Controls and troubleshooting

Complete feature reference

A complete reference for the current 2D, 3D, project, saving and sharing controls.

10 minute readUpdated 3 September 2026
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Rooms and walls

  • Quick Room with named width and depth
  • Doors and windows positioned by wall and offset
  • Manual chained wall drawing
  • Exact wall length and thickness
  • Interior and exterior wall types
  • Inside-face and full-wall measurements
  • Connected-wall movement and wall detaching
  • Automatic enclosed-room detection and floor area
  • Metric and imperial units
  • Measurement visibility and snapping controls

Furniture and structure

  • Categories and library search
  • Drag, click or tap placement
  • Exact width and depth
  • Structural length and thickness
  • Height from floor for raised items
  • Rotate, mirror, duplicate and delete
  • Wall clearances
  • 1cm and 1mm nudging
  • Wall and neighbour snapping
  • Item names and measurement labels

Plan organisation

  • Multiple room tabs
  • Add, rename, duplicate, delete and drag-reorder rooms
  • Room labels
  • Rich text boxes
  • Styled arrows
  • Plan overview with floor area, wall length and counts
  • Undo, redo, copy and paste
  • Light and dark themes

Saving and sharing

  • Browser autosave
  • Cloud share links
  • Owned-link updates and recipient copies
  • Automatic editable PNG backup
  • 2D PNG image export
  • Editable PNG loading
  • Legacy JSON loading
  • Multi-room project backups
  • Recent-plan recovery
  • 25MB load limit

3D planning

  • Orbit, zoom and pan
  • Move, rotate and wall-snap objects
  • Item colours
  • Supported kitchen door styles
  • Door-opening preview
  • Adjustable wall height
  • Floor materials and wall colour
  • Kitchen-unit and worktop finishes
  • Brightness, daytime and evening lighting
  • Photoreal room snapshots
  • 3D changes stored with the plan

Access and support

  • Desktop keyboard shortcuts
  • Mobile touch gestures
  • Built-in Help and Community panel
  • Searchable Help Centre
  • Public r/freeroomplanner community
  • Private bug and feature feedback form

Questions about this guide

Common questions

Do I need an account to start planning?

You can open the planner and start drawing immediately. If an account or particular access level is needed for an optional export or service, the planner explains that before you use it.

Read How Free Room Planner works
Does Free Room Planner work on mobile?

Yes. You can draw and edit using touch controls. A desktop or tablet gives you more canvas space for a detailed plan, but the main planning controls are available on mobile.

Read Mobile controls and keyboard shortcuts
Where should I report a bug?

Use Report a problem in the planner Help panel for bugs or private information. Use r/freeroomplanner for public how-to questions, layout advice and feature discussion.

Read Troubleshoot Free Room Planner
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