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Hello, 

I was very excited to find the layers function. Being able to easily lock down everything on a “facilitator’s level” was a dream come true. My thought was that I could have a seperate “Participants’ Level” where stickies & dot voting etc. would be accessible without the risk of participants messing up the underlying design elements. 

But during the workshop in my pilot experiment, I had issues with participants losing stickies behind frames or having them get locked & be unlockable because they were seemingly added to the wrong level? 

Also, using levels seems to have broken all of the in-board navigation links I made between sections of the board. 

Just wondering if this is a misunderstanding of the functionality on my part? Or a function that is still in development? Or if there is some additional guidance or demo video or something to help me understand & use the tool appropriately? (The Miro info page on layers is pretty light on details, instructions & use cases right now.)

Thanks!

Hi ​@Theresa Logan,

 

Thank you for sharing your experience and insights about the layers functionality—it's great to see how you’re using it for your workshops!

 

The issues you mentioned, such as stickies getting locked or misplaced between layers, and navigation links breaking, could be related to how items are assigned to layers. Layers is a relatively new feature, and there are still some areas being refined to ensure it works seamlessly in all scenarios.

 

Here are a few things to try or consider:

  1. Stickies and other objects may end up on unintended layers depending on how they’re added. To avoid this, double-check which layer you’re working on before adding or unlocking objects. You can use the layers panel to toggle visibility and ensure everything is on the correct layer.

  2. Navigation links should ideally function across layers, but it seems like this may be an issue to flag. Have you checked if the links work properly after all layers are visible and unlocked? If this issue persists, it might be worth raising it with Miro Support for deeper investigation.

  3. While the current documentation is brief, I’d recommend checking out Miro Academy and Help Center article for additional tips. You can also experiment in a test board to build a workflow that works for you before live sessions.

It may also help to share your feedback directly with Miro support team, so the team is aware of your challenges as they refine the feature.

 

Feel free to share updates from your next experiment with layers!

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