Find, create and manage projects on the dashboard

The projects dashboard is the Nodespell home screen where you find, create and manage your Projects. A Project is a saved, editable workspace that holds a graph and its panel layout. The dashboard lists the Projects in your current workspace, personal or Team, and gives each one a card with actions for opening, renaming, duplicating, archiving and deleting it.

What is on the dashboard?

The left sidebar of the dashboard controls what the main area shows.

Sidebar item	What it shows
Workspace switcher (top)	Your current workspace. Choose Personal workspace or one of your Team Workspaces, or Create A Team.
Projects	Active Projects in your personal workspace.
Favourites	Personal Projects you starred.
Shared projects / My drafts	In a Team workspace: Projects shared with the Team, and drafts only you can see.
Assets	Your Assets. See Asset Manager.
Publishing	Workflow Submissions and Spellworks. See Templates and sharing.
More	What’s new, Language, Copy support email, Discord, YouTube channel, Archived projects and Visit website.
Account	Messages, Subscription (or Team billing in a Team workspace), Refer and Earn, and your account menu.

You can collapse the sidebar to icons, or drag its edge (Resize sidebar) to change its width.

Find a project with search, tags and sorting

The toolbar above the project list helps you narrow a long list.

• Search projects filters by project name. Press / anywhere on the dashboard to jump to the search field.
• Tags filters by one or more project tags. Clear filters removes every filter when nothing matches.
• Sort by orders the list by Last Modified, Date Created or Name. Dates sort Latest First or Oldest First; names sort A to Z or Z to A.
• Layout switches between a grid of cards and a list. The list layout adds tags and sortable column headers.

The toolbar also shows how many projects are loaded. Long lists load more cards as you scroll.

Create a new project

1. Choose the workspace you want the Project to belong to with the workspace switcher.
2. Select New Project. In a Team workspace the button says New Shared Project in Shared projects and New Draft in My drafts.
3. In the New Project dialog, enter a Name and, if you like, add Tags.
4. Select Save. Nodespell creates the Project and opens it.

Inside an open Project you can also choose File > New Project. Two Projects in the same workspace cannot share a name; the dialog reports Name clash if you try.

If your plan’s active-project limit is full, the dialog shows Active project limit reached. Archive a Project, upgrade, or contact Nodespell to create more. Plan limits are listed in Plans and credits.

Open a project

Select a card, or focus it and press Enter or Space. You can also right-click a card, or use its More actions button, and choose:

• Open to open the Project for editing.
• Open Read-Only to inspect the Project without making changes.

Inside a Project, File > Open … returns to the project browser, and File > Recent Projects lists Projects you opened recently in this browser. Clear Recents empties that list.

A Project can be open in more than one browser tab, but only one tab edits it at a time. See Saving and recovery.

Rename, retag or restyle a project

Right-click a card, or use More actions, and choose:

Action	What it does
Edit	Opens Edit Project, where you change the Name and Tags.
Cover Colour	Sets the card background to a preset colour, a Custom Colour… (single colour or gradient), or Reset Cover Colour.
Thumbnail	Upload Image…, Use Image URL…, Use Graph Preview, or Refresh Thumbnail.
Copy URL To Project	Copies a link to the Project. Only people with access to the Project can open it.
Add To Favourites	Stars the Project so it appears in Favourites.

You can also rename the open Project from the project name in the top bar.

Duplicate a project

Choose Duplicate from a card’s menu. Nodespell creates a copy in the same workspace with _copy added to the name. To copy the Project you have open under a name you choose, use File > Save As; this creates a new Project and does not rename the current one.

Archive, restore and delete projects

Archiving takes a Project out of your active list without deleting it, and frees a place in your active-project allowance.

1. Choose Archive from the Project’s menu.
2. To find it again, open More > Archived projects.
3. Choose Restore to make it active again. If an active Project already uses the same name, the restored Project gets a new name that includes the restore time.

Delete appears only on archived Projects. The confirmation reads Are you absolutely sure? and warns that the Project and its contents are permanently deleted.

Caution

Deleting a project cannot be undone from the app. Archive a Project instead if you might need it later.

Move a personal project into a Team

From a personal Project’s menu, choose Transfer Project, pick the Team, then slide Transfer To This Team to finish. The Project becomes a Team Project shared with that Team. See Team projects.

Frequently asked questions

Can I undo deleting a project?

No. Delete is only offered for archived Projects, and the confirmation states that it cannot be undone. Restore the Project from Archived projects instead if you may need it.

Why can I not create a new project?

Your workspace has reached its active-project limit, and the dialog shows Active project limit reached. Archive a Project, upgrade your plan, or contact Nodespell.

Does archiving a project delete its media?

Archiving only moves the Project out of the active list, and Restore brings it back. Asset retention follows your plan, as described in Plans and credits.

Where do my recent projects come from?

Recent Projects in the File menu lists Projects recently opened in this browser. It is not shared between devices, and Clear Recents empties it.

Related

• Projects and snapshots: save named versions of a Project.
• Saving and recovery: how Nodespell saves your work.
• Teams overview: switch between personal and Team workspaces.
• Team projects: shared Projects and drafts.
• Plans and credits: active-project limits by plan.