Miro cards provide you with a structured way to organize and assign work, provide details to align stakeholders, and keep everything on track. Use cards for planning or story mapping.
Available on: Desktop browser, Desktop app, limited functionality on Tablet app and Mobile app
Using cards
How to add the card app to the toolbar
If you’re often working with cards on your board, add the card feature to your toolbar for faster card creation.
- Go to the creation toolbar on the left side of your board
- Click the More apps icon
- Search for ‘card’
- Click the card icon to add it to the toolbar
Adding the card app to the toolbar
How to add cards to the board
There are three ways to add a card to your board.
Drag the card icon from the creation toolbar and drop it anywhere on the board.
Dragging the card onto the board
Click the card icon and then click anywhere on the board.
Clicking on the card icon to add a card to the board
Use the D hotkey and click anywhere on the board.
Using the D hotkey to add a card to the board
💡 Enable dimensions to create the same size cards across your board.
How to delete cards from the board
- Click on the card and press backspace on your keyboard
- You can also click the three dots in the context menu (...) > Delete
Deleting a card
How to convert other objects into cards
You can convert any existing sticky note, text box, or shape into a card using the Switch type feature.
- Click the object to open the context menu
- Click the Switch type icon
- Choose the card icon from the dropdown menu
Converting a sticky note into a card
To bulk-convert multiple objects into cards, click and drag to select the objects and click the Switch type icon in the context menu. Select the card icon.
Bulk converting multiple stickies into cards
💡 You can convert cards into Jira cards. Use bulk convert to create multiple Jira cards after a team brainstorming session or agile ceremony.
How to open the card panel
Open the card panel to see all the card details, make all your edits at once, and add a description.
To open the card panel, click the Expand icon either in the top right corner of the card or in the card’s context menu. You can also use the hotkey Ctrl + Shift + Enter (for Windows) Cmd + Shift + Enter (for Mac).
Opening the card panel
Editing and customizing cards
How to edit a card
Click on the card to open the context menu, or open the card panel. Here you can change the color and size of cards, add tags, links and dates, and assign cards to users.
Editing a card
How to bulk-edit cards
- Drag the selection field across the cards, or select cards one by one while holding down Shift or Ctrl (for Windows), or Command (for Mac)
- The context menu will open
- Choose any tool from the context menu to make edits
Editing multiple cards at once
How to resize or rotate a card
Click on the card and drag the white dots. You can rotate the card by dragging the arrow icon.
Changing the card size and rotating the card
How to assign a card to a user
Cards can be assigned to users who have access to the board via email invitation, team share, or a project. Cards cannot be assigned to visitors.
- Click on the card to open the context menu, or open the card panel
- Click the add assignee icon
- Select a user from the dropdown
Assigning a card to a user
How to add and remove tags from cards
- Click on the card to open the context menu, or open the card panel
- Click the add tag icon
- Enter the text for your tag (and choose the tag color)
- Click create or press enter on your keyboard
- Click on a tag to remove it from the card
💡 Use tags to search and filter your cards.
Adding and removing tags from a card
How to update the status of a card
- Click on the card to open the context menu, or open the card panel
- Click the add status icon
- Select To do, In progress, or Done from the dropdown.
- To remove a status, click Remove status
Updating the status of a card
How to add and remove dates on a card
- Click on the card to open the context menu, or open the card panel
- Click the set date icon
- Enter the start date and/or due date.
- To clear a date, click x next to the date field
Adding a start and due date to a card
Adding titles and descriptions to cards
You can input up to 20,000 text symbols in the card description and title. The title of a card is always visible, however the description is hidden if the card is not expanded or zoomed in. The description becomes partly visible with a triple board zoom. We recommend adding cards with 100% zoom.
How to add a card title
Click on the card and start typing. Changing the text font and size of a card title is not possible.
Adding a card title
How to add a card description
Click on the expand icon to open the card panel and start typing in the Description field. You can also paste copied text directly into the description field using Ctrl + C/Ctrl + V (for Windows) or Cmd + C/Cmd + V (for Mac).
Adding a card description
How to export cards
- Drag the selection field across the cards, or select cards one by one while holding down Shift or Ctrl (for Windows) or Command (for Mac)
- Go to the top left board menu, and click the Export this board icon
- Select Export to spreadsheet (CSV)
Exporting cards to a CSV
Card hotkey shortcuts
- D + click to add a new card to the board
- Ctrl + Shift + Enter (for Windows), Cmd + Shift + Enter (For Mac) to open all cards
- Tab to create a new card and edit the card title
- Ctrl + B (for Windows), Cmd + B (For Mac) - bold
- Ctrl + I (for Windows), Cmd + I (For Mac) - italic
- Ctrl + U (for Windows), Cmd + U (For Mac) - underline
- “-“ + space at the beginning of a line for a bulleted list
- “1.” at the beginning of a line for a numbered list
- Select text and Ctrl + V (for Windows) or Cmd + V (for Mac) to create a hyperlink