diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75eeb02..803e022 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Minimal self-hosted personal wiki. Folders are pages.
 
 - **Wikilinks** link between pages with `[[search query]]` syntax, or `[[query::display text]]` to override the label. The link opens the search page for that query, so it keeps resolving after a page is renamed or moved. Files embed with standard Markdown image syntax — `![caption](photo.jpg "left")` — relative to the page they sit on.
 
+- **Canvases** an infinite pan/zoom board stored as a [JSON Canvas](https://jsoncanvas.org/) `.canvas` file next to the page's `index.md`. Canvases in a folder appear as tabs above the page content, so a canvas is an alternative *view* of the page rather than a separate document. See the [Canvases](#canvases) section.
+
 - **Movie import** import movie entries via the OMDb API. Fetches title, year, runtime, genre, director, cast, plot, and poster, and pre-fills a new page with that metadata.
 
 - **Special folder types** folders can opt into custom rendering (e.g. a photo diary with calendar navigation). See the [Special Folder Types](#special-folder-types) section for details.
@@ -106,6 +108,77 @@ They resolve against the year page rather than separate per-day URLs:
 
 Legacy `YYYY/MM/` and `YYYY/MM/DD/` URLs (no longer the canonical form) redirect to the matching anchor on the year page.
 
+## Canvases
+
+A canvas is a `<Name>.canvas` file in a page folder holding a
+[JSON Canvas 1.0](https://jsoncanvas.org/spec/1.0/) document. Every canvas in a
+folder renders as a tab above that page's content, and the page itself is the
+first tab — so a page and its diagrams are one thing with several views.
+
+| URL | What it does |
+|------|-------------|
+| `<page>/?canvas=<Name>` | the canvas view (canonical) |
+| `<page>/<Name>.canvas` | redirects to the canonical form |
+| `<page>/<Name>.canvas?raw` | the file itself |
+
+Create one from the **NEW CANVAS** action or the `+` in the tab strip.
+
+### Nodes
+
+All four spec node types render:
+
+| Type | Rendered as |
+|------|-------------|
+| `text` | markdown, rendered server-side — wikilinks, `![[embeds]]`, tables and task lists all behave as they do on a page |
+| `file` | a transclusion of another wiki path: markdown pages (narrowed to a heading when `subpath` is set), images, video, PDFs |
+| `link` | a card for an external URL |
+| `group` | a labelled frame; dragging it carries the nodes inside it |
+
+Node content is rendered by the server and cached in the browser by *content*,
+so the whole canvas arrives pre-rendered in the initial page load (no per-node
+requests) and undo/redo of a text edit costs nothing.
+
+### Controls
+
+| Gesture | Action |
+|---------|--------|
+| drag background | pan |
+| ctrl/⌘ + wheel, or pinch | zoom |
+| shift + drag background | marquee select |
+| drag a node | move it (snaps to a 20px grid; hold alt to bypass) |
+| drag a corner handle | resize |
+| drag a side port | draw an edge to another node |
+| double-click a node | edit it |
+| double-click empty space | new text node there |
+
+Keys: `Ctrl+S` save · `Ctrl+Z` / `Ctrl+Shift+Z` undo/redo · `Del` delete
+selection · `Ctrl+A` select all · arrows nudge (shift for single pixels) ·
+`T`/`F`/`L`/`G` add a node · `+`/`-`/`0` zoom, `9` fit · `Esc` cancel.
+
+Undo covers the whole session; a drag or resize is one entry no matter how many
+events it spanned.
+
+### Saving
+
+Saving is explicit (**SAVE**, or `Ctrl+S`) and uploads the whole document. The
+server parses and validates it before writing anything, so a malformed payload
+can never land on disk, and four things are checked in order:
+
+1. the JSON parses into the spec's shape;
+2. node ids are unique, every edge endpoint resolves, and enums/colours/sizes are in range;
+3. the `X-Canvas-Version` token matches the file on disk — a mismatch is a `409` and you are asked whether to reload or overwrite;
+4. a save that would empty a populated canvas is refused until you confirm it.
+
+The previous contents are kept beside the file as `.<Name>.canvas.bak`, and the
+write itself is atomic. Leaving the page with unsaved changes prompts first.
+
+`[[wikilinks]]` inside text nodes are search queries, like on a page, so they
+keep resolving after a move. File nodes and group backgrounds hold literal
+paths and are not rewritten: moving or renaming their target leaves them
+rendered as broken references.
+
+Canvas *contents* are not searchable; only the file name is indexed.
+
 ## Quick-Add Bookmarklet
 
