diff --git a/src/flowchart/flowchart-canvas.js b/src/flowchart/flowchart-canvas.js
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+/**
+ * SVG canvas for the flow chart editor.
+ *
+ * Owns an <svg class="flowchart-canvas"> mounted into the supplied container.
+ * Subscribes to the store; re-renders on every change. Listens for pointer
+ * events on nodes/edges to drive drag, label-edit, and context-menu actions.
+ *
+ * Hand-rolled SVG — no D3, no Konva. Hit-testing via `data-node-id` /
+ * `data-edge-id` attributes. Pure DOM module: no globals.
+ *
+ * @module flowchart-canvas
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const { DEFAULT_WIDTH, DEFAULT_HEIGHT, shapeSvg, SHAPE_KINDS } = require('./flowchart-shapes');
+
+const SVG_NS = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';
+
+function svgEl(tag, attrs = {}) {
+  const el = document.createElementNS(SVG_NS, tag);
+  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(attrs)) {
+    if (v === null || v === undefined) continue;
+    el.setAttribute(k, String(v));
+  }
+  return el;
+}
+
+function edgeStyle(kind) {
+  if (kind === 'dotted') return { 'stroke-dasharray': '4,4', 'stroke-width': 1 };
+  if (kind === 'thick') return { 'stroke-width': 3 };
+  return { 'stroke-width': 1 };
+}
+
+function nodeCenter(node) {
+  return { x: node.x + DEFAULT_WIDTH / 2, y: node.y + DEFAULT_HEIGHT / 2 };
+}
+
+function createCanvas(container, store, opts = {}) {
+  const svg = svgEl('svg', {
+    class: 'flowchart-canvas',
+    width: '100%',
+    height: '100%',
+    viewBox: '0 0 1000 700',
+    role: 'img',
+    'aria-label': 'Flow chart canvas',
+  });
+  container.appendChild(svg);
+
+  // Layer order: edges first (under nodes), then nodes.
+  const edgesLayer = svgEl('g', { class: 'flowchart-edges' });
+  const nodesLayer = svgEl('g', { class: 'flowchart-nodes' });
+  svg.appendChild(edgesLayer);
+  svg.appendChild(nodesLayer);
+
+  let selectedNodeId = null;
+  let selectedEdgeId = null;
+  let unsubscribe = null;
+  let destroyed = false;
+
+  function render() {
+    if (destroyed) return;
+    const graph = store.getGraph();
+    edgesLayer.replaceChildren();
+    nodesLayer.replaceChildren();
+
+    const nodeById = new Map(graph.nodes.map((n) => [n.id, n]));
+
+    for (const edge of graph.edges) {
+      const from = nodeById.get(edge.fromNodeId);
+      const to = nodeById.get(edge.toNodeId);
+      if (!from || !to) continue;
+      const fc = nodeCenter(from);
+      const tc = nodeCenter(to);
+      const line = svgEl('line', {
+        x1: fc.x,
+        y1: fc.y,
+        x2: tc.x,
+        y2: tc.y,
+        stroke: 'currentColor',
+        'data-edge-id': edge.id,
+        ...edgeStyle(edge.kind),
+        class: 'flowchart-edge' + (edge.id === selectedEdgeId ? ' selected' : ''),
+      });
+      edgesLayer.appendChild(line);
+      if (edge.label) {
+        const mx = (fc.x + tc.x) / 2;
+        const my = (fc.y + tc.y) / 2;
+        const bg = svgEl('rect', {
+          x: mx - 20,
+          y: my - 8,
+          width: 40,
+          height: 16,
+          fill: 'var(--bg-primary, #fff)',
+          'data-edge-label-bg': edge.id,
+        });
+        edgesLayer.appendChild(bg);
+        const t = svgEl('text', {
+          x: mx,
+          y: my + 4,
+          'text-anchor': 'middle',
+          'font-size': 11,
+          fill: 'currentColor',
+          'data-edge-label': edge.id,
+        });
+        t.textContent = edge.label;
+        edgesLayer.appendChild(t);
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (const node of graph.nodes) {
+      const g = svgEl('g', {
+        'data-node-id': node.id,
+        transform: `translate(${node.x},${node.y})`,
+        class: 'flowchart-node' + (node.id === selectedNodeId ? ' selected' : ''),
+        tabindex: '0',
+        'aria-label': `${node.kind}: ${node.label || '(no label)'}`,
+      });
+      g.innerHTML = shapeSvg(node.kind, 0, 0, DEFAULT_WIDTH, DEFAULT_HEIGHT);
+      const text = svgEl('text', {
+        x: DEFAULT_WIDTH / 2,
+        y: DEFAULT_HEIGHT / 2 + 4,
+        'text-anchor': 'middle',
+        'font-size': 13,
+        fill: 'currentColor',
+        'pointer-events': 'none',
+      });
+      text.textContent = node.label || ' ';
+      g.appendChild(text);
+      nodesLayer.appendChild(g);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ----- pointer events -----
+  let dragState = null;
+
+  function getSvgPoint(clientX, clientY) {
+    const rect = svg.getBoundingClientRect();
+    // Naive linear mapping into the viewBox (works in jsdom and roughly in
+    // production for the bounded viewport; v2 can add proper screenCTM).
