Add pages to a board

You get several canvases inside one board, switched from the left pane. A board is a file, and each page is its own canvas, like the sheets of a workbook. On a prototype, you can use pages to keep wireframes and a final handoff apart.

Pages work on prototype boards. The other kinds have none yet.

Open the Pages list

Open a prototype. The left pane shows the board's name as a link back to Boards. Under it is the Pages list, then the layers list.

A new board has one page, named "Page 1". The open page is highlighted. Click another to open it. The shell, the tools, the Ask AI panel and your theme stay where they are. Back, forward and a copied link all land on the page.

Add a page

Click Add page, the + at the right of the Pages heading. The new page opens at once, empty, named "Page 2" or the next number up. It is added last. It doesn't ask for a name.

Rename a page

1. Select the page and press F2, or right-click it and choose Rename.
2. Type the name and press Enter. Escape cancels.

A blank name changes nothing. The first page is "Page 1" until you rename it. Renaming it doesn't rename the board: the board keeps its own name in the tree, the Boards list and the link at the top of the pane.

Put pages in order

Drag a page up or down the list. A line shows where it will land. Or right-click the page, or press Shift+F10 on it, and choose Move up or Move down.

The first page stays first. It can't be moved, and nothing can be dragged above it. Move up is greyed out on the page just under it, and Move down on the last page.

Delete a page

1. Right-click the page, or press Shift+F10 on it, and choose Delete page.
2. Read the message and click Delete page again.

The page above it opens. The deleted page moves to Deleted, under Boards in the tree, and shows there as the page name, a dot, then the board name, such as "Page 2 · Checkout". Click Restore within 30 days to bring it back, as it was. See Delete and restore a board.

A page shows in Deleted only while its board is live. Restore the board first.

The first page has no Delete page, because it is the board. Delete the board from Delete at the top right, which takes every page with it.

Move between pages with the keys

• PageDown opens the next page.
• PageUp opens the previous one.

They work with the left pane closed. They do nothing while you type in a field, in a menu or in a dialog, and on the last or first page. See Keyboard shortcuts.

What belongs to a page

Each page has its own:

• shapes and layers list
• selection, which is cleared when you switch
• view, where you left it
• versions, history and undo (see Save, name and restore versions)
• canvas colour
• share link, and what Present shows

The same on every page: the tool you picked, the Ask AI panel, the project tree and the inspector.

Copy a shape to another page

Copy it, open the other page and paste. Cut and paste moves a shape the same way, but it makes a new shape, so the old one is gone.

A pasted shape arrives without its links. Evidence you linked to it, and its interactions, stay on the shape it came from. Cut refuses a shape that has links, so copy it, paste it, and delete the original yourself once you have moved its evidence.

A copy of a component's instance needs its component too, or you see "Copy its component too." See Make a reusable component.

Interactions stay on one page

An arrow from a button to a screen can't cross to another page. Both ends must be on the same page. If a click-through is one flow, keep it on one page. See Make a prototype clickable.

Other people

A page someone else adds or renames appears in your list the next time you open a page or refresh. Presence shows who is on the page you are on.