Editor

deckforge edit my-talk

This command opens the editor in your browser. Every change saves deck.yaml and rebuilds deck.html right away.

Area	What you do there
Slide rail (left)	Select, drag to reorder, duplicate, hide or delete slides. Use Add slide to add one
Preview (centre)	Click any text to edit it in place. Enter commits, Esc reverts
Inspector (right)	The template, a form for every slot with character counters, speaker notes, footer and visibility
Top bar	Undo/redo, theme, Templates, Deck settings, PowerPoint export, Present and Copilot

Drag the edge of the slide rail, the inspector or the Copilot panel to resize it. The editor remembers the widths. Double-click an edge to restore the default width.

Images

Drop or paste a picture on the slide, or use the image control in the inspector. PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF and SVG files up to 10 MB are accepted.

• Click the thumbnail to set the focal point. It is the part that stays visible when the picture is cropped.
• Fill crops the picture to fill the frame. Fit shows the whole picture.
• The alt text field shows a warning while it is empty.

Overlays

Use Insert to add an image, text, callout, arrow or shape on top of the template.

• Drag to move. Use the 8 handles to resize (hold Shift to keep the proportions) and the round handle to rotate.
• Overlays snap to an 8 px grid, the template's elements and other overlays. Hold Alt to move freely.
• The inspector sets the exact position, the reveal step, and the theme colours. It can also align several overlays.
• deckforge warns when an overlay goes off the slide or covers the template's text.

Keyboard shortcuts

Keys	Action
⌘/Ctrl Z · ⇧ ⌘/Ctrl Z	Undo · redo
⌘/Ctrl K	Open Copilot
Alt ↑ / ↓	Move the selected slide
⌘/Ctrl D	Duplicate the slide or overlay
Delete	Delete the slide or overlay
Arrow keys · Shift + arrows	Nudge an overlay by 1 px · 10 px
⌘/Ctrl ] / [	Bring an overlay forward / send it backward
← / → on a focused panel edge (Shift for bigger steps)	Resize the panel

Reorder items

To reorder a card or list item, hover it on the slide and drag its grip. You can also drag a row in the inspector. Each drop is one undo step.

Safe by default

The editor runs only on 127.0.0.1 and opens with a token that is new each time it starts. Do not share the URL it prints. See the security model.