+    const vb = svg.viewBox.baseVal;
+    const scaleX = vb.width / rect.width;
+    const scaleY = vb.height / rect.height;
+    return { x: (clientX - rect.left) * scaleX, y: (clientY - rect.top) * scaleY };
+  }
+
+  function onPointerDown(ev) {
+    const nodeG = ev.target.closest('g[data-node-id]');
+    if (nodeG) {
+      const nodeId = nodeG.getAttribute('data-node-id');
+      const node = store.getGraph().nodes.find((n) => n.id === nodeId);
+      if (!node) return;
+      selectedNodeId = nodeId;
+      selectedEdgeId = null;
+      const start = getSvgPoint(ev.clientX, ev.clientY);
+      if (ev.altKey) {
+        // Alt+drag = create a new edge from this node to wherever the pointer
+        // is released. Track source node only; movement does not move nodes.
+        dragState = { mode: 'connect', sourceNodeId: nodeId };
+      } else {
+        dragState = {
+          mode: 'move',
+          nodeId,
+          startX: node.x,
+          startY: node.y,
+          pointerX: start.x,
+          pointerY: start.y,
+        };
+      }
+      ev.preventDefault();
+      return;
+    }
+    const edgeLine = ev.target.closest('line[data-edge-id]');
+    if (edgeLine) {
+      selectedEdgeId = edgeLine.getAttribute('data-edge-id');
+      selectedNodeId = null;
+      if (typeof opts.onEdgeClick === 'function') {
+        opts.onEdgeClick(selectedEdgeId, ev);
+      }
+      ev.preventDefault();
+      return;
+    }
+    // Click on empty canvas: add a process node at the click point.
+    if (ev.target === svg || ev.target === nodesLayer || ev.target === edgesLayer) {
+      const p = getSvgPoint(ev.clientX, ev.clientY);
+      const x = Math.max(0, p.x - DEFAULT_WIDTH / 2);
+      const y = Math.max(0, p.y - DEFAULT_HEIGHT / 2);
+      store.addNode({ kind: 'process', x, y, label: 'Node' });
+      ev.preventDefault();
+    }
+  }
+
+  function onPointerMove(ev) {
+    if (!dragState) return;
+    if (dragState.mode === 'move') {
+      const p = getSvgPoint(ev.clientX, ev.clientY);
+      const dx = p.x - dragState.pointerX;
+      const dy = p.y - dragState.pointerY;
+      store.moveNode(dragState.nodeId, dragState.startX + dx, dragState.startY + dy);
+    }
+    // connect-mode: visual feedback deferred to v2 (no preview line yet).
+  }
+
+  function onPointerUp(ev) {
+    if (dragState && dragState.mode === 'connect') {
+      const targetG = ev.target && ev.target.closest && ev.target.closest('g[data-node-id]');
+      if (targetG) {
+        const targetId = targetG.getAttribute('data-node-id');
+        if (targetId && targetId !== dragState.sourceNodeId) {
+          try {
+            store.connect(dragState.sourceNodeId, targetId, 'solid');
+          } catch {
+            // Connect throws on self-loop; canvas silently ignores.
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    dragState = null;
+  }
+
+  function onDblClick(ev) {
+    const nodeG = ev.target.closest('g[data-node-id]');
+    if (!nodeG) return;
+    const nodeId = nodeG.getAttribute('data-node-id');
+    const node = store.getGraph().nodes.find((n) => n.id === nodeId);
+    if (!node) return;
+    // Inline-edit overlay: foreignObject-free — just use a positioned HTML
+    // <input> overlaid on top of the node, in the canvas's parent.
