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Product updates
Our latest features and improvements to help you work faster with greater focus.
Board tables—rebuilt from the ground up
Link copied to your clipboardWe’ve released a significant update to board tables. Now, you can adjust table columns and rows more intuitively, apply different color combinations, format text, and much more. This update also ensures better support for writing Chinese, Japanese, and other languages with special characters, making tables more accessible for everyone.
Made byNew Slack notifications
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now receive notifications in Slack about comments on files you’re watching, @-mentions in comments, reactions to your comments, and file invitations. If you’re a workspace admin, you can also receive notifications about new members in your workspace and requests from viewers to become editors.
To get started, connect the Slack app to your Whimsical account by going to https://whimsical.com/install/slack, or learn more about the Whimsical Slack app.
Made byGranular notification preferences
Link copied to your clipboardDo you get too much email? Whimsical now lets you choose how you want to receive notifications. For each notification type, you can choose if you want to be notified by email, Slack, or just in the notification inbox.
Configure your notifications at https://whimsical.com/account.
Made byNotification inbox
Link copied to your clipboardWe’ve released the notification inbox, a centralized space for all your Whimsical workspace activity. You’ll receive alerts for comments, mentions, reactions, file invites, and access requests. You can also customize your email settings to stay focused and minimize distractions. We hope this feature helps you manage your work both efficiently and calmly in Whimsical.
Made bySAML session expiration notices
Link copied to your clipboardUsers logging in with SAML will now see a notice before their session expires. This lets them re-authenticate at a convenient time, instead of being interrupted in the middle of their work.
The warning will show 2 hours, 1 hour, and 10 minutes before your session expires.
This feature is available for all workspaces with a timed SAML session expiration policy. Learn more about SAML session expiration.
Made byAVIF Image Support in Boards and Docs
Link copied to your clipboardWe now support AVIF image files in Whimsical boards and docs. AVIF, a next-generation image format, offers better compression and quality, wide color gamut, and high dynamic range (HDR), meaning your pictures will look sharper while taking up less space. This ensures that your images load faster without sacrificing quality.
AVIF support is available for all users. You can add an AVIF image by selecting “Upload image” from the toolbar, or by dragging it from your computer onto a board or doc.
Made byERD endpoints for connectors
Link copied to your clipboardWe added four new endpoints to make your next database model even nicer in boards. To customize an endpoint, select the connector and click on the three dots next to it.
Made byDesktop app for macOS
Link copied to your clipboardWe’ve released a desktop app for macOS. Enjoy everything you love about Whimsical in the browser plus a more permanent home for your Whimsical work, tabs for better organization, keyboard shortcuts for moving between tabs, and a beautiful icon for your dock.
Made byCode blocks in text objects
Link copied to your clipboardNow you can add code blocks in boards, similar to docs. Simply highlight your code snippet in a text object, choose the code block type and you’re good to go.
Made byRequest File Access
Link copied to your clipboardIf you open a Whimsical link you don’t have permission to view, you can now easily request access from within Whimsical. To request access, simply click on the file link, and you’ll see the option to “Request Access” on the access denied page. You can also include an optional note to accompany your access request. The owner will receive an email notification and can grant access with just a click.
If you have the Whimsical integration for Slack installed, you can also approve the access request from within Slack.
Note that you must be a member of the same workspace as the file’s owner to request access to the file. This ensures that sensitive information remains secure within your team’s environment. Learn more about requesting access to files.
Made byUser offboarding
Link copied to your clipboardManaging the departure of users from your workspace just got easier with our new user offboarding feature. Now, you can automatically set a departing user’s “My files” to be transferred to a designated folder after a default waiting period of 72 hours. This allows for a grace period before file relocation, ensuring that files aren’t accidentally moved. Additionally, when manually offboarding a user, you have the flexibility to move their files immediately, after the 72-hour window, or opt to leave the files in their current location.
You can set a user offboarding folder at https://whimsical.com/workspace/settings or read the documentation on user offboarding.
Made byMore detailed workspace information
Link copied to your clipboardIt’s easy to get lost if you're a member of multiple workspaces, so you can now see more details about each one—including the subscription plan and the total number of members.
Made byCustom editor upgrade instructions
Link copied to your clipboardSometimes workspace viewers need more access so they can edit or create files in Whimsical. Now workspace admins can provide custom instructions to their users on how to request an upgrade to the editor role in Whimsical. This is often helpful in larger organizations that have an existing process or ticketing system for requesting software licenses.
