If the issue perists on iPad, please be aware that this may be caused by iPad RAM limitations. Try the following:

close all unnecessary background applications before using Miro - this should better the performance
work on boards that are smaller in size - this should lighten the load of the app on the system
switch to another device (laptop or computer) with better RAM and use the browser version of Miro

Tools are hidden on the toolbar

Make sure that you have editor access to the board. You can check your access level in the top right corner of the board.
Checking your access rights on the board
Check your browser zoom level - for the best experience, we recommend setting it to 100%. Otherwise, tools may be hidden for you.
Browser zoom
Make sure tools are not hidden on your creation/collaboration toolbars.
Customizing creation toolbar
Customizing creation toolbar

Tools are locked/greyed out on the toolbar

Make sure that you have editor access to the board. You can check your access level in the top right corner of the board.
Checking your access rights on the board

If you still experience the issue while working in Miro on desktop, try these troubleshooting steps.

Frequently asked questions

Can I change the size of the toolbar?

If you are working in a browser, you can change the size of board toolbars by changing the browser zoom level.

Can I move toolbars?

This is not currently possible.

Can I hide toolbars?

Toolbars are hidden when you start the presentation mode. While you’re working on the board, you cannot hide toolbars but you can minimize the creation toolbar by hiding tools.

Hiding tools on the main toolbar
To hide the context menu of objects that appear when you select them, hold down Shift.

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