 Replace `wiki.host` with your wiki host and `/Topics/Bookmarks/` with the destination page (one bookmarklet per target):
diff --git a/assets/canvas/doc.js b/assets/canvas/doc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ea65be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/canvas/doc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+// doc.js — the canvas document plus its undo stack.
+//
+// Every mutation passes through begin()/commit(). A gesture (a drag, a resize,
+// a nudge-repeat) spans hundreds of pointer events but has to collapse into a
+// single undo entry, so the snapshot is taken once at begin() and pushed once
+// at commit() — and only when the document actually changed, so a click that
+// moves nothing leaves no trace.
+//
+// Undo is snapshot-based rather than a stack of inverse operations: the
+// document is a small pure-JSON object, cloning it costs microseconds, and a
+// snapshot cannot be subtly wrong the way a hand-written inverse can. The
+// stack is capped so a long session cannot grow without bound.
+window.Canvas = window.Canvas || {};
+
+Canvas.Doc = (function () {
+    var MAX_UNDO = 100;
+
+    var doc = { nodes: [], edges: [] };
+    var undoStack = [];
+    var redoStack = [];
+    var pending = null;
+    var dirty = false;
+    var version = '';
+    var listeners = [];
+
+    function clone(v) { return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(v)); }
+
+    function emit() {
+        for (var i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) listeners[i]();
+    }
+
+    // newId mints a 16-hex-character node/edge id, the shape the format uses in
+    // the wild. Collisions are checked against the live document anyway.
+    function newId() {
+        var bytes = new Uint8Array(8);
+        window.crypto.getRandomValues(bytes);
+        var out = '';
+        for (var i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
+            out += (bytes[i] + 0x100).toString(16).slice(1);
+        }
+        if (find(doc.nodes, out) || find(doc.edges, out)) return newId();
+        return out;
+    }
+
+    function find(list, id) {
+        for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+            if (list[i].id === id) return list[i];
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    return {
+        init: function (d, hash) {
+            doc = (d && typeof d === 'object') ? d : {};
+            if (!Array.isArray(doc.nodes)) doc.nodes = [];
+            if (!Array.isArray(doc.edges)) doc.edges = [];
+            undoStack = [];
+            redoStack = [];
+            pending = null;
+            dirty = false;
+            version = hash || '';
+        },
+
+        get: function () { return doc; },
+        nodes: function () { return doc.nodes; },
+        edges: function () { return doc.edges; },
+        node: function (id) { return find(doc.nodes, id); },
+        edge: function (id) { return find(doc.edges, id); },
+        newId: newId,
+
+        // edgesFor returns every edge touching any of the given node ids.
+        edgesFor: function (nodeIds) {
+            var want = {};
+            nodeIds.forEach(function (id) { want[id] = true; });
+            return doc.edges.filter(function (e) {
+                return want[e.fromNode] || want[e.toNode];
+            });
+        },
+
+        // --- gesture bracketing ---
+        //
+        // Nested begin() calls join the outer gesture rather than starting a
+        // new one, so a composite action (drag a group, which drags its
+        // members) still produces exactly one undo entry.
+        begin: function (label) {
+            if (pending) { pending.depth++; return; }
+            pending = { label: label || '', before: clone(doc), depth: 0 };
+        },
+
+        commit: function () {
+            if (!pending) return;
+            if (pending.depth > 0) { pending.depth--; return; }
+            var before = pending.before;
+            var label = pending.label;
+            pending = null;
+            // A gesture that changed nothing (a click that selected without
+            // moving) must not push an undo entry the user would have to press
+            // Ctrl+Z through.
+            if (JSON.stringify(before) === JSON.stringify(doc)) return;
+            undoStack.push({ label: label, doc: before });
+            if (undoStack.length > MAX_UNDO) undoStack.shift();
+            redoStack.length = 0;
+            dirty = true;
+            emit();
+        },
+
+        // abort rolls the document back to the gesture's starting state, for
+        // Escape mid-drag.
+        abort: function () {
+            if (!pending) return;
+            if (pending.depth > 0) { pending.depth--; return; }
+            doc = pending.before;
+            pending = null;
+            emit();
+        },
+
+        inGesture: function () { return pending !== null; },
+
+        undo: function () {
+            if (!undoStack.length) return false;
+            var entry = undoStack.pop();
+            redoStack.push({ label: entry.label, doc: clone(doc) });
+            doc = entry.doc;
+            dirty = true;
+            emit();
+            return true;
+        },
+
+        redo: function () {
+            if (!redoStack.length) return false;
+            var entry = redoStack.pop();
+            undoStack.push({ label: entry.label, doc: clone(doc) });
+            doc = entry.doc;
+            dirty = true;
+            emit();
+            return true;
+        },
+
+        canUndo: function () { return undoStack.length > 0; },
+        canRedo: function () { return redoStack.length > 0; },
+
+        // --- structural helpers ---
+
+        addNode: function (node) {
+            doc.nodes.push(node);
+            return node;
+        },
+
+        addEdge: function (edge) {
+            doc.edges.push(edge);
+            return edge;
+        },
+
+        // remove drops the named nodes and edges. Every edge touching a removed
+        // node goes too — a dangling endpoint would fail validation on save, so
+        // it can never be allowed to exist even transiently.
+        remove: function (nodeIds, edgeIds) {
+            var deadNodes = {};
+            (nodeIds || []).forEach(function (id) { deadNodes[id] = true; });
+            var deadEdges = {};
+            (edgeIds || []).forEach(function (id) { deadEdges[id] = true; });
+
+            doc.nodes = doc.nodes.filter(function (n) { return !deadNodes[n.id]; });
+            doc.edges = doc.edges.filter(function (e) {
+                return !deadEdges[e.id] && !deadNodes[e.fromNode] && !deadNodes[e.toNode];
+            });
+        },
+
+        // --- save state ---
+
+        isDirty: function () { return dirty; },
+        markSaved: function (hash) {
+            dirty = false;
+            if (hash) version = hash;
+            emit();
+        },
+        version: function () { return version; },
+
+        onChange: function (fn) { listeners.push(fn); },
+        notify: emit
+    };
+})();
diff --git a/assets/canvas/edges.js b/assets/canvas/edges.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d100e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/canvas/edges.js
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+// edges.js — the SVG edge layer.
+//
+// Edges are cubic beziers anchored at the midpoint of a node side, with control
+// points pushed out along that side's normal. When a side is unspecified the
+// dominant axis between the two centres picks one, which keeps auto-routed
+// edges predictable instead of hunting for a global minimum.
+//
+// The SVG sits inside the transformed world and draws in world coordinates, so
+// it pans and zooms with the nodes for free.
+window.Canvas = window.Canvas || {};
+
+Canvas.Edges = (function () {
+    var Doc = Canvas.Doc;
+    var Select = Canvas.Select;
+
+    var SVGNS = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';
+    var ARROW = 11;
+
+    var svg = null;
+    var groups = {};   // edge id -> <g>
+    var temp = null;   // the rubber-band path while drawing a new edge
+
+    function el(name, attrs) {
+        var node = document.createElementNS(SVGNS, name);
+        for (var k in attrs) {
+            if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(attrs, k)) node.setAttribute(k, attrs[k]);
+        }
+        return node;
+    }
+
+    // sideAnchor returns the connection point on a node side together with that
+    // side's outward normal, which the control points and arrowheads both need.
+    function sideAnchor(n, side) {
+        switch (side) {
+            case 'top': return { x: n.x + n.width / 2, y: n.y, nx: 0, ny: -1 };
+            case 'bottom': return { x: n.x + n.width / 2, y: n.y + n.height, nx: 0, ny: 1 };
+            case 'left': return { x: n.x, y: n.y + n.height / 2, nx: -1, ny: 0 };
+            default: return { x: n.x + n.width, y: n.y + n.height / 2, nx: 1, ny: 0 };
+        }
+    }
+
+    // autoSides picks the facing sides for an edge with no explicit ones: the
+    // dominant axis between the node centres wins. Simple and stable — the edge
+    // does not flip sides every time a node moves a few pixels.
+    function autoSides(a, b) {
+        var dx = (b.x + b.width / 2) - (a.x + a.width / 2);
+        var dy = (b.y + b.height / 2) - (a.y + a.height / 2);
+        if (Math.abs(dx) >= Math.abs(dy)) {
+            return dx >= 0 ? ['right', 'left'] : ['left', 'right'];
+        }
+        return dy >= 0 ? ['bottom', 'top'] : ['top', 'bottom'];
+    }
+
+    function geometry(e) {
+        var a = Doc.node(e.fromNode);
+        var b = Doc.node(e.toNode);
+        if (!a || !b) return null;
+
+        var auto = autoSides(a, b);
+        var fromSide = e.fromSide || auto[0];
+        // A self-loop has no meaningful "facing" side, so it gets a fixed pair
+        // that always produces a visible arc out of and back into the node.
+        var toSide = e.toSide || (a === b ? 'top' : auto[1]);
+
+        var p0 = sideAnchor(a, fromSide);
+        var p3 = sideAnchor(b, toSide);
+        var dist = Math.sqrt((p3.x - p0.x) * (p3.x - p0.x) + (p3.y - p0.y) * (p3.y - p0.y));
+        var k = Math.max(40, dist / 3);
+        return {
+            p0: p0,
+            p3: p3,
+            c1: { x: p0.x + p0.nx * k, y: p0.y + p0.ny * k },
+            c2: { x: p3.x + p3.nx * k, y: p3.y + p3.ny * k }
+        };
+    }
+
+    function curve(g) {
+        return 'M' + g.p0.x + ',' + g.p0.y +
+            'C' + g.c1.x + ',' + g.c1.y + ' ' + g.c2.x + ',' + g.c2.y +
+            ' ' + g.p3.x + ',' + g.p3.y;
+    }
+
+    // midpoint of a cubic at t=0.5, closed form — no DOM measurement needed to
+    // place a label.
+    function midpoint(g) {
+        return {
+            x: (g.p0.x + 3 * g.c1.x + 3 * g.c2.x + g.p3.x) / 8,
+            y: (g.p0.y + 3 * g.c1.y + 3 * g.c2.y + g.p3.y) / 8
+        };
+    }
+
+    // arrowhead draws a triangle with its tip at pt, its base offset along the
+    // outward normal — so the arrow points into the node it terminates on.
+    function arrowhead(pt) {
+        var bx = pt.x + pt.nx * ARROW;
+        var by = pt.y + pt.ny * ARROW;
+        var px = -pt.ny * ARROW * 0.42;
+        var py = pt.nx * ARROW * 0.42;
+        return 'M' + pt.x + ',' + pt.y +
+            'L' + (bx + px) + ',' + (by + py) +
+            'L' + (bx - px) + ',' + (by - py) + 'Z';
+    }
+
+    function colorVar(c) {
+        if (!c) return 'var(--canvas-edge)';
+        if (c.charAt(0) === '#') return c;
+        return 'var(--canvas-' + c + ')';
+    }
+
+    function build(e) {
+        var g = el('g', { 'class': 'canvas-edge' });
+        g.dataset.id = e.id;
+        // A transparent fat stroke under the visible line is the hit target:
+        // a 2px curve is essentially unclickable otherwise.
+        g.appendChild(el('path', { 'class': 'canvas-edge-hit', fill: 'none' }));
+        g.appendChild(el('path', { 'class': 'canvas-edge-line', fill: 'none' }));
+        g.appendChild(el('path', { 'class': 'canvas-edge-head canvas-edge-head-to' }));
+        g.appendChild(el('path', { 'class': 'canvas-edge-head canvas-edge-head-from' }));
+        var label = el('text', { 'class': 'canvas-edge-label', 'text-anchor': 'middle', 'dominant-baseline': 'middle' });
+        g.appendChild(label);
+        return g;
+    }
+
+    function update(g, e) {
+        var geo = geometry(e);
+        if (!geo) { g.setAttribute('display', 'none'); return; }
+        g.removeAttribute('display');
+
+        var d = curve(geo);
+        var stroke = colorVar(e.color);
+        g.querySelector('.canvas-edge-hit').setAttribute('d', d);
+
+        var line = g.querySelector('.canvas-edge-line');
+        line.setAttribute('d', d);
+        line.setAttribute('stroke', stroke);
+
+        // Spec defaults: fromEnd is "none", toEnd is "arrow".
+        var toHead = g.querySelector('.canvas-edge-head-to');
+        if ((e.toEnd || 'arrow') === 'arrow') {
+            toHead.setAttribute('d', arrowhead(geo.p3));
+            toHead.setAttribute('fill', stroke);
+            toHead.removeAttribute('display');
+        } else {
+            toHead.setAttribute('display', 'none');
+        }
+
+        var fromHead = g.querySelector('.canvas-edge-head-from');
+        if ((e.fromEnd || 'none') === 'arrow') {
+            fromHead.setAttribute('d', arrowhead(geo.p0));
+            fromHead.setAttribute('fill', stroke);
+            fromHead.removeAttribute('display');
+        } else {
+            fromHead.setAttribute('display', 'none');
+        }
+
+        var label = g.querySelector('.canvas-edge-label');
+        if (e.label) {
+            var m = midpoint(geo);
+            label.setAttribute('x', m.x);
+            label.setAttribute('y', m.y);
+            label.textContent = e.label;
+            label.removeAttribute('display');
+        } else {
+            label.setAttribute('display', 'none');
+        }
+
+        g.classList.toggle('is-selected', Select.hasEdge(e.id));
+    }
+
+    return {
+        init: function (svgEl) { svg = svgEl; },
+
+        sideAnchor: sideAnchor,
+        autoSides: autoSides,
+
+        render: function () {
+            var seen = {};
+            Doc.edges().forEach(function (e) {
+                seen[e.id] = true;
+                var g = groups[e.id];
+                if (!g) {
+                    g = build(e);
+                    groups[e.id] = g;
+                    svg.appendChild(g);
+                }
+                update(g, e);
+            });
+            Object.keys(groups).forEach(function (id) {
+                if (seen[id]) return;
+                groups[id].remove();
+                delete groups[id];
+            });
+        },
+
+        // syncFor repaints only the edges touching the given nodes. Called on
+        // every frame of a drag, where re-running the full reconcile would be
+        // pure overhead.
+        syncFor: function (nodeIds) {
+            Doc.edgesFor(nodeIds).forEach(function (e) {
+                var g = groups[e.id];
+                if (g) update(g, e);
+            });
+        },
+
+        syncSelection: function () {
+            Doc.edges().forEach(function (e) {
+                var g = groups[e.id];
+                if (g) g.classList.toggle('is-selected', Select.hasEdge(e.id));
+            });
+        },
+
+        // --- rubber band shown while dragging a new edge out of a port ---
+
+        beginTemp: function () {
+            if (temp) temp.remove();
+            temp = el('path', { 'class': 'canvas-edge-temp', fill: 'none' });
+            svg.appendChild(temp);
+        },
+
+        updateTemp: function (node, side, to) {
+            if (!temp) return;
+            var p0 = sideAnchor(node, side);
+            var dist = Math.sqrt((to.x - p0.x) * (to.x - p0.x) + (to.y - p0.y) * (to.y - p0.y));
+            var k = Math.max(40, dist / 3);
+            temp.setAttribute('d',
+                'M' + p0.x + ',' + p0.y +
+                'C' + (p0.x + p0.nx * k) + ',' + (p0.y + p0.ny * k) +
+                ' ' + to.x + ',' + to.y + ' ' + to.x + ',' + to.y);
+        },
+
+        endTemp: function () {
+            if (!temp) return;
+            temp.remove();
+            temp = null;
+        }
+    };
+})();
diff --git a/assets/canvas/edit.js b/assets/canvas/edit.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0205723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/canvas/edit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+// edit.js — editing a node's content.
+//
+// Text nodes get the vendored CodeMirror editor in place, positioned over the
+// node in *screen* coordinates rather than mounted inside the zoomed world.
+// CodeMirror measures its own layout in device pixels, so a CSS-scaled parent
+// wrecks caret placement and selection maths; a fixed-position panel sidesteps
+// that entirely and stays sharp at every zoom level.
+//
+// The other node types have nothing to type into, so they reuse the existing
+// tree picker and modal instead of an editor.
+window.Canvas = window.Canvas || {};
+
+Canvas.Edit = (function () {
+    var Doc = Canvas.Doc;
+    var View = Canvas.View;
+
+    var MIN_WIDTH = 360;
+    var MIN_HEIGHT = 200;
+
+    var panel = null;
+    var view = null;
+    var currentId = null;
+    var original = '';
+
+    function destroy() {
+        if (view) { view.destroy(); view = null; }
+        if (panel) { panel.remove(); panel = null; }
+        currentId = null;
+        original = '';
+        document.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onOutside, true);
+    }
+
+    function commit() {
+        if (!panel || !view) return;
+        var text = view.state.doc.toString();
+        var id = currentId;
+        destroy();
+        var n = Doc.node(id);
+        if (!n || text === original) return;
+        Doc.begin('edit text');
+        n.text = text;
+        Doc.commit();
+    }
+
+    function onOutside(e) {
+        if (!panel || panel.contains(e.target)) return;
+        commit();
+    }
+
+    // screenRect places the editor over the node it edits, clamped to a usable
+    // minimum and kept inside the viewport — a 60x60 node still needs a panel
+    // big enough to type in.
+    function screenRect(n) {
+        var s = View.scale();
+        var tl = View.toScreen(n.x, n.y);
+        var w = Math.max(MIN_WIDTH, n.width * s);
+        var h = Math.max(MIN_HEIGHT, n.height * s);
+        w = Math.min(w, window.innerWidth - 16);
+        h = Math.min(h, window.innerHeight - 16);
+        var left = Math.max(8, Math.min(tl.x, window.innerWidth - w - 8));
+        var top = Math.max(8, Math.min(tl.y, window.innerHeight - h - 8));
+        return { left: left, top: top, width: w, height: h };
+    }
+
+    function openText(n) {
+        var rect = screenRect(n);
+        panel = document.createElement('div');
+        panel.className = 'canvas-editor panel panel-floating';
+        panel.style.left = rect.left + 'px';
+        panel.style.top = rect.top + 'px';
+        panel.style.width = rect.width + 'px';
+        panel.style.height = rect.height + 'px';
+
+        var hint = document.createElement('div');
+        hint.className = 'panel-header';
+        hint.textContent = 'Ctrl+Enter or click away to apply · Escape to cancel';
+        panel.appendChild(hint);
+
+        var mount = document.createElement('div');
+        mount.className = 'canvas-editor-mount';
+        panel.appendChild(mount);
+        document.body.appendChild(panel);
+
+        currentId = n.id;
+        original = n.text || '';
+
+        view = new CM.EditorView({
+            state: CM.EditorState.create({
+                doc: original,
+                selection: { anchor: original.length },
+                extensions: [
+                    CM.history(),
+                    CM.drawSelection(),
+                    CM.indentOnInput(),
+                    CM.EditorView.lineWrapping,
+                    CM.EditorView.contentAttributes.of({ spellcheck: 'true', autocapitalize: 'sentences' }),
+                    CM.markdown({ base: CM.markdownLanguage }),
+                    CM.syntaxHighlighting(CM.highlightStyle),
