Visual undo & redo in Mapbox Studio

Mapbox
maps for developers
2 min readOct 13, 2015

By Matthew Chase Whittemore

Mapbox Studio has a visual way to undo and redo the changes you’ve made. This is perfect for the moments when you delete the wrong layer or aren’t sure about what color works best for highways. It batches changes so small updates don’t make it hard to find the point in history you want to go to.

To open visual history click the top-most icon in the right menu:

build-history

You can navigate the history with your mouse, making it easy to see if you’re making your map better or worse.

compare

Visual history works together with normal undo/redo behavior. Pressing ⌘-Z on OS X or Ctrl-Z on other platforms will move you back in history. Use ⌘-Shift-Z or Ctrl-Shift-Z to redo your changes.

undo-redo

Mapbox Studio is currently in private beta, if you’d like to give it a try, sign up for our beta here.

Sign up to discover human stories that deepen your understanding of the world.

Free

Distraction-free reading. No ads.

Organize your knowledge with lists and highlights.

Tell your story. Find your audience.

Membership

Read member-only stories

Support writers you read most

Earn money for your writing

Listen to audio narrations

Read offline with the Medium app

Written by Mapbox

mapping tools for developers + precise location data to change the way we explore the world

No responses yet

Write a response