Canva Object Editor Imposes Frustrating Interaction Limits
Users report that Canva design canvas has numerous interaction limitations: aggressive zoom caps, camera view that snaps unexpectedly on selection, no persistent object-size display, oversensitive move/resize/rotate detection, a hard cap of 20 objects at once, and no true multi-select for touching elements. Together these constraints make precise design work slow and frustrating within Canva own editor.
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