Elements & Tools
Arrows & connectors
Arrows in visualOS are connectors, not drawings: they attach to elements, follow them around, and bend to your will — which is what makes flow charts and idea maps effortless.
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Connecting two elements
Press C (Arrow tool), then drag from one element to another. As you approach an element, its anchor points light up — center, corners and edge midpoints — and the arrow end snaps magnetically to the nearest one. Release, and the connection is permanent: move either element and the arrow follows.
Editing an arrow
Click an arrow to select it:
- Re-route: drag either endpoint to a different anchor or a different element.
- Bend: drag the midpoint handle to bow the arrow into a smooth curve — essential when several arrows share a path. A single click on the bend handle straightens it again.
- Style via the floating bar: line color (palette + custom), start and end caps — none, arrow, dot or square — and stroke width from 0.5 to 8.
- Delete with Delete or the bar’s trash button.
Several arrows can attach to the same element — even the same anchor. With caps on both ends (or none) an arrow becomes a relationship line rather than a direction.
Arrows vs. lines
Arrows attach; the line shape floats free. Rule of thumb: relationships between things → arrow; visual separator or underline → line.
Lay out your steps first, then connect them in one pass with the Arrow tool — it stays active until you switch back to Select (V or Esc), so you can chain connections without re-picking the tool.