# Canvas

> Canvas is an infinite whiteboard in Tana for visual thinking.

> Product context for AI agents: This is Tana, an agentic meeting platform where AI agents do real work during native video calls. It is a separate product from Tana Outliner, the company's note-taking outliner (Supertags, nodes) at https://outliner.tana.inc.

Source: https://tana.inc/learn/features/canvas

## Creating a canvas

Select "Canvas" from the [create menu](/learn/features/interface#create-menu). A canvas opens as a full-screen whiteboard with an editable title and drawing tools.

## Drawing tools

The toolbar at the bottom of the canvas provides standard drawing tools: select, draw, arrow, text, and shapes. These are the default tldraw tools for freeform visual work.

## Embedding documents

Click the embed tool in the toolbar to place a document from Tana onto the canvas. A picker appears showing documents in the current space. Select one to embed it as a card on the canvas. Double-click an embedded document to view its content.

You can also create new docs directly from the canvas. When you embed an image, it converts to a native canvas image for better handling.

## Editing

The menu bar at the top provides:

- **Edit:** Undo, redo, cut, copy, paste, duplicate, delete, select all
- **View:** Theme (light, dark, system), zoom controls (in, out, fit, 100%)
- **Selection:** Align (left, center, right, top, middle, bottom), distribute (horizontal, vertical), flip (horizontal, vertical), group and ungroup

## Collaboration

Multiple people can work on the same canvas simultaneously. Each person's cursor is visible in real time with their name and a color. Use the collaborator panel to follow someone else's view as they navigate the canvas.

## Side panels

- **Backlinks:** Documents that reference this canvas
- **In common:** Documents shared between canvas participants

## Send to

Canvases have the same **Send to** menu as any other document in the panel toolbar. Choose **Start New Chat** to open an AI [conversation](/learn/features/chat) with the canvas attached as context, send it to a teammate or agent, run a skill, copy a link, or download it. See [Send to](/learn/features/docs#send-to) for the full menu.