Canvas Minimap
When an architecture expands across multiple screens or includes deep microservice clusters, having a bird's-eye view is essential. Rekhic includes an interactive Minimap overlay.
1. Toggling the Minimap
Click the Map icon in the lower-right viewport control cluster to toggle the minimap view on or off.
2. Reading the Minimap
The minimap provides a scaled-down real-time mirror of the entire canvas:
- Colored rectangles represent nodes on the canvas.
- Connecting lines and boundaries appear in miniature.
- A highlighted semi-transparent bounding box represents your current viewport (what is currently visible on your monitor).
3. Minimap Navigation
- Click to Jump: Click anywhere inside the minimap to instantly jump your main camera viewport to that region.
- Drag Viewport: Click and drag the highlighted viewport rectangle inside the minimap to smoothly pan across the diagram without using mousewheel gestures.
Next: Review all hotkeys in Keyboard Shortcuts.