A quick reference for Scrivix tools, gestures, overlays, and Mac pairing.
| Icon | Tool & Description |
|---|---|
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Screenshot Snapshot
Saves a clean screenshot of the current canvas or presentation area to your iPad Photos library. Toolbar controls are not included in the saved image. |
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Color Palette
Quickly switch between preset colors or choose a custom color. Long-press a preset color to save your current color for future sessions. |
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Overlay & Whiteboard Menu
Tap the display icon to toggle the current overlay. Press and hold to choose whiteboard options including white, black, graph paper, lined paper, or a photo from your iPad. |
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Brush Tool
Draw smooth, pressure-sensitive ink with Apple Pencil. Brush size is remembered when switching between Brush and Highlighter. |
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Highlighter
Adds translucent markup for emphasizing text, slides, diagrams, or documents without fully covering what is underneath. |
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Fill Tool
Fill Smart Shapes or messy closed hand-drawn shapes with your selected color. Great for quick diagrams, emphasis boxes, and visual callouts. |
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Laser Pointer
Draw temporary laser marks that fade away automatically, perfect for pointing something out without leaving permanent ink behind. |
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Pixel Eraser
Erase part of a stroke by drawing over it, while leaving the rest of your annotation intact. |
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Stroke Eraser
Remove an entire stroke by swiping over it with your Apple Pencil or finger. |
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Clear Screen
Clears your current annotations while keeping the active overlay or whiteboard background in place. |
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Control Mode
Control your Mac from your iPad. Use Apple Pencil hover to move the Mac cursor, tap to click, double tap to double-click, tap and hold for right-click, tap-hold-drag to move windows or items, and two fingers to scroll. |
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Apple Pencil Only
Limit drawing input to Apple Pencil to help prevent accidental marks from your hand or finger while writing. |
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Undo
Step backward through recent annotation actions. |
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Redo
Restore a stroke or action that was removed with Undo. |
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Brush Size Slider
Adjust the active tool size. Size options are disabled for tools that do not need them, such as Fill and Control Mode. |
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Disconnect
Ends the session with your Mac and returns to the pairing screen. |
| Gesture | Action & Description |
|---|---|
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Two-Finger Tap
Tap anywhere on the iPad screen with two fingers to instantly undo your last stroke without using the toolbar. |
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Three-Finger Tap
Tap anywhere on the iPad screen with three fingers to redo your last undone action. |
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Two-Finger Scroll
Scroll documents, webpages, slides, and other Mac content naturally. Two-finger scrolling also works while using drawing tools. |
| Feature | Action & Description |
|---|---|
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Smart Shapes
Draw rough rectangles, triangles, arrows, lines, or circles, then briefly hold your Apple Pencil down to snap the drawing into a cleaner shape. |
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Messy Shape Fill
The Fill Tool can also fill many closed hand-drawn shapes, even if they are not converted into Smart Shapes. |
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
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Connected
Your iPad is connected to the Mac companion app and the live video stream is active. |
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Reconnecting
Scrivix is trying to restore the Mac connection or video feed. Keep both devices on the same local network. |
| Icon | Tool & Description |
|---|---|
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Pairing Passcode
The Mac app displays a secure 4-digit code. Enter this code on your iPad to start a local Scrivix session. |
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Permission Checklist
The Mac app shows whether Screen Recording and Computer Control permissions are enabled, with quick access to macOS Settings. |
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Local Connection
Scrivix connects over your local network. Your drawings, screen stream, and controls are not sent to cloud servers. |
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Mac Overlay
After pairing, Scrivix becomes a transparent full-screen overlay so you can annotate over presentations, documents, browsers, videos, and other Mac apps. |