Also known as document outline
A navigable view of headings and sections in a long Canvas document — the long-form cousin of a screenplay scene list.
The Canvas outline is a navigable view of headings and sections in a long document -- the long-form cousin of a screenplay scene list. It stays a view over the same structured blocks, not a separate corkboard file that drifts from the prose you actually ship to collaborators or archive later.
Drag to reorder when chapters need reshuffling; collapse research while you draft; jump without scrolling a novel's worth of paste. Because reordering outline nodes reorders underlying blocks, treat big moves as structural edits -- name a save point before you rewrite the book's spine from the sidebar alone.
Canvas remains early access on Pro and Team, so outline behavior is part of a maturing long-form surface. Use it for manuscripts and binders today, and keep Plot as home for series bibles and episode drafts even when a research outline lives nearby in Canvas for supporting notes.
Yes -- reordering outline nodes reorders the underlying blocks on purpose. Name a save point before large structural moves so you can compare or restore.
No. It is a view over the same Canvas document. That is why it stays honest when the prose changes -- there is no second corkboard to drift.
Screenplays belong in Plot with scene lists and beat tools. Use Canvas outline for novels, essays, and research binders in early access.
Restore the save point you created before the move, or compare against an earlier named moment. Structural outline edits are versioned like other draft changes.
