Canvas and Nodes
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Flow Canvas and Node Library
Node library (left panel)
The node library lists the step types you can add to the flow:
- Blank User Step — A user step with no form or layout yet; you add layout and optionally a form or calc engine.
- Blank API Call — An API step with no endpoint configured; you add endpoint, auth, and body.
- Form — A user step created from the Form template (layout + blank form).
- Illustration — A user step with a sample illustration form and calc engine.
- Decision — A branch step that routes the flow based on conditions (true/false targets).
- ESign — An e-signature step; you link a report and configure participants.
Drag a row from the library and drop it onto the canvas (or between two nodes) to add that step.
Flow canvas (center)
- Start / End — Every flow has one Start and one End node. You cannot delete them.
- Adding steps — Drop a node from the library onto the canvas. Dropping between two nodes inserts the step in that position; the flow reconnects automatically.
- Reordering — Drag an existing step to a new position to reorder the sequence.
- Deleting — Remove a step using the node’s delete control; the flow reconnects the previous and next steps.
- Selecting — Click a step to select it; the right panel shows its configuration.
View options
- Collapse / expand — Toggle between the full canvas view and a condensed list view of steps. In condensed view you can still select a step to edit its properties.
- Recenter — Use the Recenter button (in the node library area) to center the flow in the viewport after panning or zooming.
Right panel (node properties)
- Resize — Drag the divider between the canvas and the right panel to change the width of the properties panel.
- No selection — When no step is selected, the panel shows a message such as “Select a node to view its properties.”
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