Move tool (mobile)

Move is a mobile-only tool for grabbing and dragging walls, fixtures, and openings with your finger. On mobile, the Select tool always pans the canvas — that keeps tap-to-select unambiguous — so the Move tool is the dedicated way to drag entities around. The Move button doesn't appear on desktop because Select already drag-moves with the mouse.

Move is mobile-only. On desktop, the Select tool drag-moves directly — there's no separate Move button.

Activate the tool

Tap the Move icon (an arrows-out icon) in the left toolbar. It appears below Select on mobile only.

How to use it

1. Tap Move in the toolbar.
2. Tap and drag a wall, fixture, opening, or guide. The entity follows your finger until you lift.
3. Drag on empty canvas to pan the view. Pan and object-drag share the same tool — the app decides which based on what you tapped.

The drag commits when you lift your finger. If you've selected multiple entities first (by tapping each one — Move keeps the existing selection), dragging any one of them moves the whole group as one undo step.

Move vs. Select on mobile

Tool	Drag on empty canvas	Drag on an entity
Select	Pans the canvas.	Pans the canvas.
Move	Pans the canvas.	Moves the entity (or the multi-selection).

The reason for the split is precision. On a touch screen, a finger easily lands on an entity you only meant to look at — if Select dragged objects, you'd accidentally nudge walls every time you tried to pan. Move puts grab-and-drag behind a deliberate tool switch.

When to reach for Move

• Repositioning a fixture you already placed.
• Sliding a wall a few inches without re-typing the length.
• Reshaping a wall by dragging its endpoint.
• Adjusting an opening's position along its wall.

For pixel-precise nudges on a selected fixture, switch to Select on desktop and use the arrow keys (Shift+Arrow for 1" nudges, plain arrows for finer 0.1" nudges). Arrow-key nudge only applies to fixtures in v1 — walls and openings don't accept arrow-key fine-tuning. On mobile, the entity's own edit panel and the Node Mode d-pad are the precision paths.

Tips

• Multi-selection (more than one entity selected via Ctrl+A or Ctrl-click) survives a tool switch — moving from Select to Move keeps the same set of entities highlighted. A single selection is cleared when you switch tools, so re-tap the entity if needed.
• Single-finger drag on empty canvas in Move pans, the same as Select does. The tool difference only matters when your finger lands on an entity.
• Drag-and-release commits the move and pushes one undo step. Multiple small drags push multiple steps — if you nudge in tiny increments, undo unwinds them one at a time.
• Use long-press to open the canvas context menu for Duplicate, Properties, and Delete on whatever you press.