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Nov 7, 2023
You can paste mermaid flowcharts as Whimsical flowcharts.
Mermaid is a diagram format written in plain text. It is often stored alongside source code or other technical documentation.Once pasted, you can immediately start editing and customizing your flowchart. Add new steps, change texts, or adjust the design to make it fit your needs. This feature makes it simple to bring in diagrams from other tools or documents and continue working on them in Whimsical.
Get started by pasting this example flowchart into a board:
graph LR
A[User requests password reset]
B{Is the user registered?}
A --> B
B -- Yes --> C[Send password reset link to user's email]
C --> D[User receives password reset link]
B -- No --> E[Inform user that they are not registered]
Oct 26, 2023
Mentions for files have been improved. When you paste a Whimsical link into another Whimsical file, the link will now automatically convert to a mention, removing the bloat of raw URLs. You can also preview the file in a thumbnail on hover.
Oct 12, 2023
Customers that use JumpCloud for identity management can now add and remove workspace members with SCIM. Using SCIM lets your organisation centralize user management, and streamline onboarding and offboarding of users to Whimsical. This feature is available to customers on our Org plan.
Learn more about enabling SCIM for JumpCloud, or contact sales to upgrade to an Org plan.
Oct 10, 2023
Now you can add headers, assign paragraph styles and create lists in flowcharts, mind maps, and sticky notes right from the toolbar—or using the same keyboard shortcuts available in docs.
Oct 6, 2023
Type @ followed by a teammate's name to easily reference them in-line in docs and boards. Only mentions used inside comment threads will send notifications.
Oct 6, 2023
Text editing is now twice as fast and load times have been cut in half. Most notable for longer documents like recurring 1:1 agendas, blog posts, and project plans.
Oct 4, 2023
When typing accented characters:
When typing in Korean:
When composing characters: (e.g., Japanese)
Sep 22, 2023
Discover solutions faster with AI-generated sticky notes. Enter a topic or problem and Whimsical AI will instantly generate a series of ideas or solutions on sticky notes.
Sep 18, 2023
If you're not fond of your current profile photo and don't want to upload a new one, you can now just remove it.
Sep 13, 2023
Text formatted as code now supports HashiCorp Config Language (HCL) for syntax highlighting.
Sep 12, 2023
Create concise summaries of public web pages and Whimsical workspace files with Whimsical AI. Just paste a URL to visualize its content in a flowchart, mind map, or series of sticky notes.
Sep 12, 2023
Here's a quick round-up of our latest bug fixes, focusing mainly on improvements in object layering:
Sep 8, 2023
Org plan admins can secure and consolidate company data by preventing new workspace creation on their domain. Learn more here.
Aug 28, 2023
Flowchart shapes, when resized or expanded, will now expand vertically, in a downward direction.
Aug 28, 2023
Navigating comments is now so much better. Clicking a link to a comment will scroll you to threads, discussions and other inline comments. Searching comments within a board, doc, or even across files will bring you to the correct position in the discussion. Plus, we changed the comment highlight arrow from white to purple to make it more visible.
Aug 23, 2023
We now support object embedding so you can select an object on your board and ensure it's the sole focus in the embedded window.
Aug 11, 2023
We've added a collection of cloud architecture icons from AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
For more information on how to use cloud architecture icons, please see the documentation.
Aug 10, 2023
Wireframes, cards, and stacks of cards can now all be found under the file type Board.
Aug 2, 2023
Keep track of when a file was created and who last modified it by hovering over the file status indicator.
Jul 24, 2023
When resizing images in docs, you may notice that the images will now snap to the width of the doc.
Jul 20, 2023
You can now right-click on file or folder names to rename them.
Jul 6, 2023
Blank canvas anxiety? No more! ✨ Whimsical AI ✨ allows you to create flowcharts and mind maps in seconds.
Jun 15, 2023
You can now embed and preview your Whimsical files in Google Docs as smart chips.
Learn more about previewing Whimsical files in Google Docs.
Jun 13, 2023
You can now change and customize the colors of connector text.
Jun 8, 2023
You can now easily add and remove multiple rows and columns at once in Whimsical Docs tables.
Apr 26, 2023
Tables in Whimsical Docs have got some TLC. You now have the ability to comment on individual cells and we've also improved search functionality for cell content.
Apr 20, 2023
You can now edit your Whimsical Docs on mobile phones and tablets.