+    const input = document.createElement('input');
+    input.type = 'text';
+    input.value = node.label;
+    input.className = 'flowchart-label-input';
+    const rect = nodeG.getBoundingClientRect();
+    input.style.position = 'fixed';
+    input.style.left = `${rect.left}px`;
+    input.style.top = `${rect.top}px`;
+    input.style.width = `${rect.width}px`;
+    input.style.height = `${rect.height}px`;
+    container.appendChild(input);
+    input.focus();
+    input.select();
+    const finish = (commit) => {
+      if (commit) store.setNodeLabel(nodeId, input.value);
+      input.remove();
+    };
+    input.addEventListener('blur', () => finish(true));
+    input.addEventListener('keydown', (kev) => {
+      if (kev.key === 'Enter') finish(true);
+      else if (kev.key === 'Escape') finish(false);
+    });
+    ev.preventDefault();
+  }
+
+  function onContextMenu(ev) {
+    const nodeG = ev.target.closest('g[data-node-id]');
+    if (nodeG) {
+      const nodeId = nodeG.getAttribute('data-node-id');
+      ev.preventDefault();
+      if (typeof opts.onShapeMenu === 'function') opts.onShapeMenu(nodeId, ev);
+    }
+  }
+
+  svg.addEventListener('pointerdown', onPointerDown);
+  window.addEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove);
+  window.addEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp);
+  svg.addEventListener('dblclick', onDblClick);
+  svg.addEventListener('contextmenu', onContextMenu);
+
+  unsubscribe = store.subscribe(render);
+  render();
+
+  function destroy() {
+    if (destroyed) return;
+    destroyed = true;
+    if (typeof unsubscribe === 'function') unsubscribe();
+    svg.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onPointerDown);
+    window.removeEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove);
+    window.removeEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp);
+    svg.removeEventListener('dblclick', onDblClick);
+    svg.removeEventListener('contextmenu', onContextMenu);
+    svg.remove();
+  }
+
+  return { destroy, getSvg: () => svg };
+}
+
+module.exports = { createCanvas, SHAPE_KINDS };
diff --git a/tests/flowchart-canvas.test.js b/tests/flowchart-canvas.test.js
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+/**
+ * @jest-environment jsdom
+ */
+const { create } = require('../src/flowchart/flowchart-store');
+const { createCanvas } = require('../src/flowchart/flowchart-canvas');
+
+function makeStore(graph) {
+  const store = create({
+    persistencePath: '/tmp/x.json',
+    readFile: async () => null,
+    writeFile: async () => undefined,
+    now: () => 0,
+  });
+  if (graph) store.deserialize(JSON.stringify(graph));
+  return store;
+}
+
+function mount(store) {
+  const container = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+  const api = createCanvas(container, store, {
+    onEdgeClick: jest.fn(),
+    onShapeMenu: jest.fn(),
+  });
+  return { container, api };
+}
+
+describe('flowchart-canvas: rendering', () => {
+  test('mounts an <svg> inside the container', () => {
+    const store = makeStore();
+    const { container } = mount(store);
+    expect(container.querySelector('svg.flowchart-canvas')).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test('renders one <g data-node-id> per node', () => {
+    const store = makeStore({
+      nodes: [
+        { id: 'n1', kind: 'process', x: 10, y: 20, label: 'A' },
+        { id: 'n2', kind: 'decision', x: 50, y: 50, label: 'B' },
+        { id: 'n3', kind: 'terminator', x: 90, y: 80, label: 'C' },
+      ],
+      edges: [],
+    });
+    const { container } = mount(store);
+    const groups = container.querySelectorAll('g[data-node-id]');
+    expect(groups).toHaveLength(3);
+  });
+
+  test('renders edges as <line> elements', () => {
+    const store = makeStore({
+      nodes: [
+        { id: 'n1', kind: 'process', x: 10, y: 20, label: 'A' },
+        { id: 'n2', kind: 'process', x: 100, y: 100, label: 'B' },
+      ],
+      edges: [{ id: 'e1', fromNodeId: 'n1', toNodeId: 'n2', kind: 'solid' }],
+    });
+    const { container } = mount(store);
+    expect(container.querySelectorAll('line[data-edge-id]')).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  test('thick edges get stroke-width="3"', () => {
+    const store = makeStore({
+      nodes: [
+        { id: 'n1', kind: 'process', x: 10, y: 20, label: 'A' },
+        { id: 'n2', kind: 'process', x: 100, y: 100, label: 'B' },
+      ],
+      edges: [{ id: 'e1', fromNodeId: 'n1', toNodeId: 'n2', kind: 'thick' }],
+    });
+    const { container } = mount(store);
+    const line = container.querySelector('line[data-edge-id]');
+    expect(line.getAttribute('stroke-width')).toBe('3');
+  });
+
+  test('dotted edges get stroke-dasharray', () => {
+    const store = makeStore({
+      nodes: [
+        { id: 'n1', kind: 'process', x: 10, y: 20, label: 'A' },
+        { id: 'n2', kind: 'process', x: 100, y: 100, label: 'B' },
+      ],
+      edges: [{ id: 'e1', fromNodeId: 'n1', toNodeId: 'n2', kind: 'dotted' }],
+    });
+    const { container } = mount(store);
+    const line = container.querySelector('line[data-edge-id]');
+    expect(line.getAttribute('stroke-dasharray')).toBe('4,4');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('flowchart-canvas: pointer events', () => {
+  function stubLayout(container, nodes) {
+    // Match the SVG viewBox (1000 x 700) so client→svg mapping is 1:1.
