A fully-featured, in-editor whiteboard — sketch diagrams, dry-run logic, jot ideas, and annotate code without ever leaving VS Code.
- Freehand drawing — pen, highlighter, and eraser tools with adjustable stroke width
- Shapes — rectangles, circles, diamonds, arrows, lines, and triangles
- Text — click-to-place text nodes anywhere on the canvas
- Sticky notes — color-coded draggable notes with editable text
- Code cards — import your current file's code directly onto the whiteboard as a draggable, editable card
- Infinite canvas — pan with Alt+drag or the pan tool; zoom with scroll wheel
- Undo/Redo — full history with Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y (up to 60 steps)
- Export — save the board as a PNG with one click
- Auto-save — state is preserved between VS Code sessions automatically
- Theme sync — follows your VS Code dark/light theme
| Action |
How |
| Open blank whiteboard |
Ctrl+Shift+W / Command Palette → Whiteboard: Open Whiteboard |
| Open with current file |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+W / editor title bar icon |
| New board (clear saved state) |
Command Palette → Whiteboard: New Whiteboard |
| Pan |
Hold Alt and drag, or press Space to switch to pan tool |
| Zoom |
Mouse wheel |
| Add sticky note |
Click 📝 in toolbar, or right-click canvas |
| Add code card |
Click 💻 in toolbar, or right-click canvas |
| Key |
Action |
P |
Pen tool |
H |
Highlighter tool |
E |
Eraser tool |
S |
Select tool |
T |
Text tool |
R |
Shape tool |
Space |
Pan tool |
Ctrl+Z |
Undo |
Ctrl+Y |
Redo |
Ctrl+S |
Force save |
Delete |
Delete selected shape |
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
whiteboard.theme |
dark |
Default theme (dark / light) |
whiteboard.autosave |
true |
Auto-save state between sessions |
MIT