New features

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🧜‍♀️ Copy diagrams from Whimsical as Mermaid code. Whimsical now also supports Mermaid subgraphs and horizontal layout.

Improvements

• Bring to front/back shortcuts have been updated to match standard usage:]bring to front,[send to back,⌘]bring forward,⌘[send backward.
• AI diagram generation is now more reliable when generating complex diagrams from detailed prompts.
• Whimsical URLs now include a workspace prefix, making it clear which workspace a URL belongs to.
• Workspaces now have avatars too. You can set yours via settings.
• Embedded Whimsical boards now load faster, and feature scrollbars.

Bug fixes

• Emojis are now rendered and wrapped correctly when editing board text in Safari or non-retina displays.
• Fixed canvas sometimes getting stuck for a brief moment when changing object colors.
• Mind map nodes no longer disappear when scrolling horizontally on large mind maps.
• Using the I keyboard shortcut to import an image now opens the file picker and correctly imports the selected file.
• Users without access to a file in a private team are no longer directed to log in with SSO.
• Files shared with you can now be reordered in Favorites.
• Linear and GitHub reference icons are now showing in comment email notifications, instead of plain text links.
• Mermaid node labels using quoted text (e.g. A["My label"]) are now retained when pasting a diagram.

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Command menu

The new command menu gives you quick, keyboard-first access to every tool and action in Whimsical.

Commands are shown based on the context you’re in. For example, if you’re working on a board, you can search for an object you would like to add.

You can also browse all available commands by pressing Command+K and then Enter.

Better connectors

It’s now easier to move and modify connectors:

• Any freestanding connector can now be moved without restrictions.
• Connectors now show the exact point where they are attached when selected.
• Both elbow and straight/curved connectors now always show handles for dragging edges and control points.
• Elbow connector edges now snap to other nearby edges when being moved.

Custom colors in Boards

Whimsical now lets you set custom colors for board objects.

Click on the new + option in the color picker and chose the color visually or by specifying a hex code. You can also pick it from anywhere on the screen using the eyedropper.

Once a custom color is added, it can be reused for other objects. You can also edit an existing custom color by right-clicking it in the color picker. The changes will apply to all objects using that color.

Improvements

• Version history in Boards now loads from newest to oldest, so you get immediate access to recent changes. We've also made it faster and fixed stability issues when opening history in large boards.
• Multiplayer collaboration in boards is now faster and more reliable. You can also see (and follow) the cursors of anonymous viewers, and idle users are no longer shown as active.
• You can now paste markdown tables into Docs.
• Link shortcut in editor is now Shift+Command+U, as Command+K is used for the command menu.
• Voting info can now be collapsed while voting is active.
• Shapes in Whimsical now have the same text padding, regardless of the shape size.

Bug fixes

• Fixed rendering of links inside Linear backlinks.
• When pasting an image into a section or frame, the image is now always centered inside the selected container.
• Fixed spaces being dropped in some cases when replying to comments via email.
• Links to deleted comments correctly route you to the parent file.
• Slack notifications now always display only once, not twice.
• Fixed SVG images sometimes getting converted to bitmaps when adding to a board.
• When clicking into a draft comment in Docs discussion section, cursor no longer jumps to the end of content.
• When moving files, “Last modified by” will no longer be updated.
• Fixed incorrect selection on double-click when objects are inside a nested group.
• When viewing a board with view-only access, copying will correctly copy selected objects rather than the whole board.
• Images imported on Windows should no longer appear blurry in some instances.
• Desktop app badge will now update when the application window is closed as well.
• You can now correctly add plain text before inline code when it starts at the beginning of a paragraph.
• Fixed desktop app requiring login on every launch in some instances.
• Clicking on a blank line when editing text in Safari now correctly moves the cursor.
• Images inside callouts no longer extend past the callout boundary.
• Images can now be dragged inside table cells in Docs.
• Search now correctly highlights keywords in nested file blocks.
• F11 key now correctly opens full screen view on Windows desktop app.
• Docs version history no longer shows the title twice.
• Fixed selecting comment text inside table cells.
• Fixed creation of new blocks in Docs between two toggle lists.
• Fixed discarded comments not being discarded in some instances.
• Fixed shortcuts in wireframe frame toolbar.
• When editing text in Boards, it no longer incorrectly wraps when typing : after a space.

We’ve introduced tabbed folders: an extra way to organize and visually scan files using clearly labeled tabs. This layout supports drag-and-drop reordering, renaming, and adding new tabs. Think of tabbed folders as your space to bundle related content– all your files and context in one place, neatly organized in tabs you can scan at a glance.

To try out tabbed folders:

• Create a new tabbed folder from Create new in your navbar or in the file banner in parent directories.
• Convert an existing folder by going to the folder options menu and select Switch to tabbed layout.

You can switch back to the classic folder view at any time.

Learn more in our help center, or see how the Whimsical team uses tabbed folders in our blog.

Things are looking up...down and sideways too!

We've added vertical and horizontal scrollbars to boards, so it’s easier to navigate and find your way around.

Quick-add just got...quicker. Here's what's new:

• Quick-add is always on - You don't have to enter a special mode or wonder where it went after accidentally disabling it. Just create a shape and quick-add will pop up, ready to go.
• Works in all directions - You can now quick-add shapes above existing ones, not just beside or below them as it was before.

You can now paste text directly onto selected objects to add new text or replace what’s already there. Works for any object that supports text input.

We've expanded table snapping so you can line things up without getting stuck between a row and a hard place:

• When resizing a table, its borders and dividers will snap to nearby objects.
• When resizing or moving other board objects, they will snap to table column dividers and borders.

Syntax highlighting in code blocks now supports more languages:

• Dart
• GraphQL
• Groovy
• PowerShell
• Scala
• TOML
• Zig