Markings
A marking is anything an operator draws on the map: a pin, a line, a circle or an area. One area can be the area of operations (AO). Every marking is one shared Mainframe document with a kind, a shape, a colour, an optional dash, tags and notes, so every Terminal sees the same drawing and the same notes.
| Kind | Shape | Default look | Read by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pin | a point | blue glyph with its name | — |
| Line | two or more vertices | blue solid | — |
| Circle | a centre and a radius | blue, light fill | TAK export |
| Area | a polygon | blue solid, filled in its own outline colour | the AO: coverage grid extent, map centre and Home; TAK export |
An area’s fill is always its outline colour; the dash is a per-marking choice. The AO is the area named in Mainframe Settings → Configuration → Workspace → Area of operations. The Markings panel tags it AO, and the map draws it with a faint fill so it does not tint the whole map. With no AO there is no coverage grid and Home falls back to the Workspace map centre; deleting the AO asks first and says so.
Create and edit
Section titled “Create and edit”Right-click the map for Add Pin Here and New Marking ▸ Line, Circle or Area; the Plan menu, the Markings panel’s New menu and the command palette offer every kind. Lines and polygons are drawn vertex by vertex and finished with Enter; a circle or pin takes one click for its centre, which can then be dragged. The editor sets the name, colour, dash and, for circles, the radius. Save creates the document; a conflicting edit from another Terminal shows a toast instead of overwriting.
Click a marking to select it (a ring shows the selection), double-click it in the Markings panel to edit its geometry, right-click it anywhere for its actions: show on map, edit, rename or restyle (name, colour, dash, tags), duplicate, copy MGRS, delete. Deleting a pin, line or circle never asks; the toast offers Undo for six seconds. Deleting an area asks first and has no Undo, since the AO and the coverage grid may depend on it.
The Markings panel shows each marking’s notes with the author and time. Type in the composer and press Enter to add one; Shift+Enter breaks a line. Typing @ opens a picker of things to mention: people online, aircraft, other entities, markings, missions, captures, clips, chat groups, voice rooms, the current time (or the playhead in review, or a clock time you type), and coordinates you type. A mention renders as a chip that resolves live, so a renamed callsign shows its new name: click an aircraft to select it and centre the map, a marking or mission to select and fit it, a capture or clip to open it, a time to review that moment, a coordinate to pan there; right-click a chip for its actions (a coordinate offers Pin Here and Copy MGRS). A chip whose object is gone stays muted with the name it was written with.
Hover a note to react (a quick row of eight emoji, and a search over every emoji served by Terminal itself), to edit your own (the row then shows edited), to copy it as text with @names, or to delete your own. A reaction chip shows its emoji and count; clicking it toggles yours. Notes on markings, on captures and on clips are the same kit with the same author colours, and the Selection panel shows them in a compact form with React and Delete.
Layers
Section titled “Layers”The map’s layer popover has one Markings switch for everything drawn; the eye on each kind in the Markings panel hides only that kind.
Controller
Section titled “Controller”On a DualSense, Triangle, Circle, Square and Cross drop pins A, B, C and D at the aircraft’s current position (marking.pinAt).