Mind map editor

Edit your outline as a mind map, synced to Markdown. No new file format, no markup to add.

Demo: reordering and reparenting nodes by drag & drop, checking off a task, and renaming a node - all saved back to the Markdown file live

Open a Markdown file.
Press Ctrl+P (Cmd+P on macOS) and run Open mind map for the active file (or click the ribbon icon). Any note's map also opens from Open mind map linked to this note on its right-click menu, in the file explorer or on its tab.
The map opens beside the note on desktop, or in another tab on mobile.

Markdown-native maps - Headings and lists form the map; edits write back to the same note.
Direct editing - Add, rename, delete, multi-select, and drag nodes with undo/redo support.
Tasks and folds - Add task notes, track and sync subtasks, collapse branches, and optionally hide completed tasks.
Rich node text - Show body text with inline Markdown, links, and image previews.
Map/editor sync - Selection, cursor position, folds, and wikilinks stay in sync.
Flexible views - Zoom, pan, fit, and reopen each map at its saved position.
Link and Auto-open - Link a map to a Markdown tab, or reopen it automatically with a note.
Node bookmarks - Save important nodes and jump back from the map header. The plugin follows identifiable edits made in Obsidian even while the map is closed.
Visual hierarchy - Depth, headings, and neighboring branch colors remain easy to distinguish.

Active while the mind map pane is focused.

Key	Action
`↑` / `↓`	Select previous / next sibling, or walk the node's text line by line
`←` / `→`	Select parent / first child
`Ctrl/Cmd + ←/→`	Collapse / expand the selected branch (also in the right-click menu)
`Shift + ↑/↓`	Move the node among its siblings
`Enter`	Add a sibling (a child on the root)
`Tab`	Add a child
`F2`	Rename the node
`Shift + F2`	Add or edit the node's note
`Space`	Toggle the selected task's checkbox
`Ctrl/Cmd + B`	Add or remove a bookmark for the selected node
`Delete` / `Backspace`	Delete the selected node(s) and their subtrees
`Ctrl/Cmd + Z` / `+ ⇧Z`	Undo / redo, through the Markdown pane's history - or one step of the map's own when the note is only open for reading
`Esc`	End an edit, then clear the body-line and node selections

Back/forward use Obsidian's own Navigate back / forward command: Ctrl + Alt + ←/→ (Cmd + Option + ←/→ on macOS).

None of these come with a hotkey; bind the ones you want in Settings → Hotkeys.

Command	What it does
`Open mind map for the active file`	Same as the ribbon icon
`Open mind map linked to the active file`	Desktop: opens a map tied to the active Markdown tab
`Fit mind map to viewport`	Fits the whole map in the viewport and centers it
`Toggle focus between mind map and Markdown editor`	Jumps between the two panes
`Collapse all branches` / `Expand all branches`	The `⌄⌃` header button, one direction at a time
`Fold all node text` / `Unfold all node text`	The `≡` header button, likewise
`Show or hide node text on the map`	The `¶` header button
`Refresh the mind map from the Markdown`	The `⟳` header button: rebuilds the map from its file

Settings → Mind map editor:

Hide completed tasks by default / Show node text by default - What a map starts with; each one is then switched on its own from its header (✓✓, ¶).
Sync collapse state with Markdown folding (default on) - An editing pane folds both ways; a reading pane follows along by its headings. List folding also follows Obsidian's Editor → Fold settings.
Split direction - Side by side / stacked, for any pane the plugin splits open. A map that can join one already there opens as a tab instead, wherever that pane sits.
Remember linked maps (default off) - Enable Auto-open when explicitly linking a map.
Close linked map with source (default off) - Close a linked map with its Markdown tab.
Remove all node bookmarks - Remove every saved node bookmark from every note.
Branch colors - Custom family palette, one CSS color per line.

Building, testing and releasing the plugin: docs/DEVELOPMENT.md.

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