Happy New Year 2024! We've been working on a new version of our canvas editor, the first major update to the canvas since launch. While it looks and feels the same as the current editor, under the hoods everything have been optimised for snappier performance and modularity for implementing next iteration of canvas QoL features.

The performance gains brings about huge improvement to the diagramming experience, and are even more apparent for larger diagrams of 50 tables or more. We've measured 9x to 12x reduction in canvas load time, and more importantly actions are snappier and more responsive when editing the diagram and moving things around.

Some new features that are immediately available with the new canvas:

Table resizing
- Users can now adjust table sizes for better layout customisation.
Snap to grid
- For more precise alignment of elements on the canvas.
New lasso tool
- For bulk selecting tables, and performing actions on multiple tables (e.g. repositioning) as a group

Additionally, these features are upcoming soon on the new canvas editor

Custom path of relationship lines between tables
Search
Jump to table
... and more

This new canvas is being gradually rolled out over January, would love to hear of any feedback from using it.