Frames

Add structure to the content on your board with frames. You can add, delete and customize frames, use them to easily navigate content on your board, present frames to an audience and export them as a PDF.

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Frame basics

Adding and deleting frames

How to add a frame

💡 When you open the frames tool, click View templates to access a variety of pre-set presentation and slide templates. 

1. Click the Frame icon in the Creation toolbar on the left side of your board.
2. The frames tool will open. 
3. Drag and drop frames right onto your board, or press the F hotkey and click anywhere on the board to add a frame. You can also click and drag to create frames directly on the board. 

Creating frames on a board

You can also add frames around existing objects.

Easily create frames around existing objects if you’ve already added content to your board. Select the objects, click three dots (...) icon on the context menu, and choose Create frame.

Creating a frame around board objects

💡 Enable dimensions to create the same frames across your board with precision.

How to delete a frame

1. Click the three dots (...) icon on the context menu.
2. Choose Delete.

You can also use hotkeys: click on the frame title and press backspace or delete. 

💡 If you accidentally delete a frame you can always restore from your board history.

Deleting a single frame

To delete several frames, select them while holding down shift or draw the selection field. Learn more about object selection. Then in the context menu, use the filter to select frames only, click the three dots and Delete. 

Deleting several frames at once

Customize frames

You can edit the placement, color, name, size, or ratio of a frame. And you can group, lock, and duplicate frames.

Move and edit frames

To move a frame, switch to the select tool and click and drag the frame's border or title. The default color of a frame is white. You can change the size and color of the frame in the object toolbar.

Rename a frame

Double-click the frame heading and start typing a new name, or click the three dots (...) icon in the context menu and click Rename frame. 

Resize a frame

Select the frame by clicking its border or title, then drag its borders to adjust the frame size. You can also change the frame's ratio in the context menu by clicking the three dots (...) icon.

💡 Enable dimensions to create the same size frames across your board with precision.

Group frames

To group frames, select several frames while holding down Shift. You can also use the filter option to select all frames. Then click the Group icon in the context menu.

Lock a frame

Lock frames to prevent them from moving accidentally. If you want to restrict board editors from accidentally moving the content inside the frame, select all the objects and lock them.

The option to lock and unlock frames depends on your plan type and your access level. Learn more in Locking content on the board.

Duplicate a frame

To duplicate a frame use the shortcut Ctrl/Cmd + D. If your frame's name contains a date, it will automatically be updated. Years advance to the next year, days advance to the next day.
Duplicating a frame

Copying and pasting within frames

When you copy and paste content within frames, the content will appear in the same place within the frames it's pasted into as the original frame. To copy and paste between frames:

1. Select the content you want to copy. Use Ctrl/Cmd to select multiple objects.
2. Click on Copy under the three dots (...) icon in the context menu. Or use the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd-C.
3. Select the destination frame(s). (You can group frames prior to doing this to make selection easier.)
4. Click on Paste under the three dots (...) icon in the context menu. Or use the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd-V.

Note that if the destination frames are a different size than the original frame content was copied from, the content will be aligned based on the top left corner of the destination frame based on the original x-y coordinates. This means some content may appear outside of your frame or in a different position relative to the edges. 

Presenting with frames

Presentation mode

Navigate smoothly between frames while presenting your board to an audience. To turn on presentation mode, click the Present button in the Collaboration toolbar, located in the top right of your board.

Your view will change to full screen and the frames will appear as slides, with board tools and frame titles hidden.

Use the arrows to navigate between your frames/slides. 

Hiding and revealing frames

Who can do it: Board owners, board co-owners
Relevant for: Education, Starter, Business, and Enterprise plans

Hiding frames lets you control what content is revealed to your collaborators and audience during workshops and meetings.

Once a frame is hidden, no one on the board can see its content. Hiding frames is helpful when it comes to designing meetings and organizing workshops step-by-step.

When a frame is hidden, your board participants will not be able to view its content. Instead, they’ll see a blank frame with a closed eye icon. 

If users place an object on top of the hidden frame - it will go under the placeholder frame but is still editable. 

💡 Split content into multiple frames to reveal them one by one in your meeting or workshop. You can create the agenda using visual notes and add hidden frames in notes.

⚠️ Remember that hiding a frame does not conceal the frame’s comments and title.

To hide a frame, click on the frame, then click the eye icon on the frame's object menu:

You can also hide a frame from the frames panel, accessed from the navigation toolbar. Click on the Frames icon and then use the three dots (...) menu to access the Hide function.

To hide several frames at once, drag to select the frames and click the eye icon in the context menu.

Hiding several frames

To reveal a hidden frame, click the eye icon again in the context menu.

⚠️ When hidden frames are revealed on the board they won’t be revealed automatically in notes. Please refresh notes to reveal the frames.

⚠️ Board participants can’t copy or duplicate a hidden frame until the frame is revealed.

Quick presenting frame features

There are many features that can help you quickly organize frames for seamless boards, presentations and workshops. 

Review and reorder frames

Quickly jump from one frame to another and reorder your frames in the Frames panel. To change the order of frames, drag and drop them into their new positions within the Frames panel.

Accessing the Frames panel from the navigation toolbar

⚠️  Re-ordering frames in the sidebar is not available on mobile and other touch devices for tablet app and browser.  

Multi-select frames

Multi-select allows you to select multiple frames in the Frames panel to reorder or delete them in bulk. To select multiple frames, press and hold ctrl on Windows or command on Mac.

Selecting multiple frames to delete, hide, or move

If you have several frames, it may help to organize them in list view. To view your frames in a list instead of thumbnails, click the three dots (...) icon and select List View. 

Listing frames in list view

Organize frames 

Organize frames reads the order of frames in your board and sorts them in the sidebar automatically, allowing you to quickly prepare your presentation. The algorithm arranges frames according to the order in which they are placed on the board - from left to right and from up to down.

In case you used Organize frames and wish to go back to your previous frame order, click on the Undo button under the left-side toolbar.

Organize frames automatically from the three dots (...) menu

Share the link to a specific frame

When sharing your board, you may want someone to focus on a specific frame. You can copy the link to a specific frame within the object menu. Just click on the object > click the three dots (...) > Copy link. 

Copying the link to a particular frame on the board

Exporting boards

You may want to share your presentation outside your team or with external collaborators and vendors. There are multiple ways to export your boards, like saving the board as an image or PDF, exporting as a CSV file and embedding the board in other apps or websites.

Learn about our options for exporting your board.

Export menu

Exporting frames

You may want to export only one frame or a selection of frames. 

To export a selection of frames, select the frames you want to export while holding down the shift key, or drag a selection box around the frames. Use the filter in the context menu and select Frames. Then click the three dots (...) and choose an export option. 

To export a single frame, select the frame, click the three dots (...), and choose an export option. 

Exporting a single frame

Frequently asked questions