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Practitioner ⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 20, 2026
Gathering Interest

Enable typing inside of a shape rather than only using the text on a shape or sticky notes

Related products:Industrial Canvas
  • April 20, 2026
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Users are requesting that adding text to shapes (like a rectangle, arrow, etx.) rather than overlaying a text-box onto a shape. This makes having specific formatting on text move more seamlessly and fit the format of other tools (PDF editor, google slides, powerpoint, etx.)

 

Currently it becomes cluttered to try to move things around unless I control-select or drag on top of both. The drag on top of both only works when there is nothing behind it, making it cumbersome to do versus having this as an intended way to add text to shapes. 

1 reply

Sunil Krishnamoorthy
Expert ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Product Manager
April 23, 2026

Thanks for sharing this feedback and describing the workflow challenges. I have shared it with Canvas team to understand their usability improvements.