Find and manage files in the Assets panel

Open the Assets panel

1. Click Assets on the left edge of the room, just above Comments.
2. The panel lists every file on the canvas: images, videos, audio files, PDFs, links, Pactto docs and tables. The total count is next to the Assets title.

Close it with the X, by clicking outside the panel, or by pressing Escape. Opening Assets closes the Comments panel, and the other way around.

The Assets button is hidden in focus mode, in the cameras-only view and on phone-sized screens.

Find a file

• Search: type in Search assets or boards. It matches file names, board names, and type names such as "video" or "pdf". Boards whose name matches appear in a Boards section at the top; click one to zoom to it. Click Clear search to reset.
• Filter by type: click All, Images, Videos, Audio, PDFs, Links, Docs or Tables.
• Sort: click Sort and choose Recently added (the default) or Name.
• View: switch between Grid view and List view. Pactto remembers your choice.

In the search field, the Up and Down arrow keys move through the results and Enter goes to the highlighted file.

Files are grouped by the board they are in. Files outside any board are under On canvas. A file placed in two boards appears in both groups. Click a group's name to collapse it, or click Zoom to board to see the whole board.

Go to a file on the canvas

Click a file in the panel (tooltip Show on canvas). Pactto selects it on the canvas and centers it. If the file is in the same group more than once, each click moves to the next copy.

Hover over a file in the panel to outline it on the canvas. If it is off screen, an arrow at the edge of the canvas points to it.

Rename, add, or download a file

Right-click a file in the panel to open its menu:

• Go to asset: same as clicking it.
• Rename: type a new name and press Enter. Press Escape to cancel. You can also double-click the name.
• Add to canvas: places another copy of the file near the center of your screen. You can also drag the file from the panel onto the canvas, or onto a board to add it there.
• Download: downloads the original file.

Renaming a file here renames it for the whole room: every copy on the canvas shows the new name. The same happens when you rename a file or link from its title bar on the canvas.

Docs and tables can be renamed, but not added again or downloaded from the panel.

Who can do what

• Everyone in the room can open the panel, search, and go to files.
• Rename and Add to canvas (and dragging) need Can edit access or the room owner.
• Download needs download access (Owner or Can edit).

If something goes wrong

• "No assets in this room yet.": nothing has been added to the canvas. "Images, videos, audio, PDFs and links you add to the canvas show up here."
• "Could not rename (name).": the rename did not save, and the old name stays. Try again.
• "Could not add (name) to the canvas.": click Try again in the message.
• "Names can't contain links.": remove the web address from the name.

Good to know

• A file appears in the panel only while it is on the canvas. If you delete every copy from the canvas, it leaves the panel.
• Link cards made with Show as card are not files and do not appear in the panel.