+                    CM.closeBrackets(),
+                    CM.autocompletion({ override: [WikiComplete.source] }),
+                    CM.theme,
+                    // Mod-Enter goes first (nothing else claims it); Escape goes
+                    // last so an open completion popup still gets first refusal
+                    // on it and closes itself instead of discarding the edit.
+                    CM.keymap.of([{ key: 'Mod-Enter', run: function () { commit(); return true; } }]
+                        .concat(
+                            CM.closeBracketsKeymap,
+                            CM.completionKeymap,
+                            CM.markdownKeymap,
+                            CM.defaultKeymap,
+                            CM.historyKeymap,
+                            [CM.indentWithTab],
+                            [{ key: 'Escape', run: function () { destroy(); return true; } }]
+                        ))
+                ]
+            }),
+            parent: mount
+        });
+        view.focus();
+        // Capture phase: a click on a toolbar button should apply the edit
+        // before that button's own handler reads the document.
+        document.addEventListener('pointerdown', onOutside, true);
+    }
+
+    function openFile(n) {
+        var start = (n.file || '/').replace(/\/+$/, '') || '/';
+        openTreePicker({
+            title: 'File node — pick a target',
+            mode: 'any',
+            initialPath: start,
+            preselect: start,
+            confirmLabel: 'USE',
+            onSelect: function (p) {
+                if (!p || p === n.file) return;
+                Doc.begin('retarget file node');
+                n.file = p;
+                n.subpath = '';
+                Doc.commit();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    function promptValue(title, label, value, onValue) {
+        var input = document.createElement('input');
+        input.type = 'text';
+        input.className = 'input';
+        input.placeholder = label;
+        input.value = value || '';
+        openModal({
+            title: title,
+            body: input,
+            confirm: {
+                label: 'OK',
+                onConfirm: function () {
+                    closeModal();
+                    onValue(input.value.trim());
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    function openLink(n) {
+        promptValue('Link node', 'https://example.com', n.url, function (v) {
+            if (!v || v === n.url) return;
+            Doc.begin('edit link');
+            n.url = v;
+            Doc.commit();
+        });
+    }
+
+    function openGroup(n) {
+        promptValue('Group label', 'Label', n.label, function (v) {
+            if (v === (n.label || '')) return;
+            Doc.begin('edit group label');
+            if (v) n.label = v; else delete n.label;
+            Doc.commit();
+        });
+    }
+
+    // close applies whatever is currently open, if anything.
+    function close() {
+        if (panel) commit();
+    }
+
+    return {
+        open: function (id) {
+            var n = Doc.node(id);
+            if (!n) return;
+            close();
+            switch (n.type) {
+                case 'text': openText(n); break;
+                case 'file': openFile(n); break;
+                case 'link': openLink(n); break;
+                case 'group': openGroup(n); break;
+            }
+        },
+
+        // Called from the gesture layer on any pointerdown on the surface, so
+        // starting a drag never silently drops an edit.
+        close: close,
+
+        isOpen: function () { return panel !== null; }
+    };
+})();
diff --git a/assets/canvas/interact.js b/assets/canvas/interact.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88d103a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/canvas/interact.js
@@ -0,0 +1,461 @@
+// interact.js — pointer and keyboard gestures.
+//
+// Every gesture is bracketed by Doc.begin()/Doc.commit(), so a drag that spans
+// hundreds of pointermove events collapses into one undo entry. Within a
+// gesture the document is mutated directly and only the affected elements are
+// re-synced; the full reconcile happens once, on commit.
+//
+// Gesture routing on pointerdown, in priority order:
+//   resize handle -> resize        port -> draw an edge
+//   node          -> select + drag edge -> select
+//   background    -> pan (shift: marquee select; two fingers: pinch zoom)
+window.Canvas = window.Canvas || {};
+
+Canvas.Interact = (function () {
+    var Doc = Canvas.Doc;
+    var View = Canvas.View;
+    var Select = Canvas.Select;
+    var Nodes = Canvas.Nodes;
+    var Edges = Canvas.Edges;
+
+    var MIN_SIZE = 40;
+    var DRAG_SLOP = 3;
+
+    var surface = null;
+    var marquee = null;
+    var gesture = null;
+    var pointers = {};
+
+    function snap(v) {
+        return Math.round(v / View.GRID) * View.GRID;
+    }
+
+    function pointerCount() {
+        return Object.keys(pointers).length;
+    }
+
+    // interactive reports whether the pointer landed on something the browser
+    // should handle itself (a link, a video control), which must not become the
+    // start of a node drag.
+    function interactive(target) {
+        return !!target.closest('a, button, input, select, textarea, video, embed, iframe');
+    }
+
+    // groupMembers returns the nodes whose centre sits inside a group, which is
+    // what "inside" means for dragging: a node straddling the border belongs to
+    // whichever side holds most of it.
+    function groupMembers(g) {
+        return Doc.nodes().filter(function (n) {
+            if (n.id === g.id) return false;
+            var cx = n.x + n.width / 2;
+            var cy = n.y + n.height / 2;
+            return cx >= g.x && cx <= g.x + g.width && cy >= g.y && cy <= g.y + g.height;
+        }).map(function (n) { return n.id; });
+    }
+
+    // withGroupMembers expands a selection so dragging a group carries whatever
+    // it contains.
+    function withGroupMembers(ids) {
+        var out = {};
+        ids.forEach(function (id) {
+            out[id] = true;
+            var n = Doc.node(id);
+            if (n && n.type === 'group') {
+                groupMembers(n).forEach(function (m) { out[m] = true; });
+            }
+        });
+        return Object.keys(out);
+    }
+
+    function selectOnPress(id, additive) {
+        if (additive) {
+            Select.toggleNode(id);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!Select.hasNode(id)) Select.set([id], []);
+    }
+
+    // --- gesture starts ---
+
+    function startDrag(id, e) {
+        selectOnPress(id, e.shiftKey);
+        if (!Select.hasNode(id)) return; // shift-click deselected it
+        var ids = withGroupMembers(Select.nodes());
+        Doc.begin('move');
+        gesture = {
+            kind: 'drag',
+            ids: ids,
+            start: View.toWorld(e.clientX, e.clientY),
+            origin: ids.map(function (nid) {
+                var n = Doc.node(nid);
+                return { id: nid, x: n.x, y: n.y };
+            }),
+            moved: false
+        };
+    }
+
+    function startResize(id, corner, e) {
+        Select.set([id], []);
+        var n = Doc.node(id);
+        Doc.begin('resize');
+        gesture = {
+            kind: 'resize',
+            id: id,
+            corner: corner,
+            start: View.toWorld(e.clientX, e.clientY),
+            origin: { x: n.x, y: n.y, width: n.width, height: n.height },
+            moved: false
+        };
+    }
+
+    function startEdge(id, side) {
+        Edges.beginTemp();
+        gesture = { kind: 'edge', fromId: id, fromSide: side, target: null, moved: false };
+    }
+
+    function startPan(e) {
+        gesture = { kind: 'pan', last: { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY }, moved: false };
+    }
+
+    function startMarquee(e) {
+        var r = surface.getBoundingClientRect();
+        gesture = {
+            kind: 'marquee',
+            origin: { x: e.clientX - r.left, y: e.clientY - r.top },
+            additive: e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey,
+            moved: false
+        };
+        marquee.hidden = false;
+        updateMarquee(e);
+    }
+
+    function startPinch() {
+        var ids = Object.keys(pointers);
+        var a = pointers[ids[0]];
+        var b = pointers[ids[1]];
+        gesture = {
+            kind: 'pinch',
+            dist: Math.hypot(b.x - a.x, b.y - a.y),
+            mid: { x: (a.x + b.x) / 2, y: (a.y + b.y) / 2 },
+            moved: true
+        };
+    }
+
+    // --- gesture updates ---
+
+    function moveDrag(e) {
+        var p = View.toWorld(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+        var lead = gesture.origin[0];
+        if (!lead) return;
+        var dx = p.x - gesture.start.x;
+        var dy = p.y - gesture.start.y;
+        // Snap the lead node to the grid and shift the rest by the same amount,
+        // so a multi-node drag keeps its relative layout. Alt opts out.
+        if (!e.altKey) {
+            dx = snap(lead.x + dx) - lead.x;
+            dy = snap(lead.y + dy) - lead.y;
+        }
+        gesture.origin.forEach(function (o) {
+            var n = Doc.node(o.id);
+            if (!n) return;
+            n.x = Math.round(o.x + dx);
+            n.y = Math.round(o.y + dy);
+        });
+        gesture.ids.forEach(Nodes.syncGeom);
+        Edges.syncFor(gesture.ids);
+    }
+
+    function moveResize(e) {
+        var n = Doc.node(gesture.id);
+        if (!n) return;
+        var p = View.toWorld(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+        var o = gesture.origin;
+        var dx = p.x - gesture.start.x;
+        var dy = p.y - gesture.start.y;
+        var right = o.x + o.width;
+        var bottom = o.y + o.height;
+        var x = o.x, y = o.y, w = o.width, h = o.height;
+
+        if (gesture.corner.indexOf('w') !== -1) {
+            x = e.altKey ? o.x + dx : snap(o.x + dx);
+            w = right - x;
+        } else {
+            w = e.altKey ? o.width + dx : snap(right + dx) - o.x;
+        }
+        if (gesture.corner.indexOf('n') !== -1) {
+            y = e.altKey ? o.y + dy : snap(o.y + dy);
+            h = bottom - y;
+        } else {
+            h = e.altKey ? o.height + dy : snap(bottom + dy) - o.y;
+        }
+
+        // Clamp against the fixed edge so shrinking past the minimum pins the
+        // node instead of flipping it inside out.
+        if (w < MIN_SIZE) {
+            if (gesture.corner.indexOf('w') !== -1) x = right - MIN_SIZE;
+            w = MIN_SIZE;
+        }
+        if (h < MIN_SIZE) {
+            if (gesture.corner.indexOf('n') !== -1) y = bottom - MIN_SIZE;
+            h = MIN_SIZE;
+        }
+
+        n.x = Math.round(x);
+        n.y = Math.round(y);
+        n.width = Math.round(w);
+        n.height = Math.round(h);
+        Nodes.syncGeom(n.id);
+        Edges.syncFor([n.id]);
+    }
+
+    function moveEdge(e) {
+        var from = Doc.node(gesture.fromId);
+        if (!from) return;
+        Edges.updateTemp(from, gesture.fromSide, View.toWorld(e.clientX, e.clientY));
+
+        var under = document.elementFromPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+        var nodeEl = under && under.closest ? under.closest('.canvas-node') : null;
+        var id = nodeEl ? nodeEl.dataset.id : null;
+        if (id === gesture.target) return;
+        if (gesture.target) {
+            var prev = Nodes.el(gesture.target);
+            if (prev) prev.classList.remove('is-edge-target');
+        }
+        gesture.target = id;
+        if (id && nodeEl) nodeEl.classList.add('is-edge-target');
+    }
+
+    function updateMarquee(e) {
+        var r = surface.getBoundingClientRect();
+        var x = e.clientX - r.left;
+        var y = e.clientY - r.top;
+        marquee.style.left = Math.min(x, gesture.origin.x) + 'px';
+        marquee.style.top = Math.min(y, gesture.origin.y) + 'px';
+        marquee.style.width = Math.abs(x - gesture.origin.x) + 'px';
+        marquee.style.height = Math.abs(y - gesture.origin.y) + 'px';
+    }
+
+    function movePinch() {
+        var ids = Object.keys(pointers);
+        if (ids.length < 2) return;
+        var a = pointers[ids[0]];
+        var b = pointers[ids[1]];
+        var dist = Math.hypot(b.x - a.x, b.y - a.y);
+        var mid = { x: (a.x + b.x) / 2, y: (a.y + b.y) / 2 };
+        if (gesture.dist > 0) View.zoomAt(mid.x, mid.y, dist / gesture.dist);
+        View.pan(mid.x - gesture.mid.x, mid.y - gesture.mid.y);
+        gesture.dist = dist;
+        gesture.mid = mid;
+    }
+
+    // --- gesture ends ---
+
+    // Both finishers take the gesture as an argument rather than reading the
+    // module-level one: endGesture clears it before dispatching so a finisher
+    // cannot accidentally leave a half-torn-down gesture in place.
+    function finishMarquee(g) {
+        marquee.hidden = true;
+        var r = surface.getBoundingClientRect();
+        var a = View.toWorld(r.left + parseFloat(marquee.style.left),
+            r.top + parseFloat(marquee.style.top));
+        var b = View.toWorld(r.left + parseFloat(marquee.style.left) + parseFloat(marquee.style.width),
+            r.top + parseFloat(marquee.style.top) + parseFloat(marquee.style.height));
+        var hit = Doc.nodes().filter(function (n) {
+            return n.x < b.x && n.x + n.width > a.x && n.y < b.y && n.y + n.height > a.y;
+        }).map(function (n) { return n.id; });
+        if (g.additive) {
+            hit.forEach(Select.addNode);
+        } else {
+            Select.set(hit, []);
+        }
+    }
+
+    function finishEdge(g) {
+        if (g.target) {
+            var el = Nodes.el(g.target);
+            if (el) el.classList.remove('is-edge-target');
+        }
+        Edges.endTemp();
+        if (!g.target) return;
+        Doc.begin('connect');
+        Doc.addEdge({
+            id: Doc.newId(),
+            fromNode: g.fromId,
+            fromSide: g.fromSide,
+            toNode: g.target
+        });
+        Doc.commit();
+    }
+
+    // --- event wiring ---
+
+    function onDown(e) {
+        if (Canvas.Edit) Canvas.Edit.close();
+        pointers[e.pointerId] = { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY };
+
+        if (pointerCount() === 2 && (!gesture || gesture.kind === 'pan')) {
+            if (gesture) endGesture(true);
+            startPinch();
+            return;
+        }
+        if (gesture) return; // one gesture at a time
+
+        var t = e.target;
+        var handle = t.closest('.canvas-handle');
+        var port = t.closest('.canvas-port');
+        var nodeEl = t.closest('.canvas-node');
+        var edgeEl = t.closest('.canvas-edge');
+
+        if (handle && nodeEl) {
+            startResize(nodeEl.dataset.id, handle.dataset.corner, e);
+        } else if (port && nodeEl) {
+            startEdge(nodeEl.dataset.id, port.dataset.side);
+        } else if (nodeEl) {
+            if (interactive(t)) return;
+            startDrag(nodeEl.dataset.id, e);
+        } else if (edgeEl) {
+            if (e.shiftKey) Select.toggleEdge(edgeEl.dataset.id);
+            else Select.set([], [edgeEl.dataset.id]);
+            return;
+        } else if (e.shiftKey) {
+            startMarquee(e);
+        } else {
+            startPan(e);
+        }
+
+        if (gesture) {
+            // Capture keeps the gesture alive when the pointer leaves the
+            // surface mid-drag. It throws when the pointer is already gone (a
+            // release that raced the handler), which must not abort the
+            // gesture — that would leave it stuck with no pointerup to end it.
+            try { surface.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId); } catch (err) { /* pointer already released */ }
+            e.preventDefault();
+        }
+    }
+
+    function onMove(e) {
+        if (pointers[e.pointerId]) {
+            pointers[e.pointerId].x = e.clientX;
+            pointers[e.pointerId].y = e.clientY;
+        }
+        if (!gesture) return;
+
+        if (gesture.kind === 'pinch') { movePinch(); return; }
+
+        if (!gesture.moved) {
+            // Ignore sub-pixel jitter so a plain click does not register as a
+            // drag (and so a click on the background still clears the selection).
+            var dx = Math.abs(e.movementX || 0);
+            var dy = Math.abs(e.movementY || 0);
+            if (dx + dy < DRAG_SLOP && gesture.kind !== 'edge') return;
+            gesture.moved = true;
+        }
+
+        switch (gesture.kind) {
+            case 'drag': moveDrag(e); break;
+            case 'resize': moveResize(e); break;
+            case 'edge': moveEdge(e); break;
+            case 'marquee': updateMarquee(e); break;
+            case 'pan':
+                View.pan(e.clientX - gesture.last.x, e.clientY - gesture.last.y);
+                gesture.last = { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY };
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    function endGesture(silent) {
+        if (!gesture) return;
+        var g = gesture;
+        gesture = null;
+        switch (g.kind) {
+            case 'drag':
+            case 'resize':
+                Doc.commit();
+                break;
+            case 'edge':
+                if (!silent) finishEdge(g); else Edges.endTemp();
+                break;
+            case 'marquee':
+                if (!silent) finishMarquee(g); else marquee.hidden = true;
+                break;
+            case 'pan':
+                // A press on the background that never moved is a click, and a
+                // click on empty space clears the selection.
+                if (!silent && !g.moved) Select.clear();
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    function onUp(e) {
+        delete pointers[e.pointerId];
+        if (gesture && gesture.kind === 'pinch' && pointerCount() < 2) {
+            gesture = null;
+            return;
+        }
+        endGesture(false);
+    }
+
+    function onWheel(e) {
+        // Ctrl/meta+wheel is the zoom gesture every drawing tool uses, and is
+        // also what a trackpad pinch reports. A plain wheel scrolls the canvas.
+        if (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            View.zoomAt(e.clientX, e.clientY, Math.pow(0.999, e.deltaY));
+            return;
+        }
+        e.preventDefault();
+        if (e.shiftKey) View.pan(-e.deltaY, 0);
+        else View.pan(-e.deltaX, -e.deltaY);
+    }
+
+    function onDblClick(e) {
+        var nodeEl = e.target.closest('.canvas-node');
+        if (nodeEl) {
+            if (interactive(e.target)) return;
+            e.preventDefault();
+            Canvas.Edit.open(nodeEl.dataset.id);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (e.target.closest('.canvas-edge')) return;
+        // Double-clicking empty space drops a new text node there and opens it,
+        // which is how a canvas normally gets its first node.
+        var p = View.toWorld(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+        var node = Canvas.Actions.addText(p);
+        if (node) Canvas.Edit.open(node.id);
+    }
+
+    return {
+        init: function (surfaceEl, marqueeEl) {
+            surface = surfaceEl;
+            marquee = marqueeEl;
+
+            surface.addEventListener('pointerdown', onDown);
+            surface.addEventListener('pointermove', onMove);
+            surface.addEventListener('pointerup', onUp);
+            surface.addEventListener('pointercancel', onUp);
+            surface.addEventListener('wheel', onWheel, { passive: false });
+            surface.addEventListener('dblclick', onDblClick);
+            // Native drag would fight the pointer gestures on images and links.
+            surface.addEventListener('dragstart', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); });
+            surface.addEventListener('contextmenu', function (e) {
+                if (e.target.closest('.canvas-node, .canvas-edge')) e.preventDefault();
+            });
+        },
+
