Arrows between pages
Arrows show how pages lead to one another: a link from Pricing to Sign up, a step in a user flow, a path you want the team to notice. An arrow starts at a page or a block and points at another page, and it can carry a label that says what it means.
Draw an arrow
- Select the page or the block the arrow starts from.
- Click Arrows in its toolbar.
- Click the page the arrow should point at.
A new arrow is smooth and takes the colour of the page or block it starts from.
Change an arrow
Click an arrow to select it. The toolbar above it has:
- Type — Smooth for a curve, Straight for a line with right angles.
- Color — any colour of the project. Source gives the arrow back the colour of the page or block it starts from.
- Label — text on the arrow, see below.
- Delete arrow.
A selected straight arrow shows a dot in the middle of each of its segments. Click a dot to add an anchor there, then drag the anchor to lead the arrow around other pages. An arrow takes up to five anchors. To remove one, select it and click Delete anchor.
Labels
Select an arrow, click Label and type. The label sits on the line in the arrow's colour.
- Enter saves the label, Shift+Enter starts a new line, Escape leaves the field and keeps the text. A label holds up to 200 characters.
- Drag a label to move it along the line. It keeps its place on the line when pages move around it.
- Click a label to select it, and click it again to edit the text.
- To remove a label, select it and press Delete, click Delete label in the toolbar, or clear its text. The arrow stays.
Delete an arrow
Select the arrow and press Delete or Backspace, or click Delete arrow in its toolbar.
Good to know
- To look at the sitemap without arrows, turn on Hide arrows in the zoom menu at the bottom of the artboard. Arrows are also hidden in SEO mode.
- PNG and PDF exports include arrows and their labels.
- Arrows and labels work on every plan.
- AI agents connected to Octopus.do and the public API can draw arrows and set their labels too.