Groups
Select several cards and press Cmd-G to make a group. A group has a name and a visible outline, moves as one object, and can be commented on and tagged as a unit. It is not a container — the cards stay on the same board, they are just marked as belonging together.
A group says "these belong together" without moving anything anywhere.
Select several cards and press ⌘G. You get a named, outlined region that travels as one object.
Groups are not containers
This is the distinction worth being clear about:
- A group marks cards on the current canvas as related. They remain cards on that canvas.
- A nested cluster is a different board. Its contents are somewhere else and you open into them.
Use a group for the four frames that make up one beat. Use a nested cluster for a whole scene that deserves its own surface.
What a group has
A name. Shown on the outline. Searchable in ⌘K.
An outline whose shape and colour you set from the right-click menu — useful for colour-coding sections of a big board at a glance.
Group operations, all in the right-click menu:
| Action | Effect |
|---|---|
| Rename | Change the label |
| Outline shape / colour | Restyle the boundary |
| Add to group | Pull another card in |
| Ungroup | Remove the grouping; cards stay put |
| Group comment | A comment anchored to the whole group |
| Group tag | A tag applied to the group as a unit |
| Group info | What is inside it |
Moving and selecting
Dragging any member moves the whole group. To move one card out, drag it clear of the outline — it leaves the group.
Clicking selects the group. Click again on a specific card to select just that card inside it.
Comments and tags on a group
Both attach to the group rather than to any one card. A comment on a group reads as being about the set — "this sequence runs long" — which is usually what someone reviewing a board wants to say.
A tag on a group means the tag's detail view lists the group as a unit, rather than listing eight cards individually.
When the canvas gets crowded
Grouping is the main tool for keeping a large board readable. The app notices when a board's root canvas is getting crowded and will suggest it once — that prompt is the power reveal for groups, and it appears a single time, ever.
Frequently asked questions
Is a group the same as a nested cluster?
No. A group is a labelled selection on the same canvas — the cards never leave. A nested cluster is a separate board that opens into its own canvas. Use a group to say "these belong together", a cluster to say "this is its own thing".
Can a card be in two groups?
No. A card belongs to at most one group. Overlapping membership made selection ambiguous in every case we tried.
What happens to the cards if I ungroup?
Nothing. They stay exactly where they are and keep everything else about them. Only the grouping is removed.
Machine-readable: /docs/canvas/groups.md · /llms.txt