This feature is available for paid workspaces. Workspace admins can configure custom editor upgrade instructions at https://whimsical.com/workspace/settings or read the documentation on requesting workspace editor access.
Made bySee comment recipients
Link copied to your clipboardYou’ll now see the names of all teammates who will be notified when you leave a comment. If your comment notifies more than three people, a simple hover will reveal all their names.
Here’s when teammates will get notified:
- They created the file you’re commenting on
- They added the sticky note you’re commenting on
- They added the annotation you’re commenting on
- They’ve already commented on the thread
- They chose to be notified of all comments in the file
- You mention them in a comment
Made byConfigure SAML session timeouts
Link copied to your clipboardWorkspace admins can now set how long SAML authenticated sessions last for. Organizations have different policies around how frequently users should be asked to re-authenticate. Now you can apply those policies to your Whimsical workspace.
This is available to Org plan customers who have enabled SAML.
You can get set up at https://whimsical.com/workspace/settings, or learn more here.
Made byPlace comments anywhere on boards
Link copied to your clipboardRight-click anywhere on a board and select Add comment to place a comment wherever you like. You can also move comments around freely by dragging and dropping them.
Made byCreate files from Google
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now create Whimsical files right from within your Google Docs. If you haven’t added our Google add-on yet, you can install it from Google’s Marketplace right here.
Made byTooltips now support color options
Link copied to your clipboardTooltips no longer have to be grey—you now have the option to change their color.
Made byLinear integration
Link copied to your clipboardWhen a Whimsical file is mentioned in your Linear issues, comments, or projects, we’ll add a backlink to them in Whimsical. Also, you’ll now see the status and title of Linear issues referenced in Whimsical.
Made byAnnotations supercharged
Link copied to your clipboardWe’ve rolled out a handful of annoteworthy updates to annotations:
- Annotation connectors will now attach to the objects they’re pointing at, and will keep their position even if you move things around.
- You can show or hide author names in annotations.
- Newly created annotations will inherit the color of the previous annotation.
- For easier access, we’ve added the annotation element to the diagram shapes menu.
- Or, you can just use the keyboard shortcut
A
to quickly create a new annotation.
Made byHashiCorp icons
Link copied to your clipboardYou'll find HashiCorp stack icons in the Design/Development category of our Icon library.
Made byTable improvements in Whimsical Docs
Link copied to your clipboardWe’re bringing three new features to the table. Tables in docs now support:
- Uniform styling with new rows or columns matching the style of previously added rows and columns
- Horizontal text aligment
- Icons
Made byKeep the same color when adding new shapes
Link copied to your clipboardDiagram shapes now preserve your last saved color. Any shape added from the toolbar or with a shortcut will match the look of the last one you added to the board.
Made byRSS feed for Product updates
Link copied to your clipboardProduct updates now has an RSS feed. This lets you read product updates in your RSS reader, and stay up to date on all of the latest Whimsical feature releases.
You can subscribe with your RSS reader of choice at https://whimsical.com/product-updates/feeds/main.
Made byGitHub link improvements
Link copied to your clipboardPasted GitHub issue and pull request links will automatically transform into dynamic references displaying their title and current status.
Just make sure you have our GitHub integration installed.
Made byPresent your wireframes
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now turn your wireframes into a presentation. Click the present icon at the top-right corner, select and arrange the frames you want to present and hit Present to start a full-screen slideshow you can easily click through.
Made byView embedded boards as presentations
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now display embedded boards in a presentation format! Paste a board link into a doc and select presentation to view its content in a click-through deck.
Made byA new home for product updates
Link copied to your clipboardWe’ve given product updates...an update! You can now explore our latest releases without leaving the Whimsical web app. Find something you like? Celebrate it with the Whimsicians who made it happen.
Made byView your AI prompt history
Link copied to your clipboardNow you can find your 10 most recent prompts in the AI modal to edit and reuse.
Made byOur Grammarly integration is here!
Link copied to your clipboardGrammarly’s browser extensions are now compatible with Whimsical to help you identify typos, write clearly, and convey the right tone, whatever you’re writing. For those using the Grammarly desktop app with Whimsical, we fixed the bug that put accepted suggestions in the wrong place.
Made byOur built-in emoji keyboard is here
Link copied to your clipboardBrighten any doc or board by typing : to search and add emojis.
Made byRotate images in boards
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now rotate images on Whimsical boards. If an image gets accidentally uploaded upside down, give this feature a spin.
