diff --git a/apps/site/src/App.tsx b/apps/site/src/App.tsx
index 585679f..e7593fc 100644
--- a/apps/site/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/site/src/App.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   mono,
   playgroundUrl,
   themeConfig,
+  useCanvasControlTracking,
 } from './playground-shared'
 
 const REPO = 'inkeep/visimer'
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ export default function App() {
   const [type, setType] = useState('flowchart')
   const [skin, setSkin] = useState<'light' | 'dark'>('light')
   const { editor } = useMermaidEditor(PRESETS.flowchart)
+  useCanvasControlTracking()
 
   // Expanding hands off to the dedicated /playground page, carrying the
   // current source in the URL hash so nothing is lost in the jump.
@@ -705,7 +707,7 @@ export default function App() {
                 >
                   <span style={{ fontSize: 12.5, fontWeight: 600, color: paneText }}>Preview</span>
                   <span className="pg-hint-long" style={chromeLabel}>
-                    click to select · double-click to edit · drag empty space to pan · pinch to zoom
+                    click to select · double-click to edit · alt + drag to connect · pinch to zoom
                   </span>
                   <span className="pg-hint-short" style={chromeLabel}>
                     tap to select · double-tap to edit · pinch to zoom
diff --git a/apps/site/src/PlaygroundPage.tsx b/apps/site/src/PlaygroundPage.tsx
index f4d7f1b..cce0bc8 100644
--- a/apps/site/src/PlaygroundPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/site/src/PlaygroundPage.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   encodeCode,
   mono,
   themeConfig,
+  useCanvasControlTracking,
 } from './playground-shared'
 
 /**
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 export default function PlaygroundPage() {
   const initialCode = useMemo(() => codeFromHash(window.location.hash) ?? PRESETS.flowchart, [])
   const { editor } = useMermaidEditor(initialCode)
+  useCanvasControlTracking()
 
   const [skin, setSkin] = useState<'light' | 'dark'>('light')
   const [menuOpen, setMenuOpen] = useState(false)
@@ -312,7 +314,7 @@ export default function PlaygroundPage() {
           >
             <span style={{ fontSize: 12.5, fontWeight: 600, color: paneText }}>Preview</span>
             <span className="pg-hint-long" style={chromeLabel}>
-              click to select · double-click to edit · drag empty space to pan · pinch to zoom
+              click to select · double-click to edit · alt + drag to connect · pinch to zoom
             </span>
             <span className="pg-hint-short" style={chromeLabel}>
               tap to select · double-tap to edit · pinch to zoom
diff --git a/apps/site/src/analytics.ts b/apps/site/src/analytics.ts
index a9841ef..5b64f8d 100644
--- a/apps/site/src/analytics.ts
+++ b/apps/site/src/analytics.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ if (key) {
 }
 
 export function track(event: string, properties?: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  // dev only: mirror event names onto the window so wiring is verifiable
+  // in the browser without a key or a network tap
+  if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
+    const w = window as unknown as { __phEvents?: string[] }
+    ;(w.__phEvents ??= []).push(event)
+  }
   if (!key) return
   posthog.capture(event, properties)
 }
diff --git a/apps/site/src/playground-shared.tsx b/apps/site/src/playground-shared.tsx
index 32854a7..94b1b60 100644
--- a/apps/site/src/playground-shared.tsx
+++ b/apps/site/src/playground-shared.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 import { EditorView } from '@codemirror/view'
 import { MermaidCodeMirror } from '@visimer/codemirror'
 import type { MermaidWysiwygEditor } from '@visimer/core'
+import { track } from './analytics'
 
 /** Sample diagrams + chrome shared by the inline demo and /playground. */
 
@@ -178,6 +179,26 @@ export function CodeMirrorPane({ editor }: { editor: MermaidWysiwygEditor }) {
   return <div ref={hostRef} className="demo-cm" />
 }
 
+/**
+ * Tracks clicks on the canvas corner zoom controls (zoom in / zoom out /
+ * fit). The buttons are rendered by @visimer/dom, so the site listens by
+ * delegation instead of teaching the package about analytics.
+ */
+export function useCanvasControlTracking() {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onClick = (e: MouseEvent) => {
+      const btn = (e.target as Element | null)?.closest?.('.mw-zoom-btn')
+      if (!btn) return
+      const title = btn.getAttribute('title') ?? ''
+      const control = /out/i.test(title) ? 'zoom-out' : /in\b/i.test(title) ? 'zoom-in' : 'fit'
+      track('canvas_zoom_control', { control })
+    }
+    // capture phase: the package's buttons stopPropagation on their clicks
+    document.addEventListener('click', onClick, true)
+    return () => document.removeEventListener('click', onClick, true)
+  }, [])
+}
+
 // ---- code <-> URL hash codec ----
 // The playground keeps the current source in `#code=<base64url(utf8)>` so the
 // address bar is always a share link. No compression: sample-sized diagrams