Canvas
The canvas is the heart of Roadmap Flow. It is the roadmap itself, drawn the way an audience will see it, and it stays visible no matter which tab you are in.
What it does
The canvas renders your roadmap in three layouts, switched from the canvas header:
- Stream — one row per workstream, items as cards. Best for showing how work splits across areas of the product.
- Board — kanban columns by status. Best for showing where work stands.
- Timeline — rows by workstream across time, with Priority, Months, or Quarters columns. Best for showing when.
A detail switcher (All details / Brief / Summary) controls how much each card shows, so the same roadmap can be dense for working or clean for presenting. The filter bar and the status legend chips narrow what is shown without changing the roadmap itself.
When to use it
- Whenever you are shaping, reading, or presenting the roadmap.
- When you want to see structure — how items group, sequence, and relate.
- Live in a review: switch layout and detail level as the conversation moves.
When not to use it
- When you need to find one specific item fast, or work down a long list — the Items tab is quicker for that.
- When you want to check roadmap quality — that is the Check tab.
3-minute flow
- Open the app; the canvas is already there.
- Use the header to switch between Stream, Board, and Timeline.
- Set the detail level to match your audience.
- Click any card to open its detail panel; the canvas stays visible.
- Use the filter bar or status chips to focus on a slice.
Best use cases
- Presenting the roadmap in a review.
- Sanity-checking structure after a round of edits.
- Reframing the same roadmap — by area, by state, by time — in one conversation.
Common mistakes
- Presenting in All details to an executive audience. Use Summary.
- Forgetting that active filters carry into exports. Clear filters you did not mean to apply.
- Reading Timeline Months mode as a delivery schedule. It only reflects the periods you set on items.
Related guide pages
Availability
Free. Available on every plan.