Slide editor

The editor (/admin/editor) is a visual canvas built on Fabric.js. Slides are saved as JSON files in data/slides/. Open it with Create new slide, or select a slide in the admin and click Edit slide.

The slide editor with a text object selected

  1. Toolbar
  2. Keyboard shortcuts
    1. Navigation
    2. Editing

Toolbar

Group Tools
File New slide, Load slide, Save slide, Back to admin
Insert Add Text, Add Rectangle, Add Image from file, Add Video from file
Text Font, Font size, Font weight, Italic, Underline, Align left / center / right / justify
Style Fill color, Stroke color, Stroke width, Border radius
Arrange Align left / right edges, Center horizontally / vertically / both
View Zoom in / out, Zoom 1×, Fit to screen
History Undo, Redo
Other Manage fonts, Shortcut help

Editor slides are shared. If a slide is used in several bundles, saving it changes it in all of them.

Keyboard shortcuts

Click Shortcut help (the ? button) in the toolbar to see these in the editor.

Keyboard shortcut help

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + mouse wheel Zoom in / out
Ctrl + + / Ctrl + - Zoom in / out in 10% steps
Ctrl + 0 Reset zoom to 100% (the top-row zero key, whatever its label on your layout)
Middle mouse drag Pan the canvas

Editing

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Y / Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo
Delete / Backspace Remove the selected object
Arrow keys Nudge the selected object
Ctrl + arrow keys Nudge in larger steps
Hold Ctrl while rotating Snap to 15° steps