+        // cancel aborts an in-flight gesture and rolls the document back, for
+        // the Escape key.
+        cancel: function () {
+            if (!gesture) return false;
+            var kind = gesture.kind;
+            if (kind === 'drag' || kind === 'resize') {
+                gesture = null;
+                Doc.abort();
+                return true;
+            }
+            endGesture(true);
+            return true;
+        },
+
+        active: function () { return gesture !== null; }
+    };
+})();
diff --git a/assets/canvas/main.html b/assets/canvas/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..607fd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/canvas/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+{{define "headerActions"}}
+<a class="btn" href="{{.PostURL}}" title="Back to the page">PAGE</a>
+<span class="dropdown">
+    <button type="button" class="btn dropdown-toggle" data-action="canvas-menu" title="Canvas actions">CANVAS▾</button>
+    <div class="dropdown-menu align-right">
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-block" data-action="canvas-rename">Rename…</button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-block danger" data-action="canvas-delete">Delete canvas</button>
+    </div>
+</span>
+<button class="btn" type="button" data-action="canvas-save" title="Save (Ctrl+S)">SAVE</button>
+{{end}}
+
+{{define "content"}}
+<script>
+    // Full-bleed view mode: the canvas surface owns the viewport instead of the
+    // centred reading column. Set here rather than server-side for the same
+    // reason the editor does it — one class, no extra template plumbing.
+    document.body.classList.add('canvas-mode');
+</script>
+{{if .CanvasError}}
+<div class="content">
+    <h1>{{.ActiveCanvas}}</h1>
+    <p class="canvas-broken">This canvas could not be opened — {{.CanvasError}}</p>
+    <p>Fix it in the file itself, then reload.
+       <a href="{{.ActiveCanvas}}.canvas?raw">view the raw file</a> ·
+       <a href="{{.PostURL}}">back to the page</a></p>
+</div>
+{{else}}
+<div class="canvas-app">
+    <nav class="canvas-tabs row" aria-label="Page views">
+        <a class="canvas-tab" href="{{.PostURL}}">PAGE</a>
+        {{range .Canvases}}<a class="canvas-tab{{if .Active}} is-active{{end}}" href="{{.URL}}">{{.Name}}</a>{{end}}
+    </nav>
+    <div class="canvas-toolbar row">
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool" data-action="undo" title="Undo (Ctrl+Z)" disabled>↶</button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool" data-action="redo" title="Redo (Ctrl+Shift+Z)" disabled>↷</button>
+        <span class="toolbar-sep"></span>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool" data-action="add-text" title="Add text node (T)">TEXT</button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool" data-action="add-file" title="Add file node (F)">FILE</button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool" data-action="add-link" title="Add link node (L)">LINK</button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool" data-action="add-group" title="Add group (G)">GROUP</button>
+        <span class="toolbar-sep"></span>
+        <span class="dropdown">
+            <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool dropdown-toggle" data-action="color-menu" title="Colour of the selection">■▾</button>
+            <div class="dropdown-menu canvas-color-menu">
+                <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool btn-block" data-color="">Default</button>
+                <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool btn-block" data-color="1"><span class="canvas-swatch" data-swatch="1"></span> Red</button>
+                <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool btn-block" data-color="2"><span class="canvas-swatch" data-swatch="2"></span> Orange</button>
+                <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool btn-block" data-color="3"><span class="canvas-swatch" data-swatch="3"></span> Yellow</button>
+                <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool btn-block" data-color="4"><span class="canvas-swatch" data-swatch="4"></span> Green</button>
+                <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool btn-block" data-color="5"><span class="canvas-swatch" data-swatch="5"></span> Cyan</button>
+                <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool btn-block" data-color="6"><span class="canvas-swatch" data-swatch="6"></span> Purple</button>
+            </div>
+        </span>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool" data-action="delete-selection" title="Delete selection (Del)">×</button>
+        <span class="toolbar-sep"></span>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool" data-action="zoom-out" title="Zoom out (−)">−</button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool" data-action="zoom-reset" title="Reset zoom to 100% (0)"><span data-canvas-zoom>100%</span></button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool" data-action="zoom-in" title="Zoom in (+)">+</button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-tool" data-action="fit" title="Fit to content (9)">FIT</button>
+        <span class="canvas-status muted" data-canvas-status></span>
+    </div>
+    <div class="canvas-surface" id="canvas-surface" tabindex="0">
+        <div class="canvas-world" id="canvas-world">
+            <div class="canvas-layer" id="canvas-groups"></div>
+            <svg class="canvas-edges" id="canvas-edges" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg>
+            <div class="canvas-layer" id="canvas-nodes"></div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="canvas-marquee" id="canvas-marquee" hidden></div>
+        <div class="canvas-hint muted" data-canvas-hint hidden>
+            Empty canvas — use the toolbar to add a node. Drag the background to pan, ctrl+wheel to zoom.
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>
+<script>window.CANVAS_DATA = {{.CanvasJSON}};</script>
+<script src="/_/editor/vendor/codemirror.bundle.js?v={{editorBundleVersion}}"></script>
+<script src="/_/editor/wikicomplete.js"></script>
+<script src="/_/canvas/doc.js"></script>
+<script src="/_/canvas/view.js"></script>
+<script src="/_/canvas/select.js"></script>
+<script src="/_/canvas/nodes.js"></script>
+<script src="/_/canvas/edges.js"></script>
+<script src="/_/canvas/interact.js"></script>
+<script src="/_/canvas/edit.js"></script>
+<script src="/_/canvas/save.js"></script>
+<script src="/_/canvas/main.js"></script>
+{{end}}
+{{end}}
diff --git a/assets/canvas/main.js b/assets/canvas/main.js
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+++ b/assets/canvas/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,389 @@
+// main.js — bootstrap, toolbar, and keyboard shortcuts.
+//
+// The payload the server inlined (document + pre-rendered node HTML + the
+// version token) is the only input; nothing else is fetched on load.
+(function () {
+    var data = window.CANVAS_DATA;
+    var surface = document.getElementById('canvas-surface');
+    if (!data || !surface) return;
+
+    var Doc = Canvas.Doc;
+    var View = Canvas.View;
+    var Select = Canvas.Select;
+    var Nodes = Canvas.Nodes;
+    var Edges = Canvas.Edges;
+    var Save = Canvas.Save;
+
+    var world = document.getElementById('canvas-world');
+    var marquee = document.getElementById('canvas-marquee');
+    var hint = document.querySelector('[data-canvas-hint]');
+    var statusEl = document.querySelector('[data-canvas-status]');
+    var zoomEl = document.querySelector('[data-canvas-zoom]');
+
+    // Default sizes for new nodes, in world pixels. Multiples of the 20px grid
+    // so a fresh node lands aligned.
+    var SIZES = {
+        text: { width: 260, height: 120 },
+        file: { width: 400, height: 400 },
+        link: { width: 400, height: 140 },
+        group: { width: 520, height: 400 }
+    };
+
+    function snap(v) { return Math.round(v / View.GRID) * View.GRID; }
+
+    // --- document actions ---
+
+    Canvas.Actions = {
+        // add drops a node centred on a world point (the viewport centre when
+        // called from the toolbar, the cursor when called from a double-click).
+        add: function (type, extra, at) {
+            var size = SIZES[type];
+            var p = at || View.centreOfViewport();
+            var node = {
+                id: Doc.newId(),
+                type: type,
+                x: snap(p.x - size.width / 2),
+                y: snap(p.y - size.height / 2),
+                width: size.width,
+                height: size.height
+            };
+            for (var k in extra) {
+                if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(extra, k)) node[k] = extra[k];
+            }
+            Doc.begin('add ' + type);
+            Doc.addNode(node);
+            Doc.commit();
+            Select.set([node.id], []);
+            return node;
+        },
+
+        addText: function (at) {
+            return Canvas.Actions.add('text', { text: '' }, at);
+        },
+
+        addGroup: function (at) {
+            return Canvas.Actions.add('group', { label: 'Group' }, at);
+        },
+
+        // A file node is meaningless without a target and a link node without a
+        // url, so both ask first and only then create — validation on the server
+        // rejects the empty forms anyway.
+        addFile: function () {
+            openTreePicker({
+                title: 'File node — pick a target',
+                mode: 'any',
+                initialPath: data.postUrl,
+                confirmLabel: 'ADD',
+                onSelect: function (p) {
+                    if (p) Canvas.Actions.add('file', { file: p });
+                }
+            });
+        },
+
+        addLink: function () {
+            var input = document.createElement('input');
+            input.type = 'url';
+            input.className = 'input';
+            input.placeholder = 'https://example.com';
+            openModal({
+                title: 'Link node',
+                body: input,
+                confirm: {
+                    label: 'ADD',
+                    onConfirm: function () {
+                        var v = input.value.trim();
+                        if (!v) return;
+                        closeModal();
+                        Canvas.Actions.add('link', { url: v });
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        },
+
+        deleteSelection: function () {
+            if (Select.isEmpty()) return;
+            Doc.begin('delete');
+            Doc.remove(Select.nodes(), Select.edges());
+            Doc.commit();
+            Select.clear();
+        },
+
+        setColor: function (color) {
+            if (Select.isEmpty()) return;
+            Doc.begin('colour');
+            Select.nodes().forEach(function (id) {
+                var n = Doc.node(id);
+                if (!n) return;
+                if (color) n.color = color; else delete n.color;
+            });
+            Select.edges().forEach(function (id) {
+                var e = Doc.edge(id);
+                if (!e) return;
+                if (color) e.color = color; else delete e.color;
+            });
+            Doc.commit();
+        },
+
+        // nudge moves the selection by whole grid steps, or single pixels with
+        // shift held for the cases where the grid is in the way.
+        nudge: function (dx, dy, fine) {
+            var ids = Select.nodes();
+            if (!ids.length) return;
+            var step = fine ? 1 : View.GRID;
+            Doc.begin('nudge');
+            ids.forEach(function (id) {
+                var n = Doc.node(id);
+                if (!n) return;
+                n.x += dx * step;
+                n.y += dy * step;
+            });
+            Doc.commit();
+        },
+
+        selectAll: function () {
+            Select.set(
+                Doc.nodes().map(function (n) { return n.id; }),
+                Doc.edges().map(function (e) { return e.id; })
+            );
+        }
+    };
+
+    // --- chrome ---
+
+    function setStatus(text) {
+        if (statusEl) statusEl.textContent = text || '';
+    }
+
+    function updateToolbar() {
+        var undoBtn = document.querySelector('[data-action="undo"]');
+        var redoBtn = document.querySelector('[data-action="redo"]');
+        var delBtn = document.querySelector('[data-action="delete-selection"]');
+        if (undoBtn) undoBtn.disabled = !Doc.canUndo();
+        if (redoBtn) redoBtn.disabled = !Doc.canRedo();
+        if (delBtn) delBtn.disabled = Select.isEmpty();
+
+        var saveBtn = document.querySelector('[data-action="canvas-save"]');
+        if (saveBtn) saveBtn.classList.toggle('is-active', Doc.isDirty());
+        if (hint) hint.hidden = Doc.nodes().length > 0;
+    }
+
+    function updateZoom() {
+        if (zoomEl) zoomEl.textContent = Math.round(View.scale() * 100) + '%';
+    }
+
+    // refresh is the single re-render path: prune the selection against the
+    // (possibly undone) document, reconcile both layers, update the chrome.
+    function refresh() {
+        Select.prune(Doc.get());
+        Nodes.render();
+        Edges.render();
+        updateToolbar();
+    }
+
+    // --- canvas-level actions (rename / delete the file itself) ---
+
+    function leaveGuard() {
+        if (!Doc.isDirty()) return true;
+        return window.confirm('This canvas has unsaved changes. Leave anyway?');
+    }
+
+    function canvasAction(url, then) {
+        fetch(url, { method: 'POST', credentials: 'same-origin', redirect: 'manual' })
+            .then(function (res) {
+                if (res.type === 'opaqueredirect' || res.ok) { then(); return; }
+                return res.text().then(function (msg) {
+                    alert(msg || ('Request failed (' + res.status + ')'));
+                });
+            })
+            .catch(function () { alert('Network error'); });
+    }
+
+    function renameCanvas() {
+        var input = document.createElement('input');
+        input.type = 'text';
+        input.className = 'input';
+        input.value = data.name;
+        openModal({
+            title: 'Rename canvas',
+            body: input,
+            confirm: {
+                label: 'RENAME',
+                onConfirm: function () {
+                    var v = input.value.trim();
+                    if (!v || v === data.name) { closeModal(); return; }
+                    closeModal();
+                    canvasAction(
+                        data.postUrl + '?canvas=' + encodeURIComponent(data.name) +
+                        '&rename=' + encodeURIComponent(v),
+                        function () {
+                            window.location.href = data.postUrl + '?canvas=' + encodeURIComponent(v);
+                        }
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    function deleteCanvas() {
+        openModal({
+            title: 'Delete canvas',
+            body: 'Delete "' + data.name + '"? The page itself is not affected.',
+            confirm: {
+                label: 'DELETE',
+                danger: true,
+                onConfirm: function () {
+                    closeModal();
+                    canvasAction(
+                        data.postUrl + '?canvas=' + encodeURIComponent(data.name) + '&delete=1',
+                        function () { window.location.href = data.postUrl; }
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    // --- wiring ---
+
+    function wireToolbar() {
+        var handlers = {
+            'undo': function () { Doc.undo(); },
+            'redo': function () { Doc.redo(); },
+            'add-text': function () { Canvas.Edit.open(Canvas.Actions.addText().id); },
+            'add-file': function () { Canvas.Actions.addFile(); },
+            'add-link': function () { Canvas.Actions.addLink(); },
+            'add-group': function () { Canvas.Actions.addGroup(); },
+            'delete-selection': function () { Canvas.Actions.deleteSelection(); },
+            'zoom-in': function () { View.zoomBy(1.2); },
+            'zoom-out': function () { View.zoomBy(1 / 1.2); },
+            'zoom-reset': function () { View.resetZoom(); },
+            'fit': function () { View.fit(Doc.nodes()); },
+            'canvas-save': function () { Save.run(); },
+            'canvas-rename': renameCanvas,
+            'canvas-delete': deleteCanvas
+        };
+
+        document.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
+            var btn = e.target.closest('[data-action]');
+            if (!btn) return;
+            var fn = handlers[btn.dataset.action];
+            if (!fn) return;
+            e.preventDefault();
+            fn();
+        });
+
+        document.querySelectorAll('.canvas-color-menu [data-color]').forEach(function (btn) {
+            btn.addEventListener('click', function () {
+                Canvas.Actions.setColor(btn.dataset.color);
+            });
+        });
+
+        // The header dropdowns are wired on demand: the auto-wiring in
+        // global-shortcuts.js only covers the page's ACTIONS menu, which this
+        // view replaces.
+        ['canvas-menu', 'color-menu'].forEach(function (action) {
+            wireDropdown(document.querySelector('[data-action="' + action + '"]'));
+        });
+
+        document.querySelectorAll('.canvas-tabs a').forEach(function (a) {
+            a.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
+                if (!leaveGuard()) e.preventDefault();
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
+    // typing reports whether the keystroke belongs to a text field, an open
+    // modal, or the node editor — in which case the canvas must keep its hands
+    // off it.
+    function typing(e) {
+        var t = e.target;
+        if (!t || !t.closest) return false;
+        return !!t.closest('input, textarea, select, .cm-editor, .modal, [contenteditable="true"]');
+    }
+
+    function wireKeys() {
+        document.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
+            if (typing(e)) return;
+
+            var mod = e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey;
+            if (mod && e.key.toLowerCase() === 's') {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                Save.run();
+                return;
+            }
+            if (mod && e.key.toLowerCase() === 'z') {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                if (e.shiftKey) Doc.redo(); else Doc.undo();
+                return;
+            }
+            if (mod && e.key.toLowerCase() === 'y') {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                Doc.redo();
+                return;
+            }
+            if (mod && e.key.toLowerCase() === 'a') {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                Canvas.Actions.selectAll();
+                return;
+            }
+            if (mod) return;
+
+            switch (e.key) {
+                case 'Delete':
+                case 'Backspace':
+                    e.preventDefault();
+                    Canvas.Actions.deleteSelection();
+                    break;
+                case 'Escape':
+                    if (!Canvas.Interact.cancel()) Select.clear();
+                    break;
+                case 'Enter':
+                    var sel = Select.nodes();
+                    if (sel.length === 1) {
+                        e.preventDefault();
+                        Canvas.Edit.open(sel[0]);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case 'ArrowUp': e.preventDefault(); Canvas.Actions.nudge(0, -1, e.shiftKey); break;
+                case 'ArrowDown': e.preventDefault(); Canvas.Actions.nudge(0, 1, e.shiftKey); break;
+                case 'ArrowLeft': e.preventDefault(); Canvas.Actions.nudge(-1, 0, e.shiftKey); break;
+                case 'ArrowRight': e.preventDefault(); Canvas.Actions.nudge(1, 0, e.shiftKey); break;
+                case 't': Canvas.Edit.open(Canvas.Actions.addText().id); break;
+                case 'f': Canvas.Actions.addFile(); break;
