Search
Canvas search finds elements on the currently-open board — shapes, text, frames, relationships, hierarchies, and more — and lets you jump straight to them. It's the fastest way to locate something on a large or dense diagram.
Opening Search
Two ways:
Press Ctrl+F (Windows) or Cmd+F (Mac)
Click the Search button in the editor toolbar
A search modal opens, centered over the canvas.
Searching
Type your query in the Search field.
Results appear below, grouped by element type.
The count for each group is visible in the group header.
Result Categories
Results are grouped by the kind of element they belong to. Categories include:
Shape — shape elements on the board
Text — text elements
Frame — frame containers
Element — bound ServiceNow elements
Hierarchy — hierarchy-map items
Dependency — dependency relationships
Image — embedded images
References — reference relationships
Related list — related-list entries
Relationships — standard relationships
Visualization — visualization containers
Visual Relationship — visual-only relationships (no data binding)
Each group can be collapsed or expanded independently so you can focus on the type you care about.
Selecting & Jumping to Results
Tick the checkbox next to a result to select it.
Use the Select All Visible checkbox in a group header to select every visible result in that group.
Click a result (or use the Go To action) to focus and pan the canvas to that element.
Filtering by Type
A filter button lets you narrow which categories are searched. Toggle off categories you don't want to include. The All filter resets to search everything.
Non-Selectable Elements
Some elements — roadmap objects in read-only visualizations, for example — can be found by search but not selected. Hovering shows the tooltip: "Roadmap object is not selectable." You can still Go To them to bring them into view.
Limits & Gotchas
Search is scoped to the active board version — switching versions runs a fresh search.
Hidden layers are not searched — if a result seems "missing," check whether its layer is hidden via the Layers panel.
Query matches are substring — no regular expressions or exact-match flags.
No search history — the query is cleared when you close the modal.
Related
Layers — toggle visibility so searches include or exclude specific layers
Homepage Search — search across boards, folders, and teamspaces from the homepage
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