livedesign is multiplayer from the first page. Sharing is just creating a link and handing it over: whoever opens it joins the same design, sees live cursors, and edits alongside you. The person you share with does not need an account. For the full details see Sharing.
Create a share link
Open the design you want to share and click Share at the top right of the editor, or choose Share from the design's ⋯ menu in the Explorer. Only the design's owner can issue passes, so someone who joined through a link sees no Share button.
Under Issue a pass, click the role card to choose a role: Editor (draws with you in real time, the default), Participant (adds stickies, text and pictures, but can't reshape the pages) or Viewer (watches, pans and zooms; can't comment or change a thing). Valid sets how long it lasts: Forever, 1 week, 1 month or 6 months. In a design with several tabs, Opens can limit the link to one tab.
Click Create Pass. The link is copied for you straight away, ready to send to whoever you want in the design; each pass in the list also has its own copy button.
If you are a guest, check the name under Sharing as at the foot of the dialog first (or press the shuffle button beside it for another): that is the name peers see on your cursor and comments. A design saved to This Browser has to be synced to your account before it can be shared.
What happens when they open it
Someone opening your link for the first time enters the password if you set one, picks the name others will see (a signed-in visitor keeps their account name), and then lands in the design:
- Live cursors and selections. Everyone sees where everyone else is and what they have selected.
- Simultaneous editing. On an Editor pass, you both change the design at once. To avoid clashes, an element one person has selected is gently locked for the others while they hold it.
- No sign-in required. A guest can edit straight away, the editor never blocks them with a sign-in wall. See Guest vs account.
Managing and ending access
Back in the Share dialog you can manage links over time:
- Multiple passes. Issue several, with different roles, for example a Viewer pass for stakeholders and an Editor pass for collaborators. They are listed under Passes.
- Revoke a pass to cut off access through it. Expiring passes show a countdown, and expired ones move under Expired, where they can be extended or deleted. See Share Link Expiry.
- Password Protection. Protect every pass with one shared password; everyone opening a link must enter it first, embeds included. See Share Passwords.
Want to put the design on a web page or in a doc? Each pass can also be copied as an embed (Copy iframe) or, while no password is set, as a live image that stays up to date. A Viewer or Participant pass embeds look-only; an Editor pass embeds an editable canvas. See Embeds.
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