Canvas Boards

.canvas files (the JSON Canvas format used by Obsidian) render as interactive boards.

Live example: Guide Map — it sits in this vault as a regular .canvas file.

What's supported

  • Text cards — the markdown inside renders in full.
  • Note cards — show a note's content; clicking opens it.
  • Link cards — external links with a title.
  • Groups — frames with a label.
  • Arrows between cards, with labels.

Interactivity

  • Scroll wheel to zoom, drag the background to pan; on open, the board fits itself to the screen.
  • Cards can be dragged (the arrows follow along) and resized by the right/bottom edge or the corner.
  • Rearrangements last until the page reloads — the site is static, the source .canvas doesn't change.

The board shows up in the left navigation like a regular page.