Work with other people
Canvas chat and notifications
Talk with people on a shared canvas, save selected conversation text and review task completion notices.
Canvas chat is a conversation between people working in a shared project. Use it to discuss a change without writing the discussion into a note. Ask Glob is the separate AI conversation.
Open the conversation
Select a shared project, then choose Canvas chat. The icon can show Canvas chat — unread messages and an unread dot when messages arrive while the panel is closed.
Opening chat clears its unread indication and reads recent messages. Each line shows the sender's cursor name, message and time. Hovering a timestamp shows the fuller date and time. A sender without a display name appears as Collaborator.
Chat and the shared node editor use the same area of the canvas. Opening chat closes the current shared editor. Opening a node's editor puts the conversation aside. Incoming messages do not open chat or move your canvas.
Use Expand chat for more space, Minimize chat to return to the small box, or Close chat to put it away. If you scroll back, new messages do not pull you to the bottom until you return there yourself.
Send a message
Type into Chat message and choose Send, or press Enter. Use Shift+Enter for a new line. Blank messages are not sent. A typing indication can show when another person is composing.
The composer displays a byte count. A message must fit within 2,000 UTF-8 bytes. This is a size limit, not a promise of 2,000 letters: some characters occupy several bytes.
Only one message can wait for confirmation at a time. The control says Sending… while waiting. The draft clears after the matching message arrives, provided you have not changed the draft meanwhile.
All members, including viewers, can send chat while connected. Creating a note or node from the conversation requires editing access.
Save a useful passage
For example, a collaborator might write, “Put the herbs beside the south wall.” If you want that decision in the canvas, select the passage in the transcript and right-click it.
Editors and owners can choose Create a note or Create a node, alongside Copy. Both save the selected text as the body of an ordinary shared item. Create a note leaves it unplaced; Create a node places it in the current view. The conversation itself is not converted into a permanent note automatically.
If clipboard access fails, the panel says “Use Ctrl/Cmd+C to copy the selected text.” Keep the text selected and use your platform's copy shortcut.
Recent messages and connection errors
Chat exposes a rolling window of up to 333 recent messages, without a Load More control. Use an explicit note or node for something you need as part of the project's writing. For data handling, see the Privacy Policy.
Chat needs a live connection. If the composer says Chat disconnected. Reconnecting…, wait for reconnection before sending. Messages are not queued for offline sending.
| Message | What to do |
|---|---|
| Chat history did not arrive. Try again. | Choose Refresh conversation when it is offered. |
| Chat is disconnected. Your message has not been sent. | Wait for the connection to return; keep the draft. |
| Wait for your previous message to arrive. | Check for that message before sending another. |
| Message delivery was not confirmed. Check the conversation before retrying. | Read recent messages first so you do not repeat a message that arrived late. |
If chat asks you to wait before trying again, follow the displayed message. If access to the canvas has ended, both chat and editing stop. Check membership using Sharing projects.
Task completion notifications
The Notifications bell opens a panel of task completion notices grouped by shared project. An unread dot and accessible unread count indicate notices you have not read. The panel offers Mark all read and Close notifications.
A completion can also appear briefly over the workspace. Hover over that notice to keep it visible while reading. Choose Dismiss notification, or press Escape while it has focus, to dismiss the temporary notice. Dismissing a temporary notice and marking it read are separate actions.
Choose a notice to mark it and earlier notices read and open its shared project. Your own completion actions do not add to the unread count. When the task is identified, Glob also selects it. If you no longer belong to the project, the notice cannot restore access. Open Invitations & shared projects to check the membership.
When several temporary notices arrive together, Open notifications lets you see the rest in the panel. No notifications yet. means there are no notices in the current list. Notification delivery and shared editing depend on the account and connection; see Troubleshooting if recent changes are missing.