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Everyone who opens a file sees the same canvas, and changes show up for everyone as they happen. This page covers editing with others, seeing who’s in the file, following someone, and the controls for your own cursor and status. Before you start · Web and desktop · Pro plan Editing together works the same in the browser and in the desktop app.

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Who can edit together

Owners, admins and editors can edit a file at the same time. Each of them takes a paid seat. Viewers are free: they see changes arrive live, but they can’t edit, and they don’t see or share cursors. See Members and roles. On the Free plan, only the workspace owner can edit. Everyone else in the workspace opens files as a viewer, and admins and editors see This workspace is on the free plan. Only the owner can edit. To edit together, upgrade the workspace to Pro and give your teammates the Editor or Admin role.

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Edit a file together

Open the same file as your teammates and start editing. There is nothing to turn on.
  • Cursors. Each person’s cursor is an arrow in their color with their name next to it. You see the cursors of people on the same page as you.
  • Selections. The layers someone has selected, and the layer under their pointer, are outlined in their color.
  • Undo. Undo only takes back your own changes, never someone else’s.
  • Colors. Everyone in the file gets a different color, from a set of 12. If you open the file in two tabs, you appear twice, once per tab.
If your connection drops for more than 10 seconds, Wonder shows Canvas connection lost: “Your changes are saved and will sync when you reconnect.” Your unsynced changes are kept in the browser, even if you close the tab, and are sent when you’re back online. Click Reconnect to try again right away.

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See who’s here

The avatars of everyone in the file are at the top right, next to Share. Yours comes first. Hover an avatar to see the person’s name. When there isn’t room for everyone, the last avatar shows + and how many more people are here. Click the avatars to open the list of people in the file, under Currently viewing. Type in Find someone… to search it. Hover a person to highlight their cursor on the canvas. Your own row is at the bottom, with three buttons for how you appear: Hide cursors, Appear busy and Go invisible. Hover a button to see its name. The list of people open below the avatars next to Share, with a Find someone search field, You're the only one here, and your own row with three buttons: a cursor, a bell and an eye Each person has a status dot: You can also see who’s around outside the canvas: the pages list shows a colored dot on each page someone is on, and your files show the avatars of people who have them open. Agents editing a file don’t appear in the list of people.

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Follow someone

Following someone makes your view match theirs, so you see what they see as they present or walk you through a design.
  1. Click the avatars at the top right, next to Share.
  2. Click the person you want to follow.
Your view moves and zooms with theirs, and switches page when they do. A border in their color goes around the canvas, and Following and their name show at the top. Following stops when you click Stop at the top of the canvas, click the person again in the list, or pan, zoom or change page yourself. It also stops if they leave the file, go invisible or appear busy. You can’t follow someone who appears busy. People can’t see who is following them.

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Hide other people’s cursors

To stop seeing everyone else’s cursors, open the list of people and click Hide cursors, the cursor button in your own row. Click it again (Show cursors) to see them again. This only changes your own screen. Others still see your cursor, and you still see their selections.

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Appear busy or invisible

Open the list of people and use the buttons in your own row:
  • Appear busy (the bell) shows you as busy, and nobody can follow you. Anyone following you stops. Click Clear busy to be available again.
  • Go invisible (the eye) hides you from everyone else: your avatar, cursor and selections disappear for them, including from the avatars on your files. You still see everyone. Click Become visible to show up again.
Hide cursors, Appear busy and Go invisible apply to the tab you set them in and stay on when you reload it. A new tab starts with all three off.

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If something goes wrong

  • You can’t see anyone’s cursor. Check that you haven’t clicked Hide cursors, and that you’re on the same page. Viewers don’t see cursors.
  • The list of people doesn’t open. You’re a viewer in this file, so you only see who’s here, not the controls. Ask a workspace owner or admin for the Editor role, or, on the Free plan, the owner to upgrade.
  • Canvas connection lost. Your changes are kept and sync when you reconnect. Click Reconnect, or check your internet connection.
  • You can’t follow someone. They appear busy.