Canvas Settings and Version History
The canvas sidebar holds what belongs to this canvas alone: its settings and its version history, where you can go back to an earlier state of the board.
Before you start
- Anyone on the canvas can open Canvas settings, but only people who can edit it can change them.
- Version history is there only for people who can edit the canvas.
The whole flow
Watch it once, or click a step under the replay to jump to it.
5 stepsChange this canvas’s settings and bring back an earlier version
Open the sidebar
Click the Gavana mascot at the top left of the canvas, or press Ctrl / Cmd + B. The sidebar opens beside the board and pushes the board to the right. It shows Canvas settings, Version history, your Recent canvases, and at the bottom your workspace, Help, Appearance and Settings.
The sidebar stays open until you close it with its close button (top right of the sidebar) or Ctrl / Cmd + B again. To go back to all your canvases, click the mascot in the sidebar.
Change canvas settings
Click Canvas settings. These settings are shared by Everyone on this canvas and are Saved automatically:
| Setting | What it changes |
|---|---|
| Name | The canvas name in the top bar and the library. Press Enter or click away to save, Esc to undo your typing. |
| Grid style | The pattern behind your board: Dots, Lines or Blank. |
| Image info | Shows the model and size under generated images. |
| Image defaults | Aspect ratio, Resolution, Quality and Outputs (1 to 4) for new image cards on this canvas. |
Close settings with the × at the top right or Esc.
Open Version history
Click Version history. A panel opens on the right: Gavana saves recovery points automatically while you work. The list starts with Current version (the canvas as it is now), then earlier versions grouped by day, each marked Autosaved or Saved version with its time.
Preview an earlier version
Click a version. It opens over the board, read only, with a banner such as Viewing Oct 5, 2026, 9:15 AM · Read only. You can drag and zoom to look around; nothing on your canvas changes.
To leave without restoring, click Back to current, press Esc, or click Current version.
Restore this version
Click Restore this version in the banner. Gavana first saves the current canvas as a version, then puts the board back the way it was. The preview and the panel close, and a message confirms: “Restored the canvas to … Your previous canvas is saved in version history.”
If you change your mind, open Version history again and restore the version saved just before.
If Gavana can’t save the current canvas first, it asks Restore without saving the current canvas? Choosing Restore anyway replaces the board without keeping what’s there now in version history.
More you can do
Rename the canvas
Double-click the canvas name at the top left, type the new name, and press Enter. Esc cancels. You can also change it under Name in Canvas settings.
Rename the canvasDouble-click its name in the top bar
Get back deleted media
In Version history, the Deleted media tab lists generated images and videos whose node was deleted from this canvas. Their output history is kept, so you can open one and restore it.
What’s not in Canvas settings
- Light or dark theme: the sun or moon button at the bottom left of the canvas, or Settings > Preferences, which also sets an accent color on this device.
- Keyboard shortcuts: the ? button at the bottom left. See Navigate the Canvas.
- Your default image model: Settings > Preferences.
- Your workspace and account: the Settings gear at the bottom of the sidebar.