---
title: Studio canvas
description: >-
  The Studio canvas is a pannable, zoomable surface that holds windows. It has
  no cards.
tags:
  - studio
  - canvas
---

The Studio canvas is the surface under your windows. You pan it, zoom it and return it to its home position. Every tool, result and dashboard in Studio opens as a [window](/docs/studio/windows) on the canvas.

Nothing else lives on the canvas. It has no cards, no card tiers and no automatic result placement. Tiered cards belong to the [Chat canvas](/docs/chat/canvas), which is a different surface.

## Moving around

| Input | Effect |
|---|---|
| Two-finger scroll or mouse wheel | Pans the canvas |
| **Ctrl** + scroll, or trackpad pinch | Zooms, from 0.1× to 3× |
| Right-button drag on empty canvas | Pans. Dragging over a window or a button does not pan |
| Middle-button drag | Pans |
| Left-button drag on empty canvas | Nothing. The left button is kept for moving windows |
| Double-click | Nothing. Double-click zoom is off |

## Zoom controls

Three buttons sit over the canvas:

- **+** zooms in 1.25× around the centre of the screen, up to 2×.
- **−** zooms out by the same step, down to 0.1×.
- **Home** resets the pan and zoom to where the canvas started.

## Grid

**Workspace → Toggle Grid** in the bottom toolbar draws a grid over the canvas. **Workspace → Snap to Grid** moves every open window onto that grid. For the other layout commands, see [Windows](/docs/studio/windows#arranging-windows).

## Screen size

Studio needs a browser window at least 1024 px wide. When the window is narrower, a notice appears while the workspace loads.