New features

🪄 Create, edit, and read Whimsical content from coding agents with Whimsical MCP. Check out this short video to see what it can do.

🧜‍♀️ Copy diagrams from Whimsical as Mermaid code. Whimsical now also supports Mermaid subgraphs and horizontal layout.

Improvements

• Bring to front/back shortcuts have been updated to match standard usage:]bring to front,[send to back,⌘]bring forward,⌘[send backward.
• AI diagram generation is now more reliable when generating complex diagrams from detailed prompts.
• Whimsical URLs now include a workspace prefix, making it clear which workspace a URL belongs to.
• Workspaces now have avatars too. You can set yours via settings.
• Embedded Whimsical boards now load faster, and feature scrollbars.

Bug fixes

• Emojis are now rendered and wrapped correctly when editing board text in Safari or non-retina displays.
• Fixed canvas sometimes getting stuck for a brief moment when changing object colors.
• Mind map nodes no longer disappear when scrolling horizontally on large mind maps.
• Using the I keyboard shortcut to import an image now opens the file picker and correctly imports the selected file.
• Users without access to a file in a private team are no longer directed to log in with SSO.
• Files shared with you can now be reordered in Favorites.
• Linear and GitHub reference icons are now showing in comment email notifications, instead of plain text links.
• Mermaid node labels using quoted text (e.g. A["My label"]) are now retained when pasting a diagram.

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Command menu

The new command menu gives you quick, keyboard-first access to every tool and action in Whimsical.

Commands are shown based on the context you’re in. For example, if you’re working on a board, you can search for an object you would like to add.

You can also browse all available commands by pressing Command+K and then Enter.

Better connectors

It’s now easier to move and modify connectors:

• Any freestanding connector can now be moved without restrictions.
• Connectors now show the exact point where they are attached when selected.
• Both elbow and straight/curved connectors now always show handles for dragging edges and control points.
• Elbow connector edges now snap to other nearby edges when being moved.

Custom colors in Boards

Whimsical now lets you set custom colors for board objects.

Click on the new + option in the color picker and chose the color visually or by specifying a hex code. You can also pick it from anywhere on the screen using the eyedropper.

Once a custom color is added, it can be reused for other objects. You can also edit an existing custom color by right-clicking it in the color picker. The changes will apply to all objects using that color.

Improvements

• Version history in Boards now loads from newest to oldest, so you get immediate access to recent changes. We've also made it faster and fixed stability issues when opening history in large boards.
• Multiplayer collaboration in boards is now faster and more reliable. You can also see (and follow) the cursors of anonymous viewers, and idle users are no longer shown as active.
• You can now paste markdown tables into Docs.
• Link shortcut in editor is now Shift+Command+U, as Command+K is used for the command menu.
• Voting info can now be collapsed while voting is active.
• Shapes in Whimsical now have the same text padding, regardless of the shape size.

Bug fixes

• Fixed rendering of links inside Linear backlinks.
• When pasting an image into a section or frame, the image is now always centered inside the selected container.
• Fixed spaces being dropped in some cases when replying to comments via email.
• Links to deleted comments correctly route you to the parent file.
• Slack notifications now always display only once, not twice.
• Fixed SVG images sometimes getting converted to bitmaps when adding to a board.
• When clicking into a draft comment in Docs discussion section, cursor no longer jumps to the end of content.
• When moving files, “Last modified by” will no longer be updated.
• Fixed incorrect selection on double-click when objects are inside a nested group.
• When viewing a board with view-only access, copying will correctly copy selected objects rather than the whole board.
• Images imported on Windows should no longer appear blurry in some instances.
• Desktop app badge will now update when the application window is closed as well.
• You can now correctly add plain text before inline code when it starts at the beginning of a paragraph.
• Fixed desktop app requiring login on every launch in some instances.
• Clicking on a blank line when editing text in Safari now correctly moves the cursor.
• Images inside callouts no longer extend past the callout boundary.
• Images can now be dragged inside table cells in Docs.
• Search now correctly highlights keywords in nested file blocks.
• F11 key now correctly opens full screen view on Windows desktop app.
• Docs version history no longer shows the title twice.
• Fixed selecting comment text inside table cells.
• Fixed creation of new blocks in Docs between two toggle lists.
• Fixed discarded comments not being discarded in some instances.
• Fixed shortcuts in wireframe frame toolbar.
• When editing text in Boards, it no longer incorrectly wraps when typing : after a space.