+                case 'l': Canvas.Actions.addLink(); break;
+                case 'g': Canvas.Actions.addGroup(); break;
+                case '9': View.fit(Doc.nodes()); break;
+                case '0': View.resetZoom(); break;
+                case '+':
+                case '=': View.zoomBy(1.2); break;
+                case '-': View.zoomBy(1 / 1.2); break;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    // --- boot ---
+
+    Doc.init(data.doc, data.hash);
+    Nodes.seed(data.rendered, Doc.get());
+    Nodes.init(document.getElementById('canvas-nodes'), document.getElementById('canvas-groups'));
+    Edges.init(document.getElementById('canvas-edges'));
+    View.init(surface, world);
+    Canvas.Interact.init(surface, marquee);
+    Save.init(data.postUrl, data.name);
+
+    Doc.onChange(refresh);
+    Select.onChange(function () {
+        Nodes.syncSelection();
+        Edges.syncSelection();
+        updateToolbar();
+    });
+    View.onChange(updateZoom);
+    Save.onState(function (state, message) { setStatus(message); });
+
+    wireToolbar();
+    wireKeys();
+
+    refresh();
+    View.fit(Doc.nodes());
+    updateZoom();
+    surface.focus();
+})();
diff --git a/assets/canvas/nodes.js b/assets/canvas/nodes.js
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diff --git a/assets/canvas/save.js b/assets/canvas/save.js
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/canvas/save.js
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+// save.js — writing the canvas back.
+//
+// The whole document goes up in one request: a canvas is a single JSON object
+// whose edges reference node ids, so a partial patch would have to reason about
+// cross-references the server would then have to re-validate anyway.
+//
+// Two server rejections are worth handling rather than dumping on the user:
+// a 409 (someone else changed the file) and the empty-canvas guard (which asks
+// for explicit confirmation before letting a save blank a populated canvas).
+window.Canvas = window.Canvas || {};
+
+Canvas.Save = (function () {
+    var Doc = Canvas.Doc;
+
+    var action = '';
+    var saving = false;
+    var listeners = [];
+
+    function emit(state, message) {
+        for (var i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) listeners[i](state, message);
+    }
+
+    function post(url) {
+        return fetch(url, {
+            method: 'POST',
+            credentials: 'same-origin',
+            headers: {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+                'X-Canvas-Version': Doc.version()
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify(Doc.get())
+        });
+    }
+
+    function run(force) {
+        if (saving) return Promise.resolve(false);
+        if (!Doc.isDirty() && !force) {
+            emit('clean', 'no changes');
+            return Promise.resolve(true);
+        }
+        saving = true;
+        emit('saving', 'saving…');
+
+        var url = action + (force ? '&empty=1' : '');
+        return post(url).then(function (res) {
+            if (res.status === 204) {
+                Doc.markSaved(res.headers.get('X-Canvas-Version') || '');
+                emit('clean', 'saved');
+                return true;
+            }
+            return res.text().then(function (msg) {
+                if (res.status === 409) {
+                    conflict(msg);
+                } else if (res.status === 400 && msg.indexOf('empty canvas') !== -1) {
+                    confirmEmpty(msg);
+                } else {
+                    emit('error', msg || ('save failed (' + res.status + ')'));
+                    alert(msg || ('Save failed (' + res.status + ')'));
+                }
+                return false;
+            });
+        }).catch(function () {
+            emit('error', 'network error');
+            alert('Could not reach the server — your changes are still here, try again.');
+            return false;
+        }).finally(function () {
+            saving = false;
+        });
+    }
+
+    // conflict: the file changed underneath us. Overwriting silently would
+    // discard whatever the other writer did, so the choice is the user's — and
+    // reloading would discard *their* work, so that is spelled out too.
+    function conflict(msg) {
+        emit('error', 'conflict');
+        openModal({
+            title: 'Canvas changed on disk',
+            body: msg + '\n\nReload to take the version on disk (your unsaved changes here are lost), ' +
+                'or keep editing and save again to overwrite it.',
+            confirm: {
+                label: 'RELOAD',
+                danger: true,
+                onConfirm: function () {
+                    closeModal();
+                    window.location.reload();
+                }
+            },
+            cancel: { label: 'KEEP EDITING', autofocus: true }
+        });
+    }
+
+    function confirmEmpty(msg) {
+        emit('error', 'refused');
+        openModal({
+            title: 'Save an empty canvas?',
+            body: msg + '\n\nThis removes every node from the file.',
+            confirm: {
+                label: 'EMPTY IT',
+                danger: true,
+                onConfirm: function () {
+                    closeModal();
+                    run(true);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    return {
+        init: function (postURL, name) {
+            action = postURL + '?canvas=' + encodeURIComponent(name);
+            // Unsaved work must not vanish on a stray Back or tab close. The
+            // browser shows its own generic wording; the return value is only a
+            // signal that there is something to lose.
+            window.addEventListener('beforeunload', function (e) {
+                if (!Doc.isDirty()) return;
+                e.preventDefault();
+                e.returnValue = '';
+            });
+        },
+
+        run: function () { return run(false); },
+        isSaving: function () { return saving; },
+        onState: function (fn) { listeners.push(fn); }
+    };
+})();
diff --git a/assets/canvas/select.js b/assets/canvas/select.js
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/canvas/select.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// select.js — which nodes and edges are selected.
+//
+// Kept apart from the document so selection never lands in the undo stack or
+// on disk: undoing an edit should restore geometry, not re-select whatever
+// happened to be highlighted at the time.
+window.Canvas = window.Canvas || {};
+
+Canvas.Select = (function () {
+    var nodes = {};
+    var edges = {};
+    var listeners = [];
+
+    function emit() {
+        for (var i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) listeners[i]();
+    }
+
+    function keys(obj) { return Object.keys(obj); }
+
+    return {
+        nodes: function () { return keys(nodes); },
+        edges: function () { return keys(edges); },
+        hasNode: function (id) { return !!nodes[id]; },
+        hasEdge: function (id) { return !!edges[id]; },
+        isEmpty: function () { return !keys(nodes).length && !keys(edges).length; },
+        count: function () { return keys(nodes).length + keys(edges).length; },
+
+        set: function (nodeIds, edgeIds) {
+            nodes = {};
+            edges = {};
+            (nodeIds || []).forEach(function (id) { nodes[id] = true; });
+            (edgeIds || []).forEach(function (id) { edges[id] = true; });
+            emit();
+        },
+
+        addNode: function (id) {
+            if (nodes[id]) return;
+            nodes[id] = true;
+            emit();
+        },
+
+        toggleNode: function (id) {
+            if (nodes[id]) delete nodes[id]; else nodes[id] = true;
+            emit();
+        },
+
+        toggleEdge: function (id) {
+            if (edges[id]) delete edges[id]; else edges[id] = true;
+            emit();
+        },
+
+        clear: function () {
+            if (!keys(nodes).length && !keys(edges).length) return;
+            nodes = {};
+            edges = {};
+            emit();
+        },
+
+        // prune drops ids that no longer exist. Called after undo/redo, where
+        // the document can lose nodes the selection still refers to.
+        prune: function (doc) {
+            var changed = false;
+            var live = {};
+            doc.nodes.forEach(function (n) { live[n.id] = true; });
+            keys(nodes).forEach(function (id) {
+                if (!live[id]) { delete nodes[id]; changed = true; }
+            });
+            var liveEdges = {};
+            doc.edges.forEach(function (e) { liveEdges[e.id] = true; });
+            keys(edges).forEach(function (id) {
+                if (!liveEdges[id]) { delete edges[id]; changed = true; }
+            });
+            if (changed) emit();
+        },
+
+        onChange: function (fn) { listeners.push(fn); }
+    };
+})();
diff --git a/assets/canvas/view.js b/assets/canvas/view.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19b8744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/canvas/view.js
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// view.js — pan and zoom.
+//
+// The whole scene lives in one transformed <div>, so panning and zooming cost a
+// single CSS transform: no relayout, no re-render of node content, nothing that
+// touches the DOM per node. That is what keeps a few hundred nodes usable on
+// the mobile/VPN path.
+//
+// The dot grid is painted on the (untransformed) surface and its size/offset
+// follow the transform, which keeps it crisp at every zoom level instead of
+// scaling a bitmap.
+window.Canvas = window.Canvas || {};
+
+Canvas.View = (function () {
+    var MIN_SCALE = 0.05;
+    var MAX_SCALE = 4;
+    var GRID = 20;
+
+    var surface = null;
+    var world = null;
+    var tx = 0, ty = 0, scale = 1;
+    var listeners = [];
+
+    function apply() {
+        world.style.transform = 'translate(' + tx + 'px,' + ty + 'px) scale(' + scale + ')';
+        var step = GRID * scale;
+        surface.style.backgroundSize = step + 'px ' + step + 'px';
+        surface.style.backgroundPosition = tx + 'px ' + ty + 'px';
+        // Below a few pixels apart the dots stop reading as a grid and start
+        // reading as noise, so zooming far out drops them entirely.
+        surface.classList.toggle('is-grid-hidden', step < 6);
+        for (var i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) listeners[i]();
+    }
+
+    function clampScale(s) {
+        return Math.max(MIN_SCALE, Math.min(MAX_SCALE, s));
+    }
+
+    // zoomAt scales about a screen point, so the world coordinate under the
+    // cursor stays put — the behaviour that makes wheel-zoom feel anchored
+    // rather than lurching toward the origin.
+    function zoomAt(clientX, clientY, factor) {
+        var next = clampScale(scale * factor);
+        if (next === scale) return;
+        var r = surface.getBoundingClientRect();
+        var px = clientX - r.left;
+        var py = clientY - r.top;
+        var ratio = next / scale;
+        tx = px - (px - tx) * ratio;
+        ty = py - (py - ty) * ratio;
+        scale = next;
+        apply();
+    }
+
+    function bounds(nodes) {
+        if (!nodes.length) return null;
+        var minX = Infinity, minY = Infinity, maxX = -Infinity, maxY = -Infinity;
+        nodes.forEach(function (n) {
+            minX = Math.min(minX, n.x);
+            minY = Math.min(minY, n.y);
+            maxX = Math.max(maxX, n.x + n.width);
+            maxY = Math.max(maxY, n.y + n.height);
+        });
+        return { x: minX, y: minY, width: maxX - minX, height: maxY - minY };
+    }
+
+    return {
+        GRID: GRID,
+
+        init: function (surfaceEl, worldEl) {
+            surface = surfaceEl;
+            world = worldEl;
+            apply();
+        },
+
+        get: function () { return { x: tx, y: ty, scale: scale }; },
+        scale: function () { return scale; },
+
+        toWorld: function (clientX, clientY) {
+            var r = surface.getBoundingClientRect();
+            return {
+                x: (clientX - r.left - tx) / scale,
+                y: (clientY - r.top - ty) / scale
+            };
+        },
+
+        toScreen: function (x, y) {
+            var r = surface.getBoundingClientRect();
+            return { x: x * scale + tx + r.left, y: y * scale + ty + r.top };
+        },
+
+        pan: function (dx, dy) {
+            tx += dx;
+            ty += dy;
+            apply();
+        },
+
+        zoomAt: zoomAt,
+
+        // zoomBy scales about the viewport centre, for the toolbar buttons and
+        // the +/- shortcuts where there is no cursor to anchor to.
+        zoomBy: function (factor) {
+            var r = surface.getBoundingClientRect();
+            zoomAt(r.left + r.width / 2, r.top + r.height / 2, factor);
+        },
+
+        resetZoom: function () {
+            var r = surface.getBoundingClientRect();
+            zoomAt(r.left + r.width / 2, r.top + r.height / 2, 1 / scale);
+        },
+
+        // fit frames the whole document with a margin, never zooming past 1:1 —
+        // a canvas with three small nodes should not open comically magnified.
+        fit: function (nodes) {
+            var b = bounds(nodes);
+            var r = surface.getBoundingClientRect();
+            if (!b || !r.width || !r.height) {
+                tx = 0; ty = 0; scale = 1;
+                apply();
+                return;
+            }
+            var pad = 60;
+            var s = clampScale(Math.min(
+                (r.width - pad * 2) / Math.max(b.width, 1),
+                (r.height - pad * 2) / Math.max(b.height, 1),
+                1
+            ));
+            scale = s;
+            tx = r.width / 2 - (b.x + b.width / 2) * s;
+            ty = r.height / 2 - (b.y + b.height / 2) * s;
+            apply();
+        },
+
+        // centreOfViewport is where a newly added node goes: wherever the user
+        // is currently looking.
+        centreOfViewport: function () {
+            var r = surface.getBoundingClientRect();
+            return {
+                x: (r.width / 2 - tx) / scale,
+                y: (r.height / 2 - ty) / scale
+            };
+        },
+
+        bounds: bounds,
+        onChange: function (fn) { listeners.push(fn); },
+        refresh: apply
+    };
+})();
diff --git a/assets/icons/canvas.svg b/assets/icons/canvas.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..783f714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/icons/canvas.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="1em" height="1em"
+     fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linejoin="miter" shape-rendering="crispEdges">
+  <path d="M1 2h6v5H1zM9 9h6v5H9zM4 7v4h5"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/assets/layout.html b/assets/layout.html
index 23c1a51..3c55055 100644
--- a/assets/layout.html
+++ b/assets/layout.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <script src="/_/search-suggest.js" defer></script>
         <script src="/_/tree-picker.js"></script>
         <script src="/_/companion.js" defer></script>
-        {{if not .EditMode}}<script src="/_/overlay.js" defer></script>
+        {{if .ShowPageChrome}}<script src="/_/overlay.js" defer></script>
         <script src="/_/tree-sidebar.js" defer></script>{{end}}
         {{block "headScripts" .}}{{end}}
     </head>
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
             <nav class="breadcrumb row">
                 <a href="/" tabindex="-1" title="Home"><svg class="logo" viewBox="0 0 26.052269 26.052269" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linejoin="miter" transform="matrix(0.05463483,8.1519706e-6,-8.1519706e-6,0.05463483,-64.560546,-24.6949)"><rect x="1188.537" y="457.92056" width="461.87488" height="462.15189" stroke-width="20.2288"/><path d="m1348.9955 456.59572.046 309.36839" stroke-width="19.6849"/><path d="m1200.3996 765.80237 441.8362-.0659" stroke-width="19.6849"/><path d="m1648.2897 620.244-299.2012.0446" stroke-width="20.5676"/><path d="m1491.6148 909.24806-.021-136.93117" stroke-width="19.6849"/><rect x="1191.6504" y="461.66092" width="457.09634" height="457.09634" stroke-width="19.6761"/></g></svg><span class="app-name"> datascape</span></a>
             </nav>
-            {{if not .EditMode}}
+            {{if .ShowPageChrome}}
             <form class="search-form" action="/" method="get">
                 <input class="input search-input" type="search" name="q" value="{{block "searchQuery" .}}{{end}}" placeholder="Search…" title="Search (F)" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" spellcheck="false" />
             </form>
             {{end}}
             <div class="header-actions row">
-                {{if .EditMode}}{{block "headerActions" .}}{{end}}{{else}}
+                {{if not .ShowPageChrome}}{{block "headerActions" .}}{{end}}{{else}}
                 <span class="dropdown actions">
                     <button type="button" class="btn actions-toggle" data-action="actions-menu" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" title="Actions">ACTIONS</button>
                     <div class="dropdown-menu align-right actions-menu">
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             </div>
         </header>
         <div class="shell">
-            {{if not .EditMode}}<aside class="tree-sidebar col">
+            {{if .ShowPageChrome}}<aside class="tree-sidebar col">
                 <div class="tree-scroll"></div>
             </aside>{{end}}
             <div class="center">
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                     </span>
                 </footer>
             </div>
-            {{if not .EditMode}}{{block "aside" .}}{{end}}{{end}}
+            {{if .ShowPageChrome}}{{block "aside" .}}{{end}}{{end}}
         </div>
         {{block "extras" .}}{{end}}
     </body>
diff --git a/assets/page/canvas-actions.js b/assets/page/canvas-actions.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a66b92c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/page/canvas-actions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// canvas-actions.js — creating a canvas from a normal page.
+//
+// The canvas view itself owns everything else (rename, delete, editing); this
+// only covers the one action that has to start from the page, since a folder
+// with no canvases has no canvas view to reach.
+//
+// Reuses openModal and postReplace from page/actions.js, which the page
+// template loads first.
+
+// validCanvasName mirrors canvasNameRe in canvas.go. Checking here only buys a
+// better error message — the server rejects the same set regardless.
+function validCanvasName(name) {
+    if (!name || name.length > 100) return false;
+    if (name.charAt(0) === '.') return false;
+    return !/[\/\\]/.test(name);
+}
+
+function newCanvas() {
+    var input = document.createElement('input');
+    input.type = 'text';
+    input.className = 'input';
+    input.placeholder = 'Canvas name';
+
+    openModal({
+        title: 'New canvas',
+        body: input,
+        confirm: {
+            label: 'CREATE',
+            onConfirm: function () {
+                var name = input.value.trim();
+                if (!validCanvasName(name)) {
+                    alert('A canvas name cannot be empty, start with a dot, or contain a slash.');
+                    return;
+                }
+                closeModal();
+                var base = window.location.pathname;
+                if (base.slice(-1) !== '/') base += '/';
+                var target = base + '?canvas=' + encodeURIComponent(name);
+                postReplace(target + '&create=1', null, target);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
diff --git a/assets/page/main.html b/assets/page/main.html
index 0c4f71c..5535f67 100644
--- a/assets/page/main.html
+++ b/assets/page/main.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{{define "headScripts"}}<script src="/_/page/actions.js"></script>{{end}}
+{{define "headScripts"}}<script src="/_/page/actions.js"></script>
+<script src="/_/page/canvas-actions.js"></script>{{end}}
 
