Map View

Verified against Kanvaz v9.7.0.

Map View shows the same cards as Board View, but as a node graph — every connection you’ve drawn between cards rendered as a labeled, color-coded edge. It’s the answer to “how does everything on this board relate to everything else,” especially once a board has grown past a glance-able size.

Toggle it from the toolbar (Map) or the M shortcut.

Connection types

A connection has a direction and a type, drawn from a small fixed vocabulary so relationships stay meaningfully distinct rather than one generic “linked to” line:

Type	Meaning
Related To	General association
Inspired By	This card influenced that one
Derived From	This is a direct variant/derivative
Alternative To	Two options being weighed against each other
Supports	This backs up or provides evidence for that
Used In	This asset appears in that context
References	A citation-style pointer

Up to 8 connections are allowed between the same pair of cards (for the rare case where more than one relationship type genuinely applies). Multiple connections between the same pair fan out into separate visible arcs instead of overlapping — a real bug found and fixed live during a v9.6.0 QA pass (see CHANGELOG.md).

Creating a connection

Select a card and press C (or right-click → Connections) to open its Connections panel from either view, then pick the target card and relationship type.

Reading the graph

• Each node shows the card’s type icon, name, and connection count
• Colors follow the card’s tag (if it has one, hashed to a consistent hue) or its type otherwise
• Drag nodes to rearrange the layout — Map View remembers your arrangement per board
• The same zoom/pan controls as Board View apply here

Related

• Board View — the underlying cards and their content
• Keyboard Shortcuts — Map View has its own key handling while active (see KanvazMapView.handleKey)
• MCP Bridge — an AI assistant can create/remove connections directly via connectCards/removeConnection