Documentation and diagrams belong together: create and edit draw.io diagrams without leaving Documate.
June’s release notes ended with a promise: a better home for your attachments and your pasted screenshots. Both are here, along with files inserted as you type and new page design options.
draw.io diagrams
Process flows and architecture sketches usually live in a separate tool, and reach your documentation as screenshots that age badly.
Documate now embeds the draw.io editor. Create a diagram right on the page, edit it in a full-window view, and it stays a living diagram rather than a frozen image.
Diagrams keep their names and version history, and when a teammate has one open, you see who is editing it.
💡 Pro tip: already have .drawio files from years of diagramming? Drop one onto a page and it becomes a living, editable diagram.
A new home for your attachments
The redesigned attachments viewer puts everything in one place. Switch between preview, list and grid views, search across every file, filter by type, rename inline, and select several files at once to download or delete them. There is a full-window mode when you need room, and you can drop new files straight into it.
Pasted screenshots get the same care. Paste one and Documate stores it with the page like any other attachment, so it shows up in the viewer, stays searchable, and never bloats your page.
💡 Pro tip: the usage filter shows which files are no longer referenced anywhere on the page. Combine it with bulk selection to clear out dead weight in seconds.
Insert files as you type
Type @ and the page’s files appear right at your cursor, with thumbnails and the newest first. Pick one and keep writing. And when the file is not on the page yet, type /upload to add it from the same spot.
💡 Pro tip: dragging is just as fast. Drop any file straight onto the page, and a line shows you exactly where it will land.
More ways to shape your pages
Every page has its own job: some anchor a space, some walk the reader through a process, some hold reference material. You now have more flexibility to design each one for its readers.
Pages can end with previous and next links that follow your workspace’s reading order, so documentation reads like a book. The subpages section has new layouts: a compact grid, a detailed list, or a gallery that shows each subpage with its cover. And a byline can show who wrote the page and when it last changed, so readers know how fresh the content is.
💡 Pro tip: pair the gallery layout with page covers and a parent page becomes a visual index of everything underneath it.
A few more improvements
🎨 Colours: a new colour picker for text and highlights remembers your recent combinations and adapts to light and dark themes.
📋 Copy and paste between pages: images and diagrams keep their size, outline and file intact.
🎯 Drag and drop: rearranging blocks feature is more precise.
🖱 Selection: a triple-click selects the whole paragraph, ready to style, move or copy.
✍️ New blocks: insert a block and keep typing; no extra click to carry on writing.
🧭 Block links: links that point at a specific block now scroll straight to it, on the same page or across pages.
⚡ Uploads: if your browser closes mid-upload, Documate finishes the housekeeping the next time the page opens. No stray placeholders left behind.
💬 Comments: resolve a thread and the next one’s actions are immediately within reach.
We want your feedback!
The attachments viewer and the draw.io editor are the two features we most want to hear about. Does the new viewer fit the way your team manages files? Is there a diagramming feature you miss? Tell us. Your notes shape what we build next month.