Use quick tools in Lucidspark

Watch: Quick tools

Access quick tools

1. Click the More tools icon from the Primary Toolbar on the left-side of the canvas.
2. Select the Quick tools icon from the menu that appears.

Quick shape banks

When you select a quick shape bank from the Quick tools menu, it adds the associated shape bank to your canvas. Quick shape banks replenish any of the objects taken from it. This means you can take shapes from the bank without ever running out. The options available under quick shape banks include:

• Sticky note bank
• Sticker bank
• Dot bank
• Lucid Card bank
• Story points
• T-shirt sizes
• Profile shapes
• Custom shape bank

Quick actions

Selecting a quick action option from the quick tools menu adds a button associated with the selected feature to your canvas. You can click and drag to move this button. Click the button to activate the feature, and click on it again to deactivate the feature.

AI actions

• Summarize: Use AI to create a written summary of selected content on the canvas.
• Sort Ideas: Sort selected shapes into containers. To provide more context and direction to AI, select Customize on the shape.
• Brainstorm: Add the Brainstorm AI quick action to generate ideas from a prompt.

Annotate

• Comment: Comment on the overall canvas or a specific shape, and assign a task to a tagged collaborator.

Run a meeting

• Timer: Use the timer to keep collaborators engaged and focused throughout a collaboration session.
  • You can also quickly select a predetermined time from the shape editing bar in Lucidspark or the right panel in Lucidchart.
• Laser pointer: Click and drag using the red laser to temporarily point out key parts of the diagram when presenting or working with collaborators.
• Go to shape: Use this feature to create a button that will navigate users to a specific Frame.
  • If you are working in Lucidchart, you need to have previously added at least one Frame to your document in Lucidspark using universal canvas.
  • You can automatically create a "Go to Frame" button by copying the Frame's shareable link from the shape editing bar.
  • You can select a shape in your Lucid document before copying the document's shareable link with "Link to current view" checked. When you paste the link into a Lucid document, a "Go to shape" button will be generated that takes users to that specific shape when clicked. This does not work in Breakout Boards.
• Go to view: Copy a Lucid document's shareable link with "Link to current view" checked, then paste it in a Lucid document. A "Go to view" button will be generated that takes users to that specific view of the document when clicked. This does not work in Breakout Boards.
• Share: Open the share modal to share via email or shareable link.
• Invite others to me: Use the invite others to me feature when presenting so collaborators can follow along in viewing exactly the place on the canvas you’re currently viewing.
• Private mode: Turn on private mode so collaborators can share thoughts and contribute ideas anonymously.
• Breakout Boards: Open the Breakout board panel where you can add and view all breakout boards, start a breakout session, and add breakout boards as embedded links to the canvas.
• Navigation mode: Customize how your mouse or trackpad controls panning and zooming across your workspace canvas. 

Markup

• Pen: Freehand draw directly on the canvas to create a drawing in the path of your cursor. You can customize the color and line width according to your needs.
• Eraser: Erase highlights or freehand drawings you’ve added to the canvas using the highlighter or pen tools. Options include: 
  • Object eraser: Click directly on anything drawn using the highlighter or pen to erase the entire thing.
  • Pixel eraser: Click and drag on the canvas to erase anything in your eraser path drawn by the highlighter or pen.
• Highlighter: Click and drag using the highlighter to permanently highlight key parts of the diagram while presenting or working with collaborators.
• Magic Shape: Freehand draw directly on the canvas and have your drawing converted into a perfect Magic Shape—the list of supported Magic Shapes are outlined in the linked article. 
  • Once converted, this will be treated as an object rather than a drawing and is therefore not subject to being erased using the Eraser discussed above. 

Augment content

• Toggle layers: Select which layers to show or hide, then click the button to switch the visibility of those layers on and off directly from the canvas.
• Copy content to: From the dropdown select which Frame you want to copy content to. You can either place the button in a Frame to copy it's content to another Frame or click to select shapes and sticky notes that will then be copied into the Frame when you click the button. 
  • This feature is available in Lucidchart and Lucidspark, but if you are working in Lucidchart you will need to have previously added at least one Frame to your document in Lucidspark using universal canvas. Once there is a Frame on your Lucidchart document, you can select it from the right panel in the upper-right corner.
• Sort by tags: Select the sticky notes manually or by adding them into a selected Frame, then click the button to Sort. They will be sorted into containers based on their tags.
  • Tags can only be added to sticky notes in Lucidspark. To use this quick action in Lucidchart, add the tags in Lucidspark and then switch to Lucidchart using universal canvas.
• Toggle formatting rules: Select which conditional formatting rules to apply, then click the button to turn the formatting on or off across your canvas.

Integrations

• Import Jira work items: Open the Jira integration modal to import Jira issues into your document as Lucid Cards.
• Convert to Jira work items: Convert sticky notes and Lucid Cards into Jira issues.
• Create Jira work items: Create a new Jira issue.
• Toggle linked issues (Jira): Visualize linked issues with lines between Jira Cards on the canvas.
• Switch to diagramming: Use this feature to place a button that will switch you from Lucidspark to Lucidchart using universal canvas.
• Convert to Azure DevOps work item: Convert sticky notes and Lucid Cards into Azure DevOps work items.
• Create Azure DevOps work item: Create a new Azure DevOps work item directly from Lucid.
• Import from Azure DevOps: Open the Azure DevOps integration modal to import work items into your document as Lucid Cards.
• Switch to whiteboarding: Use this feature to place a button that will switch you from Lucidchart to Lucidspark using universal canvas.
• Import from airfocus: Open the airfocus integration modal to import airfocus issues into your document as Lucid Cards.

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