Schematic Editor

Schematic

The schematic editor is the core area where you design your circuits. It supports both mouse and touch inputs for flexibility across devices.

Navigation

• Pan: Drag with two fingers (touch) or use middle-click/Space+Drag (mouse).
• Zoom: Pinch with two fingers (touch) or use Ctrl+Wheel (mouse).
• Select: Tap or click on a component or wire to select it.

Moving Components

When the editor is in Move Mode, you can relocate components using two interaction models:

1. Press-Drag-Release (Fast)

   • Click/Touch and hold a component.
   • Drag it more than 5 pixels to “pick it up”.
   • Release your click/finger to drop it.

2. Tap-to-Pick (Precise)

   • Click/Tap a component to snap it to your cursor (Carrying state).
   • Use the Rotate (‘R’ key or UI button) and Flip controls to orient the component.
   • Click/Tap on the canvas to place it.

Wiring

When the editor is in Wire Mode, use a “Tap-to-Point” (or Click-to-Point) interaction to draw wires:

Drawing a Wire

• Start: Click/Tap an unconnected terminal, an existing wire’s end, or splice into the middle of a wire.
• Corners: Click/Tap empty space to place +90 or -90 degree corners.
• Finish: Click/Tap the destination terminal or another wire.

Note: Clicking on an empty space to start or finish a wire is invalid and will be ignored.

Canceling a Wire

• Press the Escape key (or § on iPad) to cancel an in-progress wire and remove it from the canvas.

Junctions (T-Junctions)

Junctions are automatically created when you splice a wire into the middle of another. They connect exactly two wires. To connect 4 wires, two junctions are needed. Junctions share the net name of their attached wires.

Special Nets

• VDD and GND are global nets. Connecting a wire to a VDD/GND terminal or existing net will prioritize that name globally.
• Ports: When a wire connects to a port (single terminal), the wire’s net name syncs with the port’s value.