Point, draw, comment and stickies
Everyone watching a share gets a cursor in their own color with their name, so "this one" means one thing. The person sharing sees every cursor and mark on their real screen, in a layer that stays out of the share itself.
Pick a tool
The tray at the bottom of the share has three tools: Point, Draw and Toys. Draw opens the pen, Highlighter, Box, Arrow, Text, Eraser, Comment, the sticky pad and Clear mine in the same tray. Click Draw or Toys again to go back to Point.
| Tool | Key | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Point | V or 1 | Shows where you point. Click to ping a spot. |
| Draw | D or 2 | Drag to draw on the screen |
| Toys | T or 3 | Confetti, stickers, a duck and more |
| Comment | C | Click to leave a comment on the screen |
Press P with any tool to ping where your cursor is.
Draw
Draw has these shapes. Press its key, or pick it in Draw's tray.
| Shape | Key |
|---|---|
| Pen | D |
| Highlighter | H |
| Box | R |
| Arrow | A |
| Sticky | S |
| Text | W |
| Eraser | E |
A tool's options show above the tray: the colors and the line widths. Click the tool again to hide them. Draw in your own color, or pick Graphite, Red, Orange, Blue or Purple. [ makes the line thinner and ] thicker.
Start typing right after you draw a box to label it. Press Delete right after to remove it.
Cursor chat
Press / and type next to your cursor. Everyone sees it as you type. The person sharing can do the same on their own screen with ⌃⌥/.
Stickies
Click the sticky pad to put a sticky in view, or drag one off the pad onto the screen. With Sticky picked, a click on the screen drops one there. Pick yellow, peach, mint or sky above the tray. Stickies stay until someone removes them.
Founder Hud doesn't send sticky or cursor chat text that looks like a password or a key.
How long marks stay
Marks fade on their own, so the screen stays readable:
| Mark | Stays |
|---|---|
| Stroke | 3 seconds |
| Box | 4 seconds |
| Comment | 8 seconds, up to 20 for long ones |
| Cursor chat | 5 seconds after you press Return |
| Sticky | Until someone removes it |
To keep a stroke or a box, hold Shift while you draw it. To keep a comment, click Pin while you type it, or Pin it afterwards. A pinned comment stays until you remove it.
Clear your marks
Click Clear mine at the end of Draw's tray, or right-click the screen while a tool other than Point is picked. In Point, Esc does it too. Each removes your strokes, boxes, comments, stickies, text and stickers for everyone, and leaves everyone else's. Leaving the call takes away your cursor, and your marks stay until they fade or someone removes them. The end of the share removes every mark.