# Choose a workspace mode: Create, Graph or Immersive > Compare Nodespell's three workspace modes, Create, Graph and Immersive, and learn how to switch between them and what each one shows. Source: https://docs.nodespell.com/start/workspace-modes/ · Last updated: 2026-11-10 Nodespell has three workspace modes that show the same Project in different ways. **Create** is a guided screen for generating with Creative Tools, **Graph** is the full node editor with panels you arrange yourself, and **Immersive** gives the graph the whole window with floating tool rails. Switching modes never changes your graph or results. ## How do you switch workspace mode? 1. Open a Project. 2. Select the **Workspace mode** selector at the left end of the top bar. It shows the current mode's name. 3. Choose **Create**, **Graph** or **Immersive** from the **Workspace** menu. In Immersive the top bar is collapsed. Select the **Main menu** button in the top-left corner to expand it, then use the same selector. Your mode is saved as a personal preference, so the next Project you open uses the same mode. New accounts start in Create. If Nodespell cannot save the change, it shows **Workspace mode could not be saved** and keeps the previous mode. ## Compare the three modes | | **Create** | **Graph** | **Immersive** | | ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Best for | Generating with a guided tool, one model at a time | Building, connecting and finishing graphs | Working on the graph with the most canvas space | | Main layout | Tools rail, composer, and the graph on the right | Panes, tabs and edge docks you arrange | One full-window graph with left and right tool rails | | Add nodes | Choose a tool, or use the graph on the right | `Tab` menu, right-click menu, Node Browser | **Add node**, **Creative tools**, **Models**, **Library** on the left rail, plus `Tab` | | Edit settings | Composer controls for the selected tool or node | **Parameters** panel | **Parameters** quick panel on the right rail when a node is selected | | Save and restore layouts | No | Yes, from the **View** menu | No | | Edge docks | No | Yes | No | | Floating panel windows | No | Yes | Yes, but they cannot be docked | | Status bar | Shown | Shown | Transparent overlay without the console | | Minimum window width | 1080 pixels | None stated | None stated | ## When should you use Create? Choose **Create** when you know the task, such as "make an image" or "animate this still", and want the controls for it in one place. The Create screen has: - A **Create tools** rail on the left with **All tools**, the pinned tools **Image Generator**, **Image to Video**, **Audio Generator** and **Image Upscaler**, and the helpers **Assistant** (the [Agent](https://docs.nodespell.com/agent/)) and **Assets**. - A composer with the tool's model card, its controls grouped into sections such as **Prompt**, **References**, **Output**, **Motion**, **Audio** and **Settings**, a **More settings** group, the **Generations** stepper and the action button, such as **Generate**, **Upscale** or **Extend**. - The Project's real graph on the right, where every run adds or updates a node. When you select a compatible model node in the graph, the composer edits that node. When you select several nodes, the composer shows **Choose one node**, because Create edits one model node at a time. A node whose model is not presented in Create shows **This node uses Graph controls** with an **Open in Graph** button. Create is not available for every Project. The **Create** item in the menu is disabled with **Unavailable for this project** when you are viewing a read-only Project or a saved snapshot, among other cases. Choose **Graph** to work in those Projects. Start with [Make your first image](https://docs.nodespell.com/start/first-image/). ## When should you use Graph? Choose **Graph** for direct node work: adding any node, wiring several models together, compositing, keyframing and organizing large graphs. Graph is the only mode with the full panel system: - Panes you can split, resize and maximize, each holding tabs. - Edge docks on the four sides of the window, toggled with `Cmd/Ctrl+1` to `Cmd/Ctrl+4`. - Saved layouts and **Built-in Layouts** in the **View** menu. - The **Version Bar**, shown or hidden from the **View** menu. See [Build your first graph](https://docs.nodespell.com/start/first-graph/) and the [interface tour](https://docs.nodespell.com/start/interface/). ## When should you use Immersive? Choose **Immersive** when you want the graph to fill the window. Immersive shows one graph editor behind a collapsed top bar and a transparent status bar, with two floating rails: | Rail | Items | | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Left | **Creative tools**, **Add node** (the full Tab menu), **Prompt**, **Add asset**, **Group**, **Library**, and **Models** with image, video, audio and realtime effect views | | Right | **Parameters** and **Design** while a node is selected, then **Assets**, **Assistant** and **Console** | Hover a rail to see labels. Right-rail items open as quick panels beside the rail; each panel has buttons to detach it into a floating window, maximize it or close it, and `Esc` closes it. The **Console** item shows a badge when there are errors or warnings you have not looked at. Immersive keeps your Graph layout untouched. When you switch back to Graph, your panes and docks are where you left them. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does switching workspace mode change my Project? No. All three modes show the same graph, nodes and takes. Only the layout around the graph changes, and your Graph layout is preserved while you use Create or Immersive. ### Why is Create greyed out in the Workspace menu? Create is disabled with **Unavailable for this project** when the open Project cannot be edited from Create, for example a read-only Project or a saved snapshot. Use **Graph** instead. ### Why does Create say it needs a wider workspace? Create needs a window at least 1080 pixels wide. In a narrower window it shows **Create needs a wider workspace** and an **Open Graph** button. Widen the window or continue in Graph. ### Is the workspace mode saved per Project? No. The mode is saved as your personal preference and applies to every Project you open. ## Related - [Make your first image](https://docs.nodespell.com/start/first-image/) — a first run in Create. - [Build your first graph](https://docs.nodespell.com/start/first-graph/) — a first graph in Graph mode. - [Tour the interface](https://docs.nodespell.com/start/interface/) — panes, docks, layouts and menus. - [Creative Tools on the canvas](https://docs.nodespell.com/creative-tools/on-the-canvas/) — the same tools as graph nodes. - [Panels reference](https://docs.nodespell.com/reference/panels/) — every panel and its purpose.