Append menu

Append the next element from one panel that shows your element templates next to the plain BPMN elements.

Templates on the left, BPMN elements on the right, one search bar for both.

Open the menu

1. Select an element on the canvas, for example a service task.
2. Click Append element (the three-dot button) in the context pad, or press A.
3. Click a template to append a preconfigured element, or click a BPMN element to append a plain one.

The Append element button in the context pad.

What the panel shows

Area	Use
Search bar	Filters both sides. Templates match on name, description, keywords, category and the BPMN types they apply to; elements match on label, description and keywords.
Category chips	One chip per template category. Click to filter, click again or All to reset.
Template list	Name, BPMN type icon, category badge and the template's own icon. Hover a card to see its implementation (Java class, delegate, topic, …), property count and documentation link.
BPMN palette	Standard elements grouped as gateways, tasks, sub-processes, events and data. Icons only by default; the chevron next to BPMN shows labels. On Camunda 7 and 8, hover an element, or move to it with the arrow keys, to see what it is for.
Favourites	Pinned elements at the top of the palette (see below).

Searching for a type name such as "service task" also lists every template that applies to that type. On Camunda 8, element keywords work too: "child process" finds the call activity.

A search filters templates and BPMN elements together.

Hover a template to see its implementation and property count.

Templates for several element types

A template that applies to one type is appended on click. A template that applies to several types (for example service task and call activity) is selected first: the palette then enables only the matching types, and you click the one to create.

Favourites

Pin up to six elements at the top of the palette:

Setting	Default
miragon.bpmnModeler.favouriteBpmnElements	["bpmn:ServiceTask", "bpmn:UserTask", "bpmn:CallActivity", "bpmn:ExclusiveGateway"]

Favourites follow the same search and type filtering as the rest of the palette.

The palette with labels shown.

Keyboard

Key	Action
↓ / ↑	Move through the template list or the BPMN palette
← / →	Switch between the template list and the BPMN palette
Enter	Apply the focused template or element
Esc	Close without applying (a click outside does the same)

Next steps

• Flow navigation: walk the diagram with the keyboard, then append with A.
• Element templates: where templates come from and how to write them.
• Template marketplace: share templates across projects.