Read a canvas as a list

Follow the steps

1. 1

   Open a canvas and choose List view in the canvas header.

2. 2

   Scan the non-frame cards in their ordered content representation. Image and file/link cards keep an image or Open source action when their URL is available.

3. 3

   Use Edit on a card to select it and return to its card details when the canvas is editable.

4. 4

   Choose Canvas view to return to spatial arrangement.

What to know

• List view is a reading path over the same board content. It does not reproduce the board's spatial positions or connector geometry.
• Frame nodes are structural groups and are omitted from the list entries; their cards remain in Canvas view.
• Checklist items can be checked from the list when the current role can edit the board.
• Quote attribution, reading status and HEX values remain available in List view. Copy actions work in read-only views; editing and reading-status changes require edit access.

Troubleshooting

• If a card is missing, check whether it is a frame or whether the board loaded an older saved revision.
• If edit controls are unavailable, the board may be read-only through a public link or your shared role may be viewer.
• If an external source does not open, the card may not contain a safe URL. Return to Card details and inspect the source field.