+    container.querySelector('svg').getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+      width: 1000,
+      height: 700,
+      top: 0,
+      left: 0,
+      bottom: 700,
+      right: 1000,
+    });
+    for (const n of nodes) {
+      const g = container.querySelector(`g[data-node-id="${n.id}"]`);
+      g.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+        x: n.x,
+        y: n.y,
+        width: 80,
+        height: 40,
+        top: n.y,
+        left: n.x,
+        bottom: n.y + 40,
+        right: n.x + 80,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  function dispatch(target, type, opts) {
+    const ev = new Event(type, { bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
+    Object.assign(ev, opts || {});
+    target.dispatchEvent(ev);
+  }
+
+  test('pointerdown + pointermove + pointerup on a node moves it', () => {
+    const store = makeStore({
+      nodes: [{ id: 'n1', kind: 'process', x: 100, y: 100, label: 'A' }],
+      edges: [],
+    });
+    const { container } = mount(store);
+    const nodeG = container.querySelector('g[data-node-id="n1"]');
+    stubLayout(container, [{ id: 'n1', x: 100, y: 100 }]);
+    dispatch(nodeG, 'pointerdown', { clientX: 120, clientY: 110, pointerId: 1 });
+    dispatch(nodeG, 'pointermove', { clientX: 170, clientY: 160, pointerId: 1 });
+    dispatch(nodeG, 'pointerup', { clientX: 170, clientY: 160, pointerId: 1 });
+    const moved = store.getGraph().nodes.find((n) => n.id === 'n1');
+    expect(moved.x).toBe(150);
+    expect(moved.y).toBe(150);
+  });
+
+  test('Alt+drag from node A center to node B creates a solid edge', () => {
+    const store = makeStore({
+      nodes: [
+        { id: 'n1', kind: 'process', x: 100, y: 100, label: 'A' },
+        { id: 'n2', kind: 'process', x: 400, y: 100, label: 'B' },
+      ],
+      edges: [],
+    });
+    const { container } = mount(store);
+    stubLayout(container, [
+      { id: 'n1', x: 100, y: 100 },
+      { id: 'n2', x: 400, y: 100 },
+    ]);
+    const a = container.querySelector('g[data-node-id="n1"]');
+    const b = container.querySelector('g[data-node-id="n2"]');
+    dispatch(a, 'pointerdown', { clientX: 140, clientY: 120, altKey: true, pointerId: 1 });
+    // pointermove over node B's center
+    dispatch(a, 'pointermove', { clientX: 440, clientY: 120, altKey: true, pointerId: 1 });
+    // pointerup on node B
+    dispatch(b, 'pointerup', { clientX: 440, clientY: 120, altKey: true, pointerId: 1 });
+    expect(store.getGraph().edges).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(store.getGraph().edges[0]).toMatchObject({
+      fromNodeId: 'n1',
+      toNodeId: 'n2',
+      kind: 'solid',
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('flowchart-canvas: subscribe re-renders on store change', () => {
+  test('addNode causes a new <g> to appear', () => {
+    const store = makeStore();
+    const { container } = mount(store);
+    expect(container.querySelectorAll('g[data-node-id]')).toHaveLength(0);
+    store.addNode({ kind: 'process', x: 0, y: 0, label: 'New' });
+    expect(container.querySelectorAll('g[data-node-id]')).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('flowchart-canvas: destroy', () => {
+  test('removes the SVG and detaches subscribers', () => {
+    const store = makeStore();
+    const { container, api } = mount(store);
+    api.destroy();
+    expect(container.querySelector('svg.flowchart-canvas')).toBeNull();
+    // After destroy, store changes should not throw inside a detached subscriber.
+    expect(() => store.addNode({ kind: 'process', x: 0, y: 0, label: 'X' })).not.toThrow();
+  });
+});