Currently, to create a new Excalidraw drawing, a user must manually use the mouse to click the + icon and select "New drawing" from the UI. For a Vim-focused, keyboard-first note-taking app, having to break hand placement on the home row to reach for a mouse disrupts flow, especially when other main features (like creating a new note or a new database) are fully accessible via keyboard shortcuts or the command palette.
I would like an action added to the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P) to quickly create a new drawing.
- Command Name Suggestion:
New Drawing
- Behavior: Triggering this command should create a new canvas tab immediately, bypassing the need to use the sidebar or mouse dropdown menus.
In addition, it would also be nice to have the following commands in the palette:
Embed a drawing - embeds an existing Excalidraw drawing into the noteEmbed a new drawing - opens a new Excalidraw tab and automatically embeds the drawing into the note
Another excalidraw embedding request is described in #276
Currently, to create a new Excalidraw drawing, a user must manually use the mouse to click the
+icon and select "New drawing" from the UI. For a Vim-focused, keyboard-first note-taking app, having to break hand placement on the home row to reach for a mouse disrupts flow, especially when other main features (like creating a new note or a new database) are fully accessible via keyboard shortcuts or the command palette.I would like an action added to the Command Palette (
Cmd+Shift+P/Ctrl+Shift+P) to quickly create a new drawing.New DrawingIn addition, it would also be nice to have the following commands in the palette:
Embed a drawing- embeds an existing Excalidraw drawing into the noteEmbed a new drawing- opens a new Excalidraw tab and automatically embeds the drawing into the noteAnother excalidraw embedding request is described in #276