▶ Take the 60-second tour
⌘K = every command — if you remember one thing, remember this: type what you want to do, the palette finds the action and teaches you its shortcut. It also opens your other maps.
Tab child · Enter sibling · F2/double-click to edit
Del delete · Space collapse · F fit · Esc exit focus
▶ Present (F5): full screen, one slide at a time — ←/→ or click, Esc to come back. O flies out to the whole map — click any topic to dive straight into it (the deck also ends there, ready for questions). The bar and the pointer fade away when the mouse rests — move it to bring them back. On a map: one slide per node, in map order (collapse a branch to leave it out; 🔍 Focus to present one branch only). On a board: one slide per element, in reading order
Speaker notes: N shows the node's 📝 note plus what comes next — write them while you build the map. The clock in the bar takes a target duration in one click
📋 Kanban: the same map read by status — drag a card with the mouse or a long press (it moves the node in the plan too), ↑↓←→ move around, ⌘←/⌘→ change column, ⌘↑/⌘↓ reorder, Space tick, Enter open the card (sub-tasks, note, link), F2 rename, N new card, Del take it off the board (⇧Del deletes the node), / filter, G go to it on the map, Esc back · ⋯ on a column = rename, reorder, WIP limit, empty it
🗓 Gantt: right-click a node → 📅 Schedule (one date = a milestone), then the Gantt button shows every dated node as a bar — same map, nothing converted, Esc back
🗺 Map links: right-click → Link to another map — the purple badge jumps between maps · ⌘K → “Library graph” shows which map links to which
My library, two ways: on the home screen the ▦ / ☰ buttons show your folders, 🗺 draws the whole library as a mind map — a folder is a branch, a document is a leaf. Click a document to open it, a folder to fold/unfold its branch, its › to go inside. Search and the type filters drive both views; drag to pan, ⌘/pinch to zoom, ⤢ Fit to see everything
⌘Z undo · ⌘⇧Z redo
Selection: ⬚ Select in the bar (or V) then drag a box on the map · ⌘A all · ⇧click add/remove · ⇧drag lassoes without arming anything · right-click inside a multi-selection = colour, text size, priority, state, due date on all of them at once
Drop on the centre of a node = child · on the top/bottom edge = insert before/after
⌘↑/⌘↓ reorder siblings · ⌘S save to file · wheel = zoom
1–6 priority (0 to clear, click the badge = next)
S state — to do ▸ in progress ▸ on hold ▸ blocked ▸ dropped ▸ done ▸ none (right-click for the whole row, ⌘K for a state by name) · 📅 due and 👤 who are one click away in the same right-click menu
Images: the 📷 button, ⌘V paste, or drop a file · move/resize with the mouse · ⌘C/⌘X/⌘V and right-click copy them, on maps and boards alike
Stickies: the 🗒 button · double-click to type · right-click = colour
📊 Import a list: right-click a node → Import a list, or drop a .csv / .xlsx straight onto it — one row becomes one child, and each extra column becomes a sub-node, a note, a 📅 date, a 👤 assignee or a 🃏 kanban column
🤖 Copilot: describe what you need in plain words — the AI proposes a structure (map branches, or a diagram with connections), preview before adding, ⌘Z undoes everything
Board (🎨 in “My maps”): P pencil · R/O/D shapes (D = diamond, a decision) · A arrow (dropped on a shape = anchors to it and follows) · T/double-click for text
Board+: ⌘C/⌘X/⌘V copy-cut-paste (images included) · ⌘D duplicate · arrow keys = move (⇧ = faster) · +/− text size · right-click = colour, thickness, copy/paste, duplicate, z-order, send to a map · Esc = select tool
Highlight an image: drop a rectangle or an ellipse over it, then right-click → Fill: Tinted (translucent wash) or None (outline only) — the outline takes the colour you picked
Snapping: elements align as you drag (pink guides) — Alt = free · ]/[ front / back · 🗺 → Map = build a map (anchored arrows = hierarchy)
Right-click a node = colour, priority, note, task, actions
🛟 Keep my maps on my computer: in “My maps” — copies the whole library into a folder on your disk