Optimize Canvas Connections

Suppose you start a canvas.

Then you move everything around while you brainstorm. The connections between notes may quickly become a mess.

This simple plugin automatically reconnect notes together, using their nearest edges.

Select the notes to reconnect, then run command:

Optimize Canvas Connections: Optimize selection (preserve axes)

or

Optimize Canvas Connections: Optimize selection (shortest path)

Shortest path

The shortest path option reconnects notes using their nearest edges, always using the shortest path possible. This is the most drastic approach.

Preserve axes

The preserve axes option also reconnects notes using their nearest edges, but it respects the axes on which a connection originally begins and ends. For instance, a connection that begins on the right side of a note could be changed to begin from the left, but not from the top or bottom. Use this option to preserve meaning in vertical and horizontal flow (e.g., top-to-bottom = time, left-to-right = details).

In doubt, use preserve axes.

In both cases, when no note is selected, the optimization is applied to the whole canvas.