Made bySequence diagram actors
Link copied to your clipboardWhimsical now has a native tool for creating sequence diagrams. To get started, click the diagram shapes menu, then select sequence diagram actor. Combine sequence diagram actors with connectors to build and scale any sequence diagram.
Made byWhimsical Diagrams GPT
Link copied to your clipboardIf you're a ChatGPT Plus user, you can now generate flowcharts, mind maps and sequence diagrams in ChatGPT with the Whimsical Diagrams GPT.
Made byWhimsical AI for sequence diagrams
Link copied to your clipboardNeed to create a technical or process diagram? Consider it done. You can now create sequence diagrams instantly with Whimsical AI. To get started, select generate with AI from the toolbar, enter a text prompt, select sequence diagram, then create. Checkout this demo video for more info.
Made byPaste as options that format content for you
Link copied to your clipboardDecide how pasted content comes to life with new pasting options for docs and boards. Just copy content, then right-click and paste as a mind map, sticky note(s), card(s), table or bulleted list.
Made byImproved file search when adding links
Link copied to your clipboardWe’ve made it easier to create and share links to files across your Whimsical workspace. The ‘Add link’ menu will now allow you to search files, as well as suggest files based on highlighted text. No more tab switching needed!
Made byFilter selection
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now filter a selection of items down to just the ones you want. Select items on a board, click the filter menu, and choose a shape or color. Presto: the matching items are selected! Try it out the next time you need to move or style items in bulk.
Made byPaste mermaid text as a flowchart
Link copied to your clipboardYou can paste mermaid flowcharts as Whimsical flowcharts.
Mermaid is a diagram format written in plain text. It is often stored alongside source code or other technical documentation.Once pasted, you can immediately start editing and customizing your flowchart. Add new steps, change texts, or adjust the design to make it fit your needs. This feature makes it simple to bring in diagrams from other tools or documents and continue working on them in Whimsical.
Get started by pasting this example flowchart into a board:
graph LR A[User requests password reset] B{Is the user registered?} A --> B B -- Yes --> C[Send password reset link to user's email] C --> D[User receives password reset link] B -- No --> E[Inform user that they are not registered]
Made byFile mentions and previews
Link copied to your clipboardMentions for files have been improved. When you paste a Whimsical link into another Whimsical file, the link will now automatically convert to a mention, removing the bloat of raw URLs. You can also preview the file in a thumbnail on hover.
Made bySCIM is now generally available for JumpCloud
Link copied to your clipboardCustomers that use JumpCloud for identity management can now add and remove workspace members with SCIM. Using SCIM lets your organisation centralize user management, and streamline onboarding and offboarding of users to Whimsical. This feature is available to customers on our Org plan.
Learn more about enabling SCIM for JumpCloud, or contact sales to upgrade to an Org plan.
Made byMore text formatting options for board objects
Link copied to your clipboardNow you can add headers, assign paragraph styles and create lists in flowcharts, mind maps, and sticky notes right from the toolbar—or using the same keyboard shortcuts available in docs.
Made byMention teammates anywhere
Link copied to your clipboardType @ followed by a teammate's name to easily reference them in-line in docs and boards. Only mentions used inside comment threads will send notifications.
Made byText editor performance improvements
Link copied to your clipboardText editing is now twice as fast and load times have been cut in half. Most notable for longer documents like recurring 1:1 agendas, blog posts, and project plans.
Made byLanguage and special character bug fixes and improvements
Link copied to your clipboardWhen typing accented characters:
- Characters are now inserted correctly using the Apple accent menu. Previously, two characters were inserted instead of one.
When typing in Korean:
- Hitting enter now ends the composition and inserts a new line. Before, users had to hit enter twice to enter a new line.
- Extra characters are no longer inserted at the beginning of an entry.
When composing characters: (e.g., Japanese)
- The first character no longer disappears.
- The cursor no longer jumps to the beginning of a line entry.
- Text no longer duplicates or submits accidentally before confirming the selection.
Made byWhimsical AI for sticky notes
Link copied to your clipboardDiscover solutions faster with AI-generated sticky notes. Enter a topic or problem and Whimsical AI will instantly generate a series of ideas or solutions on sticky notes.
Remove your account photo
Link copied to your clipboardIf you're not fond of your current profile photo and don't want to upload a new one, you can now just remove it.
Support for HCL syntax
Link copied to your clipboardText formatted as code now supports HashiCorp Config Language (HCL) for syntax highlighting.