 {{define "headerActions"}}{{if .CanEdit}}
 <button class="btn btn-block" onclick="newPage()" title="New page (N)">NEW</button>
@@ -8,9 +9,20 @@
 <button class="btn btn-block danger" onclick="deletePage()" title="Delete page">DELETE</button>
 {{end}}
 <a class="btn btn-block" href="?edit" title="Edit page (E)">EDIT</a>
+<button class="btn btn-block" onclick="newCanvas()" title="New canvas">NEW CANVAS</button>
 {{end}}{{end}}
 
 {{define "content"}}
+{{/* Canvases in this folder are alternative views of the same page, so they
+     read as a tab strip above the content rather than as rows in the file
+     listing (listEntries filters them out for exactly this reason). */}}
+{{if .Canvases}}
+<nav class="canvas-tabs row" aria-label="Page views">
+    <span class="canvas-tab is-active">PAGE</span>
+    {{range .Canvases}}<a class="canvas-tab" href="{{.URL}}">{{.Name}}</a>{{end}}
+    {{if .CanEdit}}<button type="button" class="canvas-tab canvas-tab-add" onclick="newCanvas()" title="New canvas">+</button>{{end}}
+</nav>
+{{end}}
 {{if .Content}}
 <div class="content">{{.Content}}</div>
 {{end}}
diff --git a/assets/style.css b/assets/style.css
index aca47fc..edad2a7 100644
--- a/assets/style.css
+++ b/assets/style.css
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@
     --danger-hover: #d03467;
     --overlay: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
 
