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title: "Navigate Around Your Process Model"
slug: "navigate-around-your-process-model"
updated: 2024-08-14T11:42:19Z
published: 2024-08-14T11:42:19Z
canonical: "docs.processmaker.com/navigate-around-your-process-model"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.processmaker.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Navigate Around Your Process Model

Navigate a Process model larger than your browser window.

## Navigate Around Your Process Model

**Permissions**

Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to navigate around the Process model unless your user account has the **Make this user a Super Admin** setting selected:

- Processes: Edit Processes
- Processes: View Processes

See the [Process](/v1/docs/permission-descriptions-for-users-and-groups#processes) permissions or ask your Administrator for assistance.

### Adjust the Viewing Size

If your Process model does not display in your browser window well such that you are navigating around your model with your cursor, adjust the zoom perspective of your model:

- Increase the viewing percentage to view fewer items.
- Decrease the viewing percentage to see an overview of the entire Process model.

Follow these steps to adjust the viewing size of your Process model:

1. Adjust the viewing percentage of the Process Modeler canvas following these guidelines:
  - **Zoom out from the Process Modeler canvas:**
    - Press the keyboard key combination **Control**+**-** (**Command**+**-** for Apple keyboards).
    - Click the **Zoom Out** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/eb94d96d-9003-4edd-963e-f5710b3f3a79.png) button from the lower left of the Process Modeler canvas.
  - **Zoom in to the Process Modeler canvas:**
    - Press the keyboard key combination **Control**+**+** (**Command**+**+** for Apple keyboards).
    - Click the **Zoom In** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/9e5a49a0-78f2-4ccb-8433-6391b919ee53.png) button from the lower left of the Process Modeler canvas.
  - Click the **Rest to initial scale** button to reset the Process Modeler canvas viewing percentage to 100%.
2. [Navigate](/v1/docs/navigate-around-your-process-model#navigate-using-the-pan-tool) around your Process model as necessary.

### Navigate using the Pan Tool

Use the **Pan** **Tool** at the bottom left to move around the Modeler canvas without making any changes to the process model. By utilizing the **Pan** **Tool**, you can effortlessly traverse different sections of the process map, enhancing overall productivity and ease of interaction within the Process Modeler.

Follow these steps to navigate your Process model:

1. Click the **Pan Tool** button![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/ef8c0a9e-17bf-4431-993f-c36db1f666c1.png). The button turns blue indicating selection.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/ac84430f-7605-4267-b6ad-a19b35a5c092.png)
2. Click and drag the cursor to smoothly traverse through different sections of the process map.
3. Alternatively, press the space bar and then use your mouse to pan around the Process Modeler canvas.

> Click the **Pan Tool** button ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/ef8c0a9e-17bf-4431-993f-c36db1f666c1.png) again to disable the Pan Tool.

### Quick Navigation Using the Mini-Map

Instead of [manually navigating](/v1/docs/navigate-around-your-process-model#navigate-around-your-process-model) your Process model, quickly view a specific location in your Process model by using the Mini-Map. Doing so saves time and effort from manual navigation.

Follow these steps to quickly navigate your Process model:

1. Click the **Show Mini-Map** button ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/a07978a8-3df3-48d9-9937-699815f0bcf0.png). An overview of your entire Process model displays.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/8078e72b-b41c-49ef-89b6-18ebdecfbb33.png)
2. Click the location in your Process model that you want to view. The selected location displays.

> Click the **Hide Mini-Map** button ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/a14ef4ba-dad3-48c7-b7ba-65d080777d3b.png) to hide the overview of your Process model.