Add a web link to the canvas

Paste a link on the canvas

When you paste a web address on the canvas, Pactto adds it as a clickable link in a text item. You need Can edit access (or be the room owner).

Steps

1. Copy the web address (URL) from your browser.
2. Click the canvas.
3. Press Cmd+V (Mac) or Ctrl+V (Windows). You can also drag a link from another window onto the canvas.
4. The link appears right away as text.

Open the link

With the select tool, click the linked text. It opens in a new tab. Dragging the item by its text moves it without opening the link.

Edit the link or its text

Select the item and use Link in its formatting bar to change or remove the address. See Add or edit a link in text or a sticky note.

If something goes wrong

• "Only editors can add content to this room.": you have Can review or Can view access. Ask the room owner for Can edit access.
• An address with an unsafe or unknown scheme is pasted as plain text, without a link.

Good to know

• YouTube, Figma, and other websites are added as links. They do not play or display inside the canvas.
• Websites that were added to a room as live web pages before this change still display. People on a smartphone see a message asking them to use a tablet or computer to view them.
• To write shared notes on the canvas, use a Pactto doc.