The editor is laid out like a drawing program: tools on the left, canvas in the middle, properties on the right. Each floor has a tab – just like later on the website.
The interface
| Area | Content |
|---|---|
| Header | Back to the events, Undo/Redo, Copy, Cut, Paste, Duplicate, Rotate, “Align and distribute”, Bring forward/Send backward, Group, Lock, search “Find booth or exhibitor”, Save and the ☰ menu |
| Floor tabs | one tab per floor; double-click or ⚙ opens “Floor settings”, + adds a floor |
| Toolbar on the left | the tools, see below |
| Sidebar | tabs Layers, Exhibitors and Colours |
| Canvas | the floor to scale; the mouse wheel scrolls, Ctrl + mouse wheel zooms, holding the space bar pans |
| Properties on the right | fields of the selected element, for multiple selection the shared ones; without a selection the floor’s underlay |
| Status bar | zoom, floor size, grid, snap, view, names, check report, open assignments |
The ☰ menu contains project settings, backups, “Import existing SVG plan”, “Use plan of another event”, “Renumber booths”, “Insert colour legend”, the exports, the unit, full screen and the keyboard shortcuts.
Layers: seven fixed layers – Underlay, Rooms & areas, Walls, doors & stairs, Drawing (original), Booths, Texts, Symbols & images –, each can be shown/hidden and locked. Hidden or locked layers can’t be selected. All layers except the underlay appear in the published plan.
The tools
| Tool | Key | How it works |
|---|---|---|
| Select | V | click selects, drag moves, Shift+click adds to the selection |
| Move view | H | dragging pans the view |
| Booth | B | drag a rectangle or click for a 3 × 2 m booth (imperial 10 × 10 ft); next to it “Booth (free shape)” |
| Booth rows | G | drag the area the rows should fill – see Booth rows |
| Room | – | drag a rectangle; variants “free shape” and “Room from shape” |
| Area | – | for stage, catering, storage; rectangle or free shape |
| Wall / line | W | click points; Shift keeps 45° steps, double-click or Enter finishes |
| Building elements | D | door, double door, passage, emergency exit – click on a wall, the element aligns itself; stairs as rectangle; arrow and double arrow |
| Text | T | click where the text should go |
| Symbol | I | 35 symbols, from toilets and first aid to charging station and photo spot |
| Image | – | an image from the media library, e.g. a sponsor logo |
| Measure | M | dragging measures a distance |
Free shapes are created point by point: click on the first point, double-click or Enter finishes. Afterwards points can be dragged, added via the small midpoints and removed with Alt+click.
Floors and underlay
“Floor settings” (double-click on the tab) contains the floor’s name, width and height (1 to 5000 m), plus Duplicate, Move and Delete – the last floor can’t be deleted.
The underlay sits in the properties area while nothing is selected: “Choose underlay” loads a floor plan as template, with visibility and opacity. It doesn’t appear in the published plan.
| File | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| PNG, JPG | directly as image |
| the preview image WordPress creates for a PDF – this needs Imagick on the server; without it, the editor asks for PNG or JPG | |
| SVG | as underlay, additionally usable for “Room from shape” |
Calibrate scale: after loading, the editor asks whether to calibrate the scale. You trace a distance of known length on the underlay (“this wall is 24 m”) and enter the real length. Elements already drawn can grow along.
Unit: metric (m) or imperial (ft), switchable in the ☰ menu. Data is always stored in metres; the unit is just the display.
Important shortcuts
| Key | Effect |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y | Undo / Redo |
| Ctrl+C / V / X / D | Copy / Paste / Cut / Duplicate |
| Ctrl+G / Ctrl+Shift+G | Group / Ungroup |
| Ctrl+S | Save |
| Arrow keys | move by one grid step, with Shift by ten |
| R | rotate 90° clockwise |
| Space bar (hold) | pan the view with any tool |
| + / − / 0 | zoom in / zoom out / fit floor |
The editor shows the full list in the ☰ menu under “Keyboard shortcuts”.