docs/fundamentals/object/blocks-and-canvas

Blocks & Canvas

Object canvas

Every object has a flexible canvas made of simple blocks. Each block is a piece of information that you can freely move around the canvas.

Every object has a flexible canvas made of simple blocks. Each block is a piece of information that you can freely move around the canvas. You can add any information you like by hitting the + button or in-line by typing /. Highlight a block to see its size or move it elsewhere on the canvas. To create a column, drag one block to the end of another block.

Add any information you like by hitting the + button or in-line by typing /. Highlight a block to see its size or move it elsewhere on the canvas. To create a column, drag one block to the end of another block.

The following blocks are available in this version of Anytype:

Open the block menu by hitting – sidebar on the left side of the block to delete, duplicate or add styling to the block.

• Text: text, title, heading, subheading, highlighted.
• Lists: checkbox, bulleted list, numbered, toggle. Check text-editing.md for further details
• media: file, picture, video, bookmark, latex-blocks.mdcode-snippets.md
• ..: create new objects (tasks, people, documents) and link to it. Or just create a link with existing object #as-object-link
• relation.md: all relations for this object #as-relation
• Others: line divider, dotted divider