The canvas puts your design first. Open the pages or comments panel when you need it, then close it to make room.
Find your pages
Each project contains pages, and each page has its own canvas. Use the Pages panel to switch canvases, or add and rename pages. Existing work opens together on Page 1. Frames are artboards within a page: choose a frame to focus it, or choose View all frames. Objects can also sit directly on the canvas without a frame. Agents can manage pages with edit_page and place root objects using pageId.
Leave a useful comment
Choose Comment in the bottom palette, or press C. Click a location on the design and write your feedback. Colleagues and agents can reply to the same thread. @name mentions can be found with the mentions filter; this version does not send notifications.
Editable artwork
Designs contain real text, shapes, images, and vector paths. Agents use the same structured elements as the original editor. For manual editing, the advanced editor remains at the advanced workspace. Reviewers cannot use it to bypass their permissions.
Choose your appearance
Choose System, Light, or Dark from the workspace dashboard. Artwork retains its authored colors regardless of the surrounding interface theme.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| V / H | View / pan |
| C | Leave a pinned comment |
| Escape | Cancel a draft comment |
| ⌘ / Ctrl + 0 | Fit the canvas |
| + / − | Zoom around the last hovered canvas position |
| ⌘ / Ctrl + wheel | Zoom around the pointer |
See changes as they happen
Edits and comments arrive through a live connection, with periodic refresh as a fallback. Revision checks reject stale canvas writes and stale comment status changes. Agent attribution is available in comment threads and in the document activity record.
Take your design with you
The download button in the palette exports SVG. The API exports JSON as well. Exports contain editable design data, not runnable application code. SVG text wrapping can differ from the browser, and external images remain linked.
Choose Upload project in your workspace (or the manual editor’s project menu) to open a ProximaForma JSON export as a new project. Choose or drop one file up to 5 MB, then choose Upload and open. Artwork is preserved; comments, history, sharing settings, and reference-file links stay with the original project.
Track what has been handled#
Each thread starts as New. Move it to In progress or Handled, or choose Mark handled. A new reply to a handled thread moves it back to In progress. Reopen as New brings it back into review. The Filter button lets you choose statuses, page, author, and mentions. Search includes replies, and you can sort by recent activity or oldest first.