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In other apps, when you hold the shift button, it allows you to draw a straight line. The ability to do this will be quite handy, as I find the line tool very restrictive in some cases (as it always tries to snap to points). In a lot of cases, I just want to draw a line that isn’t wonky. 

Hi @Tessa Zollner, thanks for taking the time to submit your request to the Wish List.

 

It is already possible to to draw a straight line in Miro. Here’s more information about how to do this: https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017730733-Connection-lines#:~:text=To%20draw%20a%20straight%20horizontal,or%20Cmd%20(for%20Mac). 

 

With this in mind, we are marking this idea as an Existing Feature.

Miro Community Team

 

Open→Existing Feature (closed)

Straight Line with Shift Key does not work when snapping to objects. For example in the attached image, despite holding Shift I cannot force the line to be straight. Other tools for block diagram have this figured out, it would be great if this issue was fixed or if a workaround is available?

 

 

Hi ​@hwguyathp,

Thanks for sharing this! You're right — holding Shift typically constrains line angles, but when snapping to objects, Miro can override that behavior, leading to the issue you’re seeing here. It’s a known pain point for diagramming workflows that need precision.

 

In the meantime, one possible workaround is to:

  • Draw the line away from objects first while holding Shift to get a clean angle,

  • Then reposition the endpoints near the shapes after.

Not ideal, but it might help until this gets some love from the product team!

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