+    /* JSON Canvas preset colours "1".."6" (red, orange, yellow, green, cyan,
+       purple), pulled toward the app palette so a canvas does not look like a
+       different program. Hex colours in a .canvas file pass through untouched. */
+    --canvas-1: #e05555;
+    --canvas-2: #e08a3c;
+    --canvas-3: #d9b03c;
+    --canvas-4: #5aab64;
+    --canvas-5: #01b6c4;
+    --canvas-6: #a069c4;
+    --canvas-edge: #9a9a9a;
+
     --border: 1px solid var(--secondary);
     --border-dashed: 1px dashed var(--secondary);
     --border-guide: 1px solid var(--bg-panel-hover);
@@ -889,3 +900,319 @@ aside.sidebar:empty { display: none; }
     .list-item td.meta { grid-row: 2; grid-column: 2; text-align: left; }
     .toc {float: none; width: auto; max-width: none; margin: 0 0 var(--space-4);}
 }
+
+/* === Canvas ===
+   A canvas is an alternative view of a page (see canvas.go). The tab strip is
+   shared with the normal page template; everything below it only exists in
+   canvas mode. */
+
+/* --- view switcher (rendered on normal pages too) --- */
+.canvas-tabs {
+    gap: 0;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    border-bottom: var(--border-dashed);
+    margin-bottom: var(--space-4);
+}
+.canvas-tab {
+    padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-3);
+    font-size: var(--font-sm);
+    color: var(--text-muted);
+    background: none;
+    border: 1px solid transparent;
+    border-bottom: none;
+    /* Overlap the strip's own border so the active tab joins it. */
+    margin-bottom: -1px;
+    font: inherit;
+    font-size: var(--font-sm);
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+.canvas-tab:hover { color: var(--link-hover); }
+.canvas-tab.is-active {
+    color: var(--text);
+    border-color: var(--secondary);
+    background: var(--bg-panel);
+}
+.canvas-tab-add { color: var(--secondary); }
+
+/* --- full-bleed view mode ---
+   The canvas owns the viewport instead of the centred reading column: main
+   loses its max-width and padding, and the centre column stops scrolling so the
+   surface can handle pan itself. */
+body.canvas-mode .center { overflow: hidden; }
+body.canvas-mode main {
+    max-width: none;
+    padding: 0;
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
+    min-height: 0;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+}
+body.canvas-mode footer { max-width: none; }
+body.canvas-mode .canvas-tabs { margin: 0; padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-4) 0; }
+
+.canvas-app {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
+    min-height: 0;
+}
+
+.canvas-toolbar {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: var(--space-1);
+    padding: 0.4rem 0.6rem;
+    background: var(--bg-panel-hover);
+    border-top: var(--border);
+    border-bottom: var(--border);
+    flex: 0 0 auto;
+}
+.canvas-status { margin-left: auto; padding-left: var(--space-3); }
+.canvas-swatch {
+    display: inline-block;
+    width: 0.7em;
+    height: 0.7em;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+    margin-right: 0.3em;
+    border: 1px solid var(--bg);
+}
+.canvas-swatch[data-swatch="1"] { background: var(--canvas-1); }
+.canvas-swatch[data-swatch="2"] { background: var(--canvas-2); }
+.canvas-swatch[data-swatch="3"] { background: var(--canvas-3); }
+.canvas-swatch[data-swatch="4"] { background: var(--canvas-4); }
+.canvas-swatch[data-swatch="5"] { background: var(--canvas-5); }
+.canvas-swatch[data-swatch="6"] { background: var(--canvas-6); }
+
+/* --- surface, world, layers ---
+   touch-action:none hands every touch gesture to the pointer handlers; without
+   it the browser claims one-finger drags for scrolling and two-finger for page
+   zoom, and neither reaches the canvas. */
+.canvas-surface {
+    position: relative;
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
+    min-height: 0;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    touch-action: none;
+    outline: none;
+    cursor: grab;
+    background-image: radial-gradient(circle, var(--bg-panel-hover) 1px, transparent 1px);
+    background-repeat: repeat;
+}
+.canvas-surface.is-grid-hidden { background-image: none; }
+
+/* The world is a zero-size anchor: all of its content is absolutely positioned
+   in world coordinates and the whole thing is moved by one transform, so pan
+   and zoom never touch a single node's layout. */
+.canvas-world {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    width: 0;
+    height: 0;
+    transform-origin: 0 0;
+    will-change: transform;
+}
+.canvas-layer { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; }
+/* Drawn in world coordinates with no viewport of its own; overflow:visible is
+   what lets it paint outside its 1x1 box, including at negative coordinates. */
+.canvas-edges {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    width: 1px;
+    height: 1px;
+    overflow: visible;
+}
+
+/* --- nodes --- */
+.canvas-node {
+    position: absolute;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    border: 1px solid var(--node-accent, var(--secondary));
+    background: var(--bg-panel);
+    /* Visible so the connection ports and resize handles, which sit on the
+       border, are not clipped; the body clips its own content instead. */
+    overflow: visible;
+    contain: layout paint;
+}
+.canvas-node[data-color="1"] { --node-accent: var(--canvas-1); }
+.canvas-node[data-color="2"] { --node-accent: var(--canvas-2); }
+.canvas-node[data-color="3"] { --node-accent: var(--canvas-3); }
+.canvas-node[data-color="4"] { --node-accent: var(--canvas-4); }
+.canvas-node[data-color="5"] { --node-accent: var(--canvas-5); }
+.canvas-node[data-color="6"] { --node-accent: var(--canvas-6); }
+.canvas-node.is-selected { outline: 2px solid var(--primary-hover); outline-offset: 1px; }
+.canvas-node.is-edge-target { outline: 2px dashed var(--link); outline-offset: 1px; }
+
+.canvas-node-body {
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
+    min-height: 0;
+    overflow: auto;
+    padding: var(--space-3);
+    font-size: var(--font-sm);
+}
+.canvas-node-body.content { margin-bottom: 0; }
+.canvas-node-body > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
+.canvas-node-body > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
+.canvas-node-body h1 { font-size: 1.1rem; }
+.canvas-node-body h2 { font-size: 1rem; }
+.canvas-node-body h3 { font-size: 0.95rem; }
+/* Task checkboxes are rendered enabled for pages, where page/tasks.js writes
+   the toggle back to index.md. Inside a canvas node there is no such wiring and
+   the markdown lives in the .canvas file, so a click would be a lie. */
+.canvas-node-body .task-checkbox { pointer-events: none; }
+
+.canvas-node-title {
+    flex: 0 0 auto;
+    padding: var(--space-1) var(--space-3);
+    font-size: var(--font-xs);
+    color: var(--text-muted);
+    border-bottom: var(--border-dashed);
+}
+
+/* A transcluded image or player fills its node edge to edge. */
+.canvas-node-body:has(> .canvas-media) { padding: 0; overflow: hidden; }
+.canvas-media { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; }
+.canvas-media img { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: contain; }
+.canvas-broken { color: var(--danger-hover); }
+.canvas-file-fallback { padding: var(--space-2) 0; }
+
+.canvas-link-card {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: var(--space-1);
+    align-items: flex-start;
+    max-width: 100%;
+}
+.canvas-link-host { color: var(--link); }
+.canvas-link-url { font-size: var(--font-xs); color: var(--text-muted); max-width: 100%; }
+.link-favicon { vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 3px; }
+
+.canvas-node-group {
+    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03);
+    border: 1px dashed var(--node-accent, var(--bg-panel-hover));
+    background-position: center;
+}
+.canvas-node-group[data-bg-style="cover"] { background-size: cover; }
+.canvas-node-group[data-bg-style="ratio"] { background-size: contain; background-repeat: no-repeat; }
+.canvas-node-group[data-bg-style="repeat"] { background-repeat: repeat; }
+.canvas-node-group .canvas-node-body { display: none; }
+.canvas-group-label {
+    padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-3);
+    font-size: var(--font-sm);
+    color: var(--text-muted);
+}
+
+/* --- ports and handles ---
+   Both are positioned on the node border (the negative margin centres them on
+   it) and stay invisible until the node is hovered or selected, so a dense
+   canvas is not covered in dots. */
+.canvas-port {
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 12px;
+    height: 12px;
+    margin: -6px;
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    background: var(--bg);
+    border: 1px solid var(--secondary);
+    opacity: 0;
+    cursor: crosshair;
+}
+.canvas-node:hover .canvas-port,
+.canvas-node.is-selected .canvas-port { opacity: 1; }
+.canvas-port:hover { background: var(--primary-hover); }
+.canvas-port-top { top: 0; left: 50%; }
+.canvas-port-bottom { top: 100%; left: 50%; }
+.canvas-port-left { top: 50%; left: 0; }
+.canvas-port-right { top: 50%; left: 100%; }
+
+.canvas-handle {
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 10px;
+    height: 10px;
+    margin: -5px;
+    background: var(--primary-hover);
+    opacity: 0;
+}
+.canvas-node.is-selected .canvas-handle { opacity: 1; }
+.canvas-handle-nw { top: 0; left: 0; cursor: nwse-resize; }
+.canvas-handle-ne { top: 0; left: 100%; cursor: nesw-resize; }
+.canvas-handle-se { top: 100%; left: 100%; cursor: nwse-resize; }
+.canvas-handle-sw { top: 100%; left: 0; cursor: nesw-resize; }
+
+/* --- edges ---
+   The hit path is a fat transparent stroke under the visible curve: a 2px
+   bezier is effectively unclickable without it. */
+.canvas-edge-hit {
+    stroke: transparent;
+    stroke-width: 16;
+    pointer-events: stroke;
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+.canvas-edge-line { stroke-width: 2; pointer-events: none; }
+.canvas-edge-head { pointer-events: none; }
+.canvas-edge.is-selected .canvas-edge-line { stroke: var(--primary-hover); stroke-width: 3; }
+.canvas-edge.is-selected .canvas-edge-head { fill: var(--primary-hover); }
+.canvas-edge-label {
+    font-family: "Iosevka Etoile", monospace;
+    font-size: 12px;
+    fill: var(--text);
+    /* A stroke painted under the fill gives the label a halo against whatever
+       it overlaps, without measuring a background rect. */
+    stroke: var(--bg);
+    stroke-width: 4;
+    paint-order: stroke;
+    pointer-events: none;
+}
+.canvas-edge-temp {
+    stroke: var(--primary-hover);
+    stroke-width: 2;
+    stroke-dasharray: 6 4;
+    pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+/* --- overlays --- */
+.canvas-marquee {
+    position: absolute;
+    border: 1px dashed var(--primary-hover);
+    background: rgba(214, 77, 149, 0.12);
+    pointer-events: none;
+}
+.canvas-hint {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 50%;
+    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+    max-width: 30rem;
+    padding: var(--space-4);
+    text-align: center;
+    pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+/* The node editor is fixed to the viewport rather than mounted in the zoomed
+   world: CodeMirror measures itself in device pixels and a scaled ancestor
+   breaks its caret and selection maths. */
+.canvas-editor {
+    position: fixed;
+    z-index: 60;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+}
+.canvas-editor .panel-header { padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-3); margin-bottom: 0; }
+.canvas-editor-mount { flex: 1 1 auto; min-height: 0; overflow: auto; }
+.canvas-editor-mount .cm-editor { height: 100%; }
+/* The shared editor theme sets a 60vh floor for the full-page editor; in a
+   node-sized panel that would force a scrollbar at every size. The theme is
+   injected at runtime and lands after this sheet, so it needs overriding. */
+.canvas-editor-mount .cm-scroller { min-height: 0 !important; }
+
+@media (max-width: 600px) {
+    .canvas-toolbar { gap: var(--space-2); padding: var(--space-2); }
+    .canvas-toolbar .btn-tool { padding: 0.2rem 0.4rem; }
+    body.canvas-mode .canvas-tabs { padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-2) 0; }
+    /* Touch has no hover, so ports would never appear; show them on selection
+       only and make both targets finger-sized. */
+    .canvas-port { width: 16px; height: 16px; margin: -8px; }
+    .canvas-handle { width: 14px; height: 14px; margin: -7px; }
+}
diff --git a/canvas.go b/canvas.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78b1479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas.go
@@ -0,0 +1,699 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"html"
+	"html/template"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// JSON Canvas (https://jsoncanvas.org/spec/1.0/) support.
+//
+// A canvas is a `<Name>.canvas` file sitting in a page folder, addressed as an
+// alternative *view* of that page rather than as a standalone file:
+//
+//	/Topics/Ideas/?canvas=Architecture      the canvas view
+//	/Topics/Ideas/Architecture.canvas       302 -> the line above
+//	/Topics/Ideas/Architecture.canvas?raw   the file bytes
+//
+// Routing through the folder keeps the page's identity (breadcrumb, tree,
+// header actions) and lets every canvas in a folder render as a tab strip above
+// the page content. The redirect mirrors how diary.go collapses its virtual
+// month/day URLs onto one canonical form.
+//
+// The server owns the format: it parses and validates on every read and write,
+// re-marshals from its own structs on save, and never writes bytes it has not
+// round-tripped through canvasDoc. Keys it does not model are dropped rather
+// than preserved — this wiki is the only writer.
+
+const canvasExt = ".canvas"
+
+// canvasMaxBytes caps a save payload. A canvas is coordinates and prose; a
+// megabyte is already far past any hand-built diagram and well short of
+// anything that could pressure the NAS.
+const canvasMaxBytes = 4 << 20
+
+// canvasRenderMaxBytes caps a /_canvas/render body. Only one node's content
+// travels at a time.
+const canvasRenderMaxBytes = 1 << 20
+
+// Structural caps. These exist so a looping client cannot grow a file until it
+// stops loading, not because the format has limits.
+const (
+	canvasMaxNodes = 5000
+	canvasMaxEdges = 10000
+	canvasMaxCoord = 1 << 20
+)
+
+// canvasNameRe restricts a ?canvas= value to a single safe path component: the
+// name is joined onto the folder path, so separators, dot-segments, control
+// characters, and leading dots (which would create a hidden file the listing
+// filters away) must all be rejected before the filesystem sees it.
+var canvasNameRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^[^./\\\x00-\x1f][^/\\\x00-\x1f]{0,99}$`)
+
+// canvasHexRe matches the hex form of a canvasColor. The spec also allows the
+// preset digits "1".."6"; see validCanvasColor.
+var canvasHexRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^#([0-9a-fA-F]{3}|[0-9a-fA-F]{6})$`)
+
+// Node types defined by the spec.
+const (
+	canvasNodeText  = "text"
+	canvasNodeFile  = "file"
+	canvasNodeLink  = "link"
+	canvasNodeGroup = "group"
+)
+
+// canvasDoc is a whole `.canvas` file. Both arrays are optional per the spec,
+// so an empty document marshals to `{}`.
+type canvasDoc struct {
+	Nodes []canvasNode `json:"nodes,omitempty"`
+	Edges []canvasEdge `json:"edges,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// canvasNode carries every node variant in one struct. The spec's four types
+// share six required attributes and add one to three of their own, so a flat
+// struct with omitempty round-trips all of them without the ceremony of a
+// custom unmarshaller; validate() enforces which extras a given Type may use.
+type canvasNode struct {
+	ID     string `json:"id"`
+	Type   string `json:"type"`
+	X      int    `json:"x"`
+	Y      int    `json:"y"`
+	Width  int    `json:"width"`
+	Height int    `json:"height"`
+	Color  string `json:"color,omitempty"`
+
+	Text            string `json:"text,omitempty"`            // type=text
+	File            string `json:"file,omitempty"`            // type=file
+	Subpath         string `json:"subpath,omitempty"`         // type=file
+	URL             string `json:"url,omitempty"`             // type=link
+	Label           string `json:"label,omitempty"`           // type=group
+	Background      string `json:"background,omitempty"`      // type=group
+	BackgroundStyle string `json:"backgroundStyle,omitempty"` // type=group
+}
+
+type canvasEdge struct {
+	ID       string `json:"id"`
+	FromNode string `json:"fromNode"`
+	FromSide string `json:"fromSide,omitempty"`
+	FromEnd  string `json:"fromEnd,omitempty"` // defaults to "none"
+	ToNode   string `json:"toNode"`
+	ToSide   string `json:"toSide,omitempty"`
+	ToEnd    string `json:"toEnd,omitempty"` // defaults to "arrow"
+	Color    string `json:"color,omitempty"`
+	Label    string `json:"label,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// canvasRef is one entry in the page's view switcher.
+type canvasRef struct {
+	Name   string
+	URL    string
+	Active bool
+}
+
+// canvasPayload is the single blob inlined into the canvas page. Shipping the
+// document *and* its server-rendered node HTML together means opening a canvas
+// costs exactly one request no matter how many nodes it holds — the obvious
+// alternative (one content request per node on load) fans out badly over the
+// mobile/VPN path.
+type canvasPayload struct {
+	Name     string                   `json:"name"`
+	PostURL  string                   `json:"postUrl"`
+	Hash     string                   `json:"hash"`
+	Doc      *canvasDoc               `json:"doc"`
+	Rendered map[string]template.HTML `json:"rendered"`
+}
+
+// --- parsing and validation ---
+
+// parseCanvas unmarshals and validates raw canvas bytes. Unknown keys are
+// ignored rather than rejected so a hand-edited file with a stray attribute
+// still opens; they are dropped on the next save.
+func parseCanvas(raw []byte) (*canvasDoc, error) {
+	doc := &canvasDoc{}
+	if len(strings.TrimSpace(string(raw))) == 0 {
+		return doc, nil
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, doc); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid JSON: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := doc.validate(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return doc, nil
+}
+
+// validate rejects anything that would render as a broken or invisible canvas.
+// It runs on read as well as write: a file edited by hand outside the app gets
+// the same diagnosis the editor would give, naming the offending node.
+func (c *canvasDoc) validate() error {
+	if len(c.Nodes) > canvasMaxNodes {
+		return fmt.Errorf("too many nodes (%d, max %d)", len(c.Nodes), canvasMaxNodes)
+	}
+	if len(c.Edges) > canvasMaxEdges {
+		return fmt.Errorf("too many edges (%d, max %d)", len(c.Edges), canvasMaxEdges)
+	}
+
+	ids := make(map[string]bool, len(c.Nodes))
+	for i := range c.Nodes {
+		n := &c.Nodes[i]
+		if n.ID == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("node %d: missing id", i)
+		}
+		if ids[n.ID] {
+			return fmt.Errorf("duplicate node id %q", n.ID)
+		}
+		ids[n.ID] = true
+
+		switch n.Type {
+		case canvasNodeText:
+			// An empty text node is a node the user just created and has not
+			// typed into yet, so emptiness is allowed here even though the spec
+			// calls `text` required. A missing *file* or *url*, by contrast, is
+			// a node that can never render anything.
+		case canvasNodeFile:
+			if n.File == "" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("node %q: file node has no file", n.ID)
+			}
+			if n.Subpath != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(n.Subpath, "#") {
+				return fmt.Errorf("node %q: subpath must start with #", n.ID)
+			}
+		case canvasNodeLink:
+			if n.URL == "" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("node %q: link node has no url", n.ID)
+			}
+		case canvasNodeGroup:
+			if n.BackgroundStyle != "" {
+				switch n.BackgroundStyle {
+				case "cover", "ratio", "repeat":
+				default:
+					return fmt.Errorf("node %q: bad backgroundStyle %q", n.ID, n.BackgroundStyle)
+				}
+			}
+		case "":
+			return fmt.Errorf("node %q: missing type", n.ID)
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("node %q: unknown type %q", n.ID, n.Type)
+		}
+
+		if n.Width <= 0 || n.Height <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("node %q: width and height must be positive", n.ID)
+		}
+		if n.Width > canvasMaxCoord || n.Height > canvasMaxCoord ||
+			abs(n.X) > canvasMaxCoord || abs(n.Y) > canvasMaxCoord {
+			return fmt.Errorf("node %q: coordinates out of range", n.ID)
+		}
+		if !validCanvasColor(n.Color) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("node %q: bad color %q", n.ID, n.Color)
+		}
+	}
+
+	edgeIDs := make(map[string]bool, len(c.Edges))
+	for i := range c.Edges {
+		e := &c.Edges[i]
+		if e.ID == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("edge %d: missing id", i)
+		}
+		if edgeIDs[e.ID] {
+			return fmt.Errorf("duplicate edge id %q", e.ID)
+		}
+		edgeIDs[e.ID] = true
+		if !ids[e.FromNode] {
+			return fmt.Errorf("edge %q: fromNode %q does not exist", e.ID, e.FromNode)
+		}
+		if !ids[e.ToNode] {
+			return fmt.Errorf("edge %q: toNode %q does not exist", e.ID, e.ToNode)
+		}
+		if !validCanvasSide(e.FromSide) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("edge %q: bad fromSide %q", e.ID, e.FromSide)
+		}
+		if !validCanvasSide(e.ToSide) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("edge %q: bad toSide %q", e.ID, e.ToSide)
+		}
+		if !validCanvasEnd(e.FromEnd) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("edge %q: bad fromEnd %q", e.ID, e.FromEnd)
+		}
+		if !validCanvasEnd(e.ToEnd) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("edge %q: bad toEnd %q", e.ID, e.ToEnd)
+		}
+		if !validCanvasColor(e.Color) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("edge %q: bad color %q", e.ID, e.Color)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func abs(n int) int {
+	if n < 0 {
+		return -n
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+// validCanvasColor accepts an absent color, a preset digit "1".."6" (red,
+// orange, yellow, green, cyan, purple), or a hex string.
+func validCanvasColor(c string) bool {
+	switch c {
+	case "", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6":
+		return true
+	}
+	return canvasHexRe.MatchString(c)
+}
+
+func validCanvasSide(s string) bool {
+	switch s {
+	case "", "top", "right", "bottom", "left":
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func validCanvasEnd(e string) bool {
+	switch e {
+	case "", "none", "arrow":
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// canvasHash is the conflict token exchanged with the client. It covers the
+// exact bytes on disk, so any edit made outside this editor invalidates it.
+func canvasHash(raw []byte) string {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256(raw)
+	return hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])[:16]
+}
+
+// --- paths and discovery ---
+
+func canvasPath(fsPath, name string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(fsPath, name+canvasExt)
+}
+
+// canvasBackupPath is the previous-contents copy kept beside a canvas. The dot
+// prefix keeps it out of the file listing and the search index.
+func canvasBackupPath(fsPath, name string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(fsPath, "."+name+canvasExt+".bak")
+}
+
+// canvasURL builds the canonical view URL for a canvas in the folder at urlPath.
+func canvasURL(urlPath, name string) string {
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(urlPath, "/") {
+		urlPath += "/"
+	}
+	return urlPath + "?canvas=" + url.QueryEscape(name)
+}
+
+// canvasViewURL maps a direct `/A/B/Name.canvas` request onto the canonical
+// `/A/B/?canvas=Name` form. Segments are re-encoded because urlPath arrives
+// already percent-decoded.
+func canvasViewURL(urlPath string) (string, bool) {
+	base := path.Base(urlPath)
+	name := strings.TrimSuffix(base, canvasExt)
+	if name == "" || name == base || !canvasNameRe.MatchString(name) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return canvasURL(fileURL(strings.Trim(path.Dir(urlPath), "/")), name), true
+}
+
+// listCanvases returns the canvases in a folder as view-switcher tabs, sorted
+// case-insensitively by name. active marks the one currently being viewed.
+func listCanvases(fsPath, urlPath, active string) []canvasRef {
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(fsPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var refs []canvasRef
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		name := e.Name()
+		if e.IsDir() || strings.HasPrefix(name, ".") || !strings.HasSuffix(name, canvasExt) {
+			continue
+		}
+		base := strings.TrimSuffix(name, canvasExt)
+		if !canvasNameRe.MatchString(base) {
+			continue
+		}
+		refs = append(refs, canvasRef{
+			Name:   base,
+			URL:    canvasURL(urlPath, base),
+			Active: base == active,
+		})
+	}
+	sort.Slice(refs, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return strings.ToLower(refs[i].Name) < strings.ToLower(refs[j].Name)
+	})
+	return refs
+}
+
+// isCanvasFile reports whether a listing entry is a canvas. Used to keep
+// canvases out of the Files listing — they are surfaced as tabs above the
+// content instead, the same reasoning that hides index.md.
+func isCanvasFile(name string) bool {
+	return strings.HasSuffix(name, canvasExt)
+}
+
+// --- server-side node rendering ---
+
+// prerenderNodes renders every node whose content the server owns, keyed by
+// node id. Link and group nodes are built entirely in the browser and are
+// absent from the map.
+func (h *handler) prerenderNodes(c *canvasDoc) map[string]template.HTML {
+	out := make(map[string]template.HTML, len(c.Nodes))
+	for i := range c.Nodes {
+		n := &c.Nodes[i]
+		switch n.Type {
+		case canvasNodeText:
+			out[n.ID] = renderMarkdown([]byte(n.Text))
+		case canvasNodeFile:
+			out[n.ID] = h.renderFileNode(n.File, n.Subpath)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// renderFileNode renders a file node's transclusion. Markdown is rendered
+// through the shared goldmark instance so wikilinks, embeds, tables, and task
+// checkboxes behave exactly as they do on a page; media gets a player or an
+// <img> pointed at the existing thumbnail endpoint; anything else degrades to
+// a link. A missing target renders visibly broken rather than blank.
+func (h *handler) renderFileNode(file, subpath string) template.HTML {
+	target := "/" + strings.Trim(file, "/")
+	fsPath := filepath.Join(h.root, filepath.FromSlash(strings.TrimPrefix(target, "/")))
+	if rel, err := filepath.Rel(h.root, fsPath); err != nil || strings.HasPrefix(rel, "..") {
+		return canvasBrokenRef(file, "outside the wiki")
+	}
+
+	info, err := os.Stat(fsPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return canvasBrokenRef(file, "not found")
+	}
+	if info.IsDir() {
+		// A folder is a page; transclude its markdown.
+		fsPath = filepath.Join(fsPath, "index.md")
+		if _, err := os.Stat(fsPath); err != nil {
+			return canvasBrokenRef(file, "page has no content")
+		}
+		return h.renderMarkdownFile(fsPath, file, subpath)
+	}
+
+	name := path.Base(target)
+	href := html.EscapeString(fileURL(strings.TrimPrefix(target, "/")))
+	switch {
+	case isImageFile(name):
+		return template.HTML(`<a class="canvas-media" href="` + href + `"><img src="` +
+			html.EscapeString(thumbURL(fileURL(strings.TrimPrefix(target, "/")), 800)) + `" alt="" loading="lazy"></a>`)
+	case isVideoFile(name):
+		return template.HTML(`<video class="canvas-media" controls preload="metadata" src="` + href + `"></video>`)
+	case strings.EqualFold(path.Ext(name), ".pdf"):
+		return template.HTML(`<embed class="canvas-media" type="application/pdf" src="` + href + `">`)
+	case strings.EqualFold(path.Ext(name), ".md"):
+		return h.renderMarkdownFile(fsPath, file, subpath)
+	default:
+		return template.HTML(`<p class="canvas-file-fallback"><a href="` + href + `">` +
+			html.EscapeString(name) + `</a></p>`)
+	}
+}
+
+// renderMarkdownFile renders a markdown file, optionally narrowed to the
+// section named by subpath (`#Heading`). The narrowing reuses the same section
+// machinery the page editor uses, so a heading spans its subsections.
+func (h *handler) renderMarkdownFile(fsPath, file, subpath string) template.HTML {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(fsPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return canvasBrokenRef(file, "unreadable")
+	}
+	if subpath != "" {
+		section, ok := canvasSubpathSection(raw, subpath)
+		if !ok {
+			return canvasBrokenRef(file+subpath, "no such heading")
+		}
+		raw = section
+	}
+	return renderMarkdown(raw)
+}
+
+// canvasSubpathSection narrows raw markdown to the section whose heading
+// matches subpath. The match accepts either the heading text (what a human
+// types) or goldmark's generated anchor id (what a copied link contains).
+func canvasSubpathSection(raw []byte, subpath string) ([]byte, bool) {
+	want := strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(subpath, "#"))
+	if want == "" {
+		return raw, true
+	}
+	sections := splitSections(raw)
+	ids := headingIDs(raw)
+	for i := 1; i < len(sections); i++ {
+		_, text := sectionHeading(sections[i])
+		id := ""
+		if i-1 < len(ids) {
+			id = ids[i-1]
+		}
+		if strings.EqualFold(text, want) || id == want {
+			return joinSections(sections[i:secionSpanEnd(sections, i)]), true
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, false
+}
+
+func canvasBrokenRef(target, reason string) template.HTML {
+	return template.HTML(`<p class="canvas-broken">` + html.EscapeString(target) +
+		` <span class="muted">(` + html.EscapeString(reason) + `)</span></p>`)
+}
+
+// --- request handlers ---
+
+// serveCanvas renders the canvas view of a page. Reached from serveDir when
+// the request carries ?canvas=<name>.
+func (h *handler) serveCanvas(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urlPath, fsPath, name string) {
+	if !canvasNameRe.MatchString(name) {
+		http.Error(w, "bad canvas name", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(canvasPath(fsPath, name))
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+		http.Error(w, "read failed: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	data := pageData{
+		Title:        name + " — " + pageTitle(urlPath),
+		CanEdit:      true,
+		IsRoot:       urlPath == "/",
+		SectionIndex: -1,
+		InsertBefore: -1,
+		PostURL:      urlPath,
+		ActiveCanvas: name,
+		Canvases:     listCanvases(fsPath, urlPath, name),
+	}
+
+	// A parse failure is reported in-page rather than as a bare error: the file
+	// is hand-editable, so the user needs to see which node is wrong and still
+	// reach the raw bytes.
+	doc, parseErr := parseCanvas(raw)
+	if parseErr != nil {
+		data.CanvasError = parseErr.Error()
+	} else {
+		payload := canvasPayload{
+			Name:     name,
+			PostURL:  urlPath,
+			Hash:     canvasHash(raw),
+			Doc:      doc,
+			Rendered: h.prerenderNodes(doc),
+		}
+		// encoding/json escapes <, >, & and the U+2028/U+2029 line separators,
+		// so the result is safe to inline verbatim in a <script> block.
+		blob, err := json.Marshal(payload)
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, "encode failed: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		data.CanvasJSON = template.JS(blob)
+	}
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+	data.RenderMS = elapsedMS(r)
+	if err := canvasTmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "layout", data); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("template error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// handleCanvasPost dispatches every POST carrying ?canvas=. It is checked
+// before the page-level delete/move actions in handlePost so `?canvas=X&delete`
+// removes the canvas rather than the whole page.
+func (h *handler) handleCanvasPost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urlPath, fsPath, name string) {
+	if !canvasNameRe.MatchString(name) {
+		http.Error(w, "bad canvas name", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	query := r.URL.Query()
+	switch {
+	case query.Has("create"):
+		h.handleCanvasCreate(w, r, urlPath, fsPath, name)
+	case query.Has("delete"):
+		h.handleCanvasDelete(w, r, urlPath, fsPath, name)
+	case query.Has("rename"):
+		h.handleCanvasRename(w, r, urlPath, fsPath, name, query.Get("rename"))
+	default:
+		h.handleCanvasSave(w, r, urlPath, fsPath, name)
+	}
+}
+
+// handleCanvasSave replaces a canvas with the posted document. The write is
+// gated on four checks in order — parse, validate, version, non-empty — so a
+// malformed or stale payload never reaches the file.
+func (h *handler) handleCanvasSave(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urlPath, fsPath, name string) {
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, canvasMaxBytes))
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "request too large or truncated", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	doc, err := parseCanvas(body)
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "rejected: "+err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	p := canvasPath(fsPath, name)
+	current, readErr := os.ReadFile(p)
+	if readErr != nil && !os.IsNotExist(readErr) {
+		http.Error(w, "read failed: "+readErr.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if want := r.Header.Get("X-Canvas-Version"); want != "" && want != canvasHash(current) {
+		http.Error(w, "the canvas changed since you opened it — reload to get the current version",
+			http.StatusConflict)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// A save must never blank a canvas. An empty document is indistinguishable
+	// from a client that lost its state, so emptying is only allowed when the
+	// caller says so explicitly — the same reasoning as the empty-content guard
+	// on page saves.
+	if len(doc.Nodes) == 0 && !r.URL.Query().Has("empty") {
+		if cur, err := parseCanvas(current); err == nil && len(cur.Nodes) > 0 {
+			http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("refusing to replace %d nodes with an empty canvas", len(cur.Nodes)),
+				http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	out, err := json.MarshalIndent(doc, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "encode failed: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+	out = append(out, '\n')
+
+	if len(current) > 0 {
+		if err := writeFileAtomic(canvasBackupPath(fsPath, name), current, 0644); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("canvas backup %s: %v", p, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if err := writeFileAtomic(p, out, 0644); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "write failed: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Hand back the new token so the client can keep editing without reloading.
+	w.Header().Set("X-Canvas-Version", canvasHash(out))
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+}
+
+func (h *handler) handleCanvasCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urlPath, fsPath, name string) {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(fsPath, 0755); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "mkdir failed: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+	p := canvasPath(fsPath, name)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(p); err == nil {
+		http.Error(w, "a canvas with that name already exists", http.StatusConflict)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := writeFileAtomic(p, []byte("{}\n"), 0644); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "write failed: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+	http.Redirect(w, r, canvasURL(urlPath, name), http.StatusSeeOther)
+}
+
+func (h *handler) handleCanvasDelete(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urlPath, fsPath, name string) {
+	if err := os.Remove(canvasPath(fsPath, name)); err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+		http.Error(w, "delete failed: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+	_ = os.Remove(canvasBackupPath(fsPath, name))
+	http.Redirect(w, r, urlPath, http.StatusSeeOther)
+}
+
+func (h *handler) handleCanvasRename(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urlPath, fsPath, name, newName string) {
+	if !canvasNameRe.MatchString(newName) {
+		http.Error(w, "bad canvas name", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	if newName == name {
+		http.Redirect(w, r, canvasURL(urlPath, name), http.StatusSeeOther)
+		return
+	}
+	dst := canvasPath(fsPath, newName)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dst); err == nil {
+		http.Error(w, "a canvas with that name already exists", http.StatusConflict)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := os.Rename(canvasPath(fsPath, name), dst); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "rename failed: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+	_ = os.Remove(canvasBackupPath(fsPath, name))
+	http.Redirect(w, r, canvasURL(urlPath, newName), http.StatusSeeOther)
+}
+
+// handleCanvasRender renders one node's content on demand. It is stateless and
+// takes the content in the request rather than reading it from the canvas file:
+// the node being re-rendered has just been edited in the browser and is not on
+// disk yet. Everything already on disk arrives pre-rendered with the page.
+func (h *handler) handleCanvasRender(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if !h.checkAuth(w, r) {
+		return
+	}
+	if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+		http.Error(w, "method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+		return
+	}
+	r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, canvasRenderMaxBytes)
+	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "bad request", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	var out template.HTML
+	switch r.FormValue("type") {
+	case canvasNodeFile:
+		out = h.renderFileNode(r.FormValue("file"), r.FormValue("subpath"))
+	case canvasNodeText:
+		out = renderMarkdown([]byte(r.FormValue("text")))
+	default:
+		http.Error(w, "bad node type", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+	_, _ = io.WriteString(w, string(out))
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 795e492..2c40144 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ var (
 	pageTmpl   = template.Must(template.New("page").Funcs(tmplFuncs).ParseFS(assets, "assets/layout.html", "assets/page/main.html"))
 	editTmpl   = template.Must(template.New("edit").Funcs(tmplFuncs).ParseFS(assets, "assets/layout.html", "assets/editor/main.html"))
 	searchTmpl = template.Must(template.New("search").Funcs(tmplFuncs).ParseFS(assets, "assets/layout.html", "assets/search/main.html"))
+	canvasTmpl = template.Must(template.New("canvas").Funcs(tmplFuncs).ParseFS(assets, "assets/layout.html", "assets/canvas/main.html"))
 )
 
