Using the Panel

The panel has a header with the floor tabs, a controls row with the tools, and a canvas. It is for administrators only.

Header

The floor tabs and the Property tab are in the middle. On the right are the Connectivity Map button, Settings and the ⋮ menu.

⋮ Menu Item	Action
Getting Started Guide	Opens Your First Floor Plan in a new tab.
Export JSON	Downloads the layout as map data.
Download Debug Report	Downloads versions, settings, layout counts and the recent debug log.
Reset Floor	Clears every room, wall, opening, placed device and the background image of the open floor. Asks first.

Controls Row

Part	Contents
Left	The tools.
Middle	Hints and options for the active tool, such as the Snap menu.
Right	Background, undo, redo and save.

Tools

Tool	Action
Select	Selects a room, wall, door, window or device. Handles reshape it. A device is dragged to move it. Dragging inside a selected room moves the room with its devices.
Pan	Moves the view only. A trackpad's two-finger scroll also pans in every mode. A mouse wheel zooms, and so does Ctrl+scroll.
Trace Room	Click each corner, then click near the start to close the outline.
Trace Wall	Click along the wall. Finish Wall or Enter ends an open run. Clicking the start closes a loop.
Add Door, Add Window	Click a point on a traced wall.
Set Scale	Click two points a known distance apart and enter the distance. Can be repeated at any time.
Place Device	Opens the device picker. See Placing Devices.
Align Floors	Overlays another floor to line the two up, then applies the transform.

New points snap to nearby walls and room edges and line up with the previous point. The Snap menu sets the target: all, walls only, rooms only, or off. Shift places one point without snapping.

WARNING

Applying an alignment rewrites every room, wall, opening and device position on the aligned floor, and cannot be undone. The panel asks before applying.

Info Cards

Selecting an item on the plan opens an info card on the left.

Selection	Settings
Room	Home Assistant area (including areas on no floor), name (Use area name resets it to the area's current name), corners, label position, visibility, colour, Fill Opacity and Border Opacity.
Device	Label, icon (any Material Design icon), mounting height, and its network links while a layer is on.
Wall	Material, thickness and corners.
Door or Window	Width.
Connectivity Link	Both ends and the signal quality. A link to another floor can jump to that floor.
Devices on One Spot	Choose which device to select, or remove one from the spot.

Phones

The info card spans the width and folds down to a header with the chevron at its top right. The controls row scrolls sideways. The device picker opens as a sheet.

Language

The panel follows the language of the Home Assistant user profile. English and German are included. The German translation is machine-drafted and has not been reviewed by a native speaker. Corrections are welcome as an issue or a pull request against frontend/src/translations/de.json. Untranslated strings fall back to English.

Keyboard

Key	Action
Esc	Cancels the current trace or armed placement. During a drag, puts the item back.
Ctrl/Cmd+Z, Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z (or Ctrl+Y)	Undo and redo for the open floor and the Property tab. A drag is one step.
Backspace or Ctrl/Cmd+Z while tracing	Removes the last point.
Delete, Backspace	Deletes the selection, after asking.
Enter	Finishes a wall trace.
Shift	Places or drags a point without snapping.

Shortcuts do not fire while a field has focus.