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Toolbars

The visualization canvas has four groups of controls: a title bar and a tool strip on the left, the currency toggle and Share on the right, and the zoom controls at the bottom.

Left tool strip

The tool strip on the left of the canvas
ToolWhat it does
Readonly ModeLocks the canvas so objects cannot be moved or deleted. Drag to pan instead.
Manual ModeNew objects are placed next to whatever they connect to. With it off, Tracer positions them to avoid overlap.
Create CommentAdds a comment. Right-click for settings, double-click to pick the type first. See Comments.
Create NoteAdds a note.
Fit ViewZooms so the whole graph fits on screen.
Auto layoutRe-arranges the entire graph automatically.
Merged Txs ModeCombines every transaction between the same two objects into one line carrying the total.
Fix PositionPins the selected object so later additions do not push it around.
Show DateShows the date on transaction connections.
Undo / RedoStep back and forward. Greyed out when there is nothing to step to.

Merged Txs Mode is not shown on a graph built in connection based mode. Those graphs already draw one line per relationship, so there is nothing left to merge.

Title bar

The title bar above the canvas
  • Title: click to rename the visualization.
  • ⋯ menu: the export options, below.
  • Save: writes your changes. Tracer also saves automatically about once a minute.
  • Search: add an address, transaction or entity to the canvas, singly or in a batch. See Search.

Save before closing the tab. Auto-save runs on a timer, not on every change, so the last minute of work is the part at risk.

Currency and Share

Top-right of the canvas:

  • Crypto / USD: switches displayed amounts between the asset’s own units and US dollars. Not shown on connection based graphs.
  • Share: public link and access, covered in Sharing and access.

On a shared read-only graph this corner holds Create copy instead of Share.

Zoom controls

Zoom controls at the bottom left of the canvas
  • and + zoom out and in, and grey out at the limits.
  • The percentage between them shows the current zoom. Click it to return to 100%.
  • Help lists the keyboard shortcuts. Escape closes any open panel.
  • Icons explains what each icon on the canvas means.

Export

From the menu in the title bar:

  • Export all Addresses to CSV
  • Export all Tx hashes to CSV
  • Export as PNG: the canvas as an image, for a report or a slide.
The export menu

Per-transaction lists have their own exports: the Connections view exports the transactions between two objects, capped at 1000 rows.

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