 // specialPage is the result returned by a pageTypeHandler.
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ func main() {
 	http.HandleFunc("/_logout", h.handleLogout)
 	http.HandleFunc("/_reindex", h.handleReindex)
 	http.HandleFunc("/_search", h.handleSearchSuggest)
+	http.HandleFunc("/_canvas/render", h.handleCanvasRender)
 	http.HandleFunc("/quickadd", h.handleQuickAdd)
 	http.Handle("/", h)
 
@@ -213,6 +215,16 @@ func (h *handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// A canvas is addressed as a view of its folder (?canvas=Name), so a direct
+	// hit on the file collapses onto that canonical form — the same shape as
+	// diary.go's virtual-URL redirects. ?raw keeps the bytes reachable.
+	if r.Method == http.MethodGet && strings.HasSuffix(urlPath, canvasExt) && !r.URL.Query().Has("raw") {
+		if target, ok := canvasViewURL(urlPath); ok {
+			http.Redirect(w, r, target, http.StatusFound)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	info, err := os.Stat(fsPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -274,6 +286,19 @@ func (h *handler) serveDir(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urlPath, fsPa
 		return
 	}
 
+	// An explicit ?canvas= selects this page's canvas view. Checked ahead of
+	// the pageTypeHandler redirect loop so an explicit view request always wins
+	// over a folder-type redirect (e.g. a canvas kept in a diary year folder).
+	//
+	// This is deliberately not a pageTypeHandler: that interface injects content
+	// into the standard page body, while a canvas replaces the whole body with a
+	// full-bleed surface and its own controls — a view mode like ?edit, which is
+	// likewise a template branch here rather than a handler.
+	if name := r.URL.Query().Get("canvas"); name != "" {
+		h.serveCanvas(w, r, urlPath, fsPath, name)
+		return
+	}
+
 	for _, ph := range pageTypeHandlers {
 		if target, ok := ph.redirect(h.root, fsPath, urlPath, r); ok {
 			http.Redirect(w, r, target, http.StatusFound)
@@ -316,6 +341,14 @@ func (h *handler) serveDir(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urlPath, fsPa
 		rendered = renderMarkdown(rawMD)
 	}
 
+	// Canvases in this folder surface as a view switcher above the content, so
+	// a page and its diagrams read as one thing. Suppressed in the editor, which
+	// is about the markdown only.
+	var canvases []canvasRef
+	if !editMode {
+		canvases = listCanvases(fsPath, urlPath, "")
+	}
+
 	view, sortKey, order := readPageSettings(fsPath).viewSettings()
 	var entries []entry
 	if !editMode && (special == nil || !special.SuppressListing) {
@@ -379,6 +412,7 @@ func (h *handler) serveDir(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urlPath, fsPa
 		SpecialContent: specialContent,
 		SidebarWidget:  sidebarWidget,
 		SuppressTOC:    suppressTOC,
+		Canvases:       canvases,
 	}
 
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
@@ -394,6 +428,12 @@ func (h *handler) serveDir(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urlPath, fsPa
 
 func (h *handler) handlePost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urlPath, fsPath string) {
 	query := r.URL.Query()
+	// Checked first so ?canvas=X&delete removes that canvas rather than falling
+	// through to the page-level delete below.
+	if name := query.Get("canvas"); name != "" {
+		h.handleCanvasPost(w, r, urlPath, fsPath, name)
+		return
+	}
 	if query.Has("delete") {
 		h.handleDelete(w, r, urlPath, fsPath)
 		return
diff --git a/render.go b/render.go
index e5060ab..d68ee54 100644
--- a/render.go
+++ b/render.go
@@ -64,6 +64,39 @@ type pageData struct {
 	SidebarWidget  template.HTML
 	SuppressTOC    bool
 	RenderMS       int64
+
+	// Canvases lists every .canvas file in this folder as a view-switcher tab.
+	// ActiveCanvas names the one currently being viewed ("" on a normal page),
+	// and is what makes this page render as a canvas rather than as markdown.
+	Canvases     []canvasRef
+	ActiveCanvas string
+	// CanvasJSON is the whole canvas document plus its server-rendered node
+	// HTML, inlined into the page so opening a canvas costs one request.
+	CanvasJSON template.JS
+	// CanvasError carries a parse/validation failure to the template, which
+	// shows it in place of the canvas instead of failing the request.
+	CanvasError string
+}
+
+// layoutData is the contract every view built on assets/layout.html satisfies.
+// The layout is shared by pageData and searchPageData, and a method only one of
+// them has fails at render time with a half-written response rather than at
+// build time — so each is asserted against the interface here.
+type layoutData interface {
+	ShowPageChrome() bool
+}
+
+var (
+	_ layoutData = pageData{}
+	_ layoutData = searchPageData{}
+)
+
+// ShowPageChrome reports whether the standard page furniture — search box,
+// folder-tree rail, right sidebar, and the collapsed ACTIONS dropdown — should
+// render. The editor and the canvas view both take the full width and supply
+// their own controls, so both opt out.
+func (d pageData) ShowPageChrome() bool {
+	return !d.EditMode && d.ActiveCanvas == ""
 }
 
 // Allowed values for the listing view settings. Unknown values in the file or
@@ -130,6 +163,7 @@ var (
 	iconAudio   = readIcon("audio")
 	iconArchive = readIcon("archive")
 	iconGeneric = readIcon("generic")
+	iconCanvas  = readIcon("canvas")
 )
 
 // renderMarkdown converts raw markdown to trusted HTML.
@@ -211,6 +245,9 @@ func listEntries(fsPath, urlPath, sortKey, order string) []entry {
 			if name == "index.md" {
 				continue // rendered above, don't list it
 			}
+			if isCanvasFile(name) {
+				continue // surfaced as a view-switcher tab above the content
+			}
 			f := entry{
 				Icon:    fileIcon(name),
 				Name:    name,
@@ -300,6 +337,8 @@ func readIcon(name string) template.HTML {
 func fileIcon(name string) template.HTML {
 	ext := strings.ToLower(path.Ext(name))
 	switch ext {
+	case ".canvas":
+		return iconCanvas
 	case ".md", ".pdf":
 		return iconDoc
 	case ".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".webp", ".svg":
diff --git a/search.go b/search.go
index 31bc7f0..0949bb3 100644
--- a/search.go
+++ b/search.go
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ type searchPageData struct {
 	RenderMS     int64
 }
 
+// ShowPageChrome satisfies the shared layout's contract (see layoutData). The
+// results page is always ordinary chrome — it is never the editor and never a
+// canvas — but EditMode is honoured so the two views cannot drift apart.
+func (d searchPageData) ShowPageChrome() bool { return !d.EditMode }
+
 // indexEntry is the shared scoreable core of both folder and file index
 // entries: a forward-slash relative path plus its pre-tokenized basename so
 // the per-query scoring loop avoids redoing the lowercasing and tokenization
diff --git a/sections.go b/sections.go
index 884f80e..977e1d0 100644
--- a/sections.go
+++ b/sections.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func secionSpanEnd(sections [][]byte, start int) int {
 	if level == 0 {
 		return start + 1
 	}
-	for i := start + 1; i <= len(sections); i++ {
+	for i := start + 1; i < len(sections); i++ {
 		if l, _ := sectionHeading(sections[i]); l > 0 && l <= level {
 			return i
 		}