Click "View Tree" on a card to open a tree on the interactive canvas. Chronica arranges the leaves into generations automatically based on the connections you've made — you don't position anyone by hand.

Getting around the canvas

Drag anywhere on the canvas to pan, and scroll to zoom. In the corner you'll find zoom controls: a minus to zoom out, the expand icon to fit the whole tree to your screen, and a plus to zoom in.

Reading a leaf card

Each leaf shows the character's portrait, name, and title. If the character has a status (such as deceased or missing), it appears as a colored dot on the portrait. The optional Faction, Race, and Class lines show beneath the title when you've enabled them in the tree's settings. If a leaf is tied to a character in your Codex, clicking the name jumps to that character's full profile.

Hover Focus

Use the "Hover Focus" toggle at the top of the tree to make exploring large trees easier. When it's on, hovering over a leaf highlights that person's closest connections and fades the rest of the tree, so you can trace a line at a glance. This setting is personal to you and applies to every family tree you view, so flip it on or off whenever you like.

Tree links (signposts)

Some trees include signpost nodes that read "This line continues on" followed by another tree's name. These are pointers to a connected family tree elsewhere in your campaign — click one to jump straight to that tree. They're handy for splitting a sprawling dynasty across several trees. See Managing Connections for how to add them.

Editing from the tree

If you're a GM or AncestryManager, each leaf card has a green pencil icon for jumping straight into Edit Leaf, and the buttons at the top of the page let you "Edit Tree", add a "New Leaf", or open "Manage Connections".