When creating a Miro board, the toolbars located around your screen give you access to useful tools, apps, and integrations for adding and editing the content you need.
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:
Main menu hamburger | |
Miro button to go back to the dashboard | |
Board name ("[TESTING] Board") | |
Board/data classification rating | |
Three dots menu |
You can rename the board by click on the board name.
You can edit the board/data classification by clicking on the icon.
Board toolbar main menu
The main menu is available by clicking on the three dots (...) icon. The Main menu gives you the option to:
- Access Board, Edit, View and Preferences settings.
- Send to interactive display.
Board settings / Main menu
From the Board submenu, you can:
- Make a copy of the board.
- Export the board.
- Move the board to another team or space.
- Delete the board.
- Change the board’s Background color.
- Start presenting the board.
- View the Board history.
- View the board Details.
- Start the Accessibility Checker.
You’ll also see submenus for Edit, View, and Preferences.
The Edit submenu allows you to:
- Undo.
- Redo.
- Commands (which opens a Command modal).
- Find (which can also be accessed via CMD+f).
The View submenu allows you to control:
- Grid, which opens an additional menu where you can select the type of background grid you want (none, line grid, or dot grid), and if you want objects on the Board to snap to the grid.
- Collaborator cursors toggle.
- Comments on board toggle.
- Scroll bars toggle.
- Object dimensions toggle.
- Undo/Redo controls toggle (this places the Undo and Redo buttons on the bottom left of the board).
- Entering full screen.
The Preferences submenu allows you to control:
- Mouse or trackpad interactivity.
- Align objects toggle.
- Reduce motion toggle.
- Follow all threads toggle.
- Profile settings (which opens in a new tab or window).
Collaboration tools
From the collaboration tools icon in the upper right of your board, you can access Reactions, Voting, Timer, Private mode, and Notes.
Collaboration tools
People toolbar
The People toolbar includes tools for interacting with collaborators on the board.
Feed | |
Talktrack recordings | |
Users on the board and Attention Management features | |
Interactive Presentation Mode and Talktrack | |
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 Tools, Media and Integrations (+) icon to see more available 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 but 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 will be switched back to Select.
Customizing the toolbar
You can change the tools order and add or remove the ones you don't need. Click and drag tools to change their order on the toolbar or right-click to Unpin the tool.
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. Toolbar customization isn't supported on touchscreen devices.
Drag and drop
To add text, comments, frames, shapes, or stickies to the board, simply drag and drop the icon from the creation toolbar to the board. (Alternatively, you can click the icon and then click on the board to place the item there.)
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.
Undo and redo buttons
The undo and redo buttons are available under the creation toolbar.
Undo and redo buttons
Navigation toolbar
The Navigation toolbar is located in the bottom right corner of a board. You will see buttons to zoom in and out, as well as a button to access a list of Frames and Layers. The icon for more help and resources is also located here which includes the Learning Center.
To access additional tools, click on the zoom percentage. A submenu will open that shows the following options:
The navigation toolbar
Enter full screen | |
Show/Hide minimap | |
Fit to screen mode | |
Zooming in and out | |
Current scaling |
Issues with toolbars
If some toolbars are not available for you:
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Make sure that you have editor/commenter access to the board. You can check your access level by hovering over your avatar in the top right corner of the board.
Checking your access rights on the board
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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
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Make sure that you have editor access to the board. You can check your access level by hovering over your avatar in the top right corner of the board.
Checking your access rights on the board
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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.
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Make sure that you have editor access to the board. You can check your access level by hovering over your avatar in the top right corner of the board.
Checking your access rights on the board
Frequently asked questions
To hide the context menu of objects that appear when you select them, hold down Shift.