> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wji.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Infinite Canvas overview
> A node-based workspace where connections carry context into every generation.
The **Infinite Canvas** is a board you place nodes on and wire together. It is the app to use when
one image is not the unit of work — when you are building a sequence, keeping a set of shots
consistent, or assembling a cut.
## The one idea that matters
**A connection is not decoration. It is how context reaches the AI.**
Wire an image node into a generation node and that image becomes a reference. Wire a text node in
and its content is prepended to the prompt. Wire in a dataset and its members are expanded.
Once that clicks, the rest of the canvas follows. Read
[Connections and references](/infinite-canvas/connections-and-references) before anything else.
## What is on screen
| Area | Contains |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Capsule toolbar**, left | Create, asset library, generation history, director bar, settings, shortcuts |
| **Top bar** | Color tag filter, canvas switcher, search, canvas settings |
| **Viewport control bar**, bottom left | Undo/redo, zoom, fit, minimap, performance mode |
| **Director bar**, bottom | A timeline for assembling clips — opened from the capsule toolbar |
| **Save status**, top left | Pending, saving, saved, or failed |
Opening the canvas collapses the workspace's left panel to a narrow rail, and it stays collapsed
while you are here.
## The Alt key changes what a drag means
Alt — **Option** on a Mac — is the modifier to learn early. Without it, dragging **moves** things.
Hold it and the same gesture **files, duplicates, or fans out** instead. It behaves differently
depending on what you grabbed, so it is worth seeing every case in one place.
### Alt with a drag
| Hold Alt and drag | Onto | Result |
| ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| A node | Anywhere on the canvas | **Duplicates** it — the original stays put |
| A node's `+` handle | Several selected nodes | **Fan-out** — one new node per source, one to one |
| A media or text node | A **dataset node** | Files it into that dataset |
| A media or text node | An **asset library dataset** | Files it there |
| A media or text node | The **gap between library cards** | Creates a new dataset at that position |
| A media node | The **director bar** | Adds a clip, or sets an existing clip's main media |
| A **thumbnail inside a dataset node** | Another dataset node | Moves the asset between datasets |
| A **thumbnail inside a dataset node** | Empty canvas | Creates a media node from it |
| An asset in the **asset library** | The canvas | Creates a node from it |
Drop somewhere Alt means nothing and WJI tells you where the valid targets are, rather than failing
silently.
### Alt with a key
| Shortcut | Does |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `⌥` + `I` / `V` / `A` | One-to-one generation from **each** selected node, instead of one node |
| `⌥` + `1`–`8` | Filter by tag — or, with generation nodes selected, connect every node carrying that tag to them |
| `⌥` + `0` | Clear the tag filter |
| `⌥` + `` ` `` | Toggle pick-reference mode |
The multi-select toolbar shows an `⌥` badge whenever holding Alt would change what the next drag
does, so you do not have to remember which gestures are overloaded.
## Where to go next
Zoom, pan, fit, and the minimap.
Six ways to put something on the board.
All fourteen, and what each is for.
The core concept. Start here.