We’ve introduced tabbed folders: an extra way to organize and visually scan files using clearly labeled tabs. This layout supports drag-and-drop reordering, renaming, and adding new tabs. Think of tabbed folders as your space to bundle related content– all your files and context in one place, neatly organized in tabs you can scan at a glance.

To try out tabbed folders:

• Create a new tabbed folder from Create new in your navbar or in the file banner in parent directories.
• Convert an existing folder by going to the folder options menu and select Switch to tabbed layout.

You can switch back to the classic folder view at any time.

Learn more in our help center, or see how the Whimsical team uses tabbed folders in our blog.

Things are looking up...down and sideways too!

We've added vertical and horizontal scrollbars to boards, so it’s easier to navigate and find your way around.

Quick-add just got...quicker. Here's what's new:

• Quick-add is always on - You don't have to enter a special mode or wonder where it went after accidentally disabling it. Just create a shape and quick-add will pop up, ready to go.
• Works in all directions - You can now quick-add shapes above existing ones, not just beside or below them as it was before.

You can now paste text directly onto selected objects to add new text or replace what’s already there. Works for any object that supports text input.

We've expanded table snapping so you can line things up without getting stuck between a row and a hard place:

• When resizing a table, its borders and dividers will snap to nearby objects.
• When resizing or moving other board objects, they will snap to table column dividers and borders.

Syntax highlighting in code blocks now supports more languages:

• Dart
• GraphQL
• Groovy
• PowerShell
• Scala
• TOML
• Zig

Our comment reactions just became fluent in emoji.

React to comments with any emoji you can think of - choose from the default emoji library, add your own custom emojis, or pull in your Slack emoji set using our Slack importer.

We’re expanding Whimsical Docs with something many of you have been asking for - toggles and collapsible headings.

• Any heading in a doc is now collapsible or expandable, making longer content feel more manageable and scannable.
• You can also add custom toggle lists anywhere in your doc to hide smaller details like screenshots, notes, technical specs or background research.

So go ahead - fold, unfold, and let your docs breathe a little.

Learn more →

You can now download multiple board frames at once—bundled together in a single zip file.

Previously, each frame had to be exported one by one, which could hit browser limits and result in incomplete exports. Now, all selected frames are bundled together and exported in one go.

Learn more about downloading content from Whimsical →

We’ve got some highly requested updates to expand on soon (that’s a hint 😉). In the meantime, here are a few quality-of-life improvements we’ve shipped to make working in Whimsical even better.

Boards

• Viewers and commenters can now copy text from boards, making it easier to reference or quote content without needing edit access

File uploads

• Double-clicking a PDF now opens a preview
• You can now right-click an uploaded file to download it

We think you’ll get attached to these new file upload improvements - they make it easier to view, organize, and collaborate around your files in Whimsical.

Video player in boards

Video playback in boards means fewer clicks, fewer tabs, and more clarity. Just press play to see your work - demos, updates, explanations - in the context it belongs.

PDF previewer

You can now add a PDF and view it directly in Whimsical. Just click Preview to see what’s inside.

Rename files

Uploaded the right file with the wrong name? No problem. You can now rename your uploaded files to keep everything neat and tidy.

Admin controls

Admins now have more control over uploaded files. Delete outdated or unnecessary files to keep your workspace clean, clear, and compliant. Learn more about file upload management and access.

See it all in action:

Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest difference. This roundup highlights recent updates - each one small on its own, but together they make Whimsical smoother, faster, and more delightful.

New:

• On our Free plan, you can now keep track of your team and board limits using the indicator in the sidebar.
• Keyboard shortcut for deleting selected files with Delete or Backspace.

Improved:

• Whimsical AI is now powered by o4-mini (previously GPT-3.5) for better performance
• More results for recently opened files​⁠⁠​ now appear in your Recent section, workspace search, and mention menu.
• Added more text size options in the Lorem Ipsum wireframe element.
• Renamed Text size to Text size and layout in the Doc actions menu to make layout-related settings easier to find.
• Updated the Delete team modal to help prevent accidental deletion of important content.
• Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters no longer shift position when adding or editing text
• New file icons in the Create new menu.

You can now update a team’s visibility after it’s been created.

Previously, teams could only be set to open or private during setup. With this update, you can switch between the two anytime from team settings.

• Open teams are visible to everyone in your workspace and easy to join
• Private teams are hidden and require an invite

This gives you more flexibility to manage access as your needs change.

Note: Changing a team from private to open will make the team and all its contents immediately visible to everyone in your workspace. Use caution if the team contains sensitive or confidential work.

Learn more about team visibility