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Basic operations with mind maps

Once a new mind map editor is open, you can see a default Central Topic. This will be your mind map root Topic.

Selecting Topic

You can select a single Topic by left-clicking on it or multiple Topics by Ctrl/Cmd + right-click and drag or Ctrl/Cmd + left-click on it.

Adding a new Topic / Subtopic 

You can use the button  for adding Subtopic or button  for adding new Topic from the top menu, or directly on the node. You can use the Enter or Tab keyboard buttons too:

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Edit existing Topic in the mind map

 You can rename any Topic by selecting it and then start typing.

After you finished editing just press Enter (or click anywhere in the editor) and all changes are immediately visible.

Your Topic can have multiple lines, just press Shift + Enter.

Moving Subtopics

You can move subtopic from one Topic to Another by dragging it.

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Copy and Paste Topic(s)

Select Topics, press Ctrl and Drag for copying under the target Topic

Deleting Topic

You can use Remove Selected button  or you can press Delete / Backspace button on selected Topic. This operation will also delete all Subtopics.

Other operations with the mind map

Copy and Paste text

With the selected Topic, you can Paste any text from various applications as a new Subtopics. The structured text will create a new Subtopic for each paragraph or list item (all Subtopics will be inserted on the same mind map level).

If you Copy several Topics and Subtopics from the EasyMind editor, you can Paste them as a structured list into any other text editor.

If you copy mind map above as the text, the output is:

Styling your mind map

Your mind map can be customized in many ways. In this section, you find information about mind map formatting options in EasyMind.

Mind map Structure

In the vertical General menu you can choose which structure of the mind map, you want to use. There are six structures implemented in EasyMind: Balanced Map, Custom Map, Org (up), Org (down), Logic Chart (left) and Logic Chart (right). Selecting one of these options determines how the Topics will be linked to the root Topic. Only one structure can be active at any given moment.

Background color

You can setup backgroung color using color picker button in the vertical main menu:

Text formatting

You can setup text format of the node using node menu which can be opened using following button:

Node menu looks like:

and you can control various properties of Topic text. You can change Font family, set the text to be Bold, Italic, Strike-through, change Font size or edit Font color.

Color palette is also implemented for other coloring options (Topic background, Line color) it can be opened by clicking on the icon.

Topic shape

Topic shape can be manipulated from Shape and line section of the Node menu. By clicking on Shape icon you can select from six presets: Capsule, Round Rectangle, Rectangle, Underline, Ellipse and Diamond. If you select multiple Topics before editing, changes are applied on all of them at once.

Line Style

In Shape and line section of the Node menu you can set Shape and Thickness of each line that is connecting Topic to all its Subtopics. There are four available shapes: Straight, Curve, Elbow and None.

Copy / Paste / Delete formatting

You can Copy and Paste Topic formatting by selecting Topic, clicking on the button

and then clicking on Topic where you want to apply the same format. You can apply this copied format on multiple Topics by Ctrl/Cmd + dragging over them.

All formatting changes for selected Topic(s) are deleted by clicking on the button Reset format.

Floating Topics

By dragging Topic out of reach of others it will become Floating Topic. The Floating Topic has its own structure independent of the main Central Topic.

You can also create Floating Topic using the Add Floating Topic button  when no other Topic is selected. The newly created Floating Topic is placed in the default position above Central Topic.