Summarize URLs with Whimsical AI
Link copied to your clipboardCreate concise summaries of public web pages and Whimsical workspace files with Whimsical AI. Just paste a URL to visualize its content in a flowchart, mind map, or series of sticky notes.
Made byLatest bug fixes and improvements
Link copied to your clipboardHere's a quick round-up of our latest bug fixes, focusing mainly on improvements in object layering:
- Right-clicking in a selected frame and section now opens the context menu instead of selecting an inner object.
- Clicking outside a comment on a view-only board now closes the comment.
- You can now resize a shape all the way down to its minimum height in one go.
- Shapes with multiple lines of text sized to the minimum height no longer get resized the next time you select them.
- Objects inside sections can now be consistently moved to the front or to the back.
- Once placed inside a section, objects now maintain their previous layer order.
- When duplicating connected objects, the connectors now keep the same position as in the original, rather than moving to the front.
- We've fixed a bug where the first character typed in some languages was not always displayed.
Enhanced data security for org plans
Link copied to your clipboardOrg plan admins can secure and consolidate company data by preventing new workspace creation on their domain. Learn more here.
More consistent flowchart shape expansion
Link copied to your clipboardFlowchart shapes, when resized or expanded, will now expand vertically, in a downward direction.
New icon added
Link copied to your clipboardWe've added Notion's logo to our icon library.
Export a list of your members
Link copied to your clipboardDownload a .csv file of all your workspace members.
Embed to object
Link copied to your clipboardWe now support object embedding so you can select an object on your board and ensure it's the sole focus in the embedded window.
Cloud architecture icons
Link copied to your clipboardWe've added a collection of cloud architecture icons from AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
For more information on how to use cloud architecture icons, please see the documentation.
Toolbar changes
Link copied to your clipboardWireframes, cards, and stacks of cards can now all be found under the file type Board.
Improved status indicator details
Link copied to your clipboardKeep track of when a file was created and who last modified it by hovering over the file status indicator.
New comment reactions
Link copied to your clipboardWe’ve added two new comment reactions:
- ➕
- 🙏
Resizing images snaps to width of the doc
Link copied to your clipboardWhen resizing images in docs, you may notice that the images will now snap to the width of the doc.
Rename files with right click
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now right-click on file or folder names to rename them.
Whimsical AI
Link copied to your clipboardBlank canvas anxiety? No more! ✨ Whimsical AI ✨ allows you to create flowcharts and mind maps in seconds.
Google Docs smart chip integration
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now embed and preview your Whimsical files in Google Docs as smart chips.
Learn more about previewing Whimsical files in Google Docs.
Customize text connector colors
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now change and customize the colors of connector text.
Add and remove multiple columns in tables
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now easily add and remove multiple rows and columns at once in Whimsical Docs tables.
Improvements to commenting and searching in tables
Link copied to your clipboardTables in Whimsical Docs have got some TLC. You now have the ability to comment on individual cells and we've also improved search functionality for cell content.
Mobile support for Whimsical Docs
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now edit your Whimsical Docs on mobile phones and tablets.
Jira integration
Link copied to your clipboardWe've just released our Jira integration so you can easily add your Whimsical boards to Jira issues.
Template browsing
Link copied to your clipboardWe’ve made it easier for your to browse through our templates so you can view, discover and choose templates that work for you and your needs!
Made byTeams
Link copied to your clipboardSay hi to your new sidebar and better workspace organization with teams.
Copy objects as images
Link copied to your clipboardRight-click on any object on the board to copy it as an image. Magic!
Set board thumbnail
Link copied to your clipboardYou can now set any object as the board thumbnail by right-clicking on it and selecting "Set as Board Thumbnail".
Slack integration
Link copied to your clipboardPreview your Whimsical files in Slack by just pasting their URLs.
New connector modes
Link copied to your clipboardWe've added three different connector modes so you can have more consistency over their appearance and style across the board.
AI mind mapping
Link copied to your clipboardGet ready to have your mAInd blown - try out AI-assisted mind mapping.
Deleting sections retains contents
Link copied to your clipboardDeleting a section will no longer delete its contents and the contents will remain in your board.
Request editor access
Link copied to your clipboardWorkspace viewers can now request editor access to create and edit files.
Report suspicious content
Link copied to your clipboardIf you believe somebody is using Whimsical to spread malicious, fraudulent, harmful, or suspicious content, please report it to us. You can report it using the help menu.