Open / Create mindmap

A mindmap can be created within any Confluence page, provided you have permission to edit the page.

Mindmap by AmyMind can be inserted like any other macro, using the macro browser. Click the drop down menu in the toolbar with the plugin icon, then click on “Mindmap by AmyMind”.

If “Mindmap by AmyMind” is not directly in this menu, click on “Other macros” or “View more” and then enter “mindmap” in the search field at the top right of the dialog.

The macro is pre-populated with a default mindmap data as below:

Edit Mindmap

Should you want to add text in the following line of the node, press Option ⌥ + Enter.

You can end editing the text in the node by clicking or tapping on the canvas (outside the node) or pressing Enter on a hardware keyboard.

Adding your first idea

Next, we will create a new child node. On a Mac, use your cursor to hover over the main node and reveal the node well (a plus-shaped button next to the node). On iOS, the node well will automatically appear when a node is selected. You can select a node by clicking or tapping on it. Then, click or tap on the node well to create a new child node.

Creating new nodes

Continue brainstorming by adding new child nodes. Another way to do so is by pressing the Tab ⇥ key when a node is selected.

To create nodes at the same level, aka sibling nodes, press Enter with a node selected. On iOS, tapping Enter three times on the software keyboard creates a new sibling node, and tapping Space three times will create a new child node.

To add a node before a node — a parent node — press Shift ⇧ + Tab ⇥.

A new main node might be good for free-floating ideas or big topics. Press Shift ⇧ + Enter to
create one or click/tap on the canvas and select it from the context menu.

• Mac

• iPad

Creating a new main node

Creating a new main node

To delete a node, you can now press Backspace ← or select Delete Node from the action tab in the panel on iOS, or the context menu, which also deletes all child nodes. If you just want to remove that node press Option ⌥ + Backspace ← or select Delete Single Node from the action tab in the panel on iOS. Its child nodes will reconnect to the node before it.

1. change nodes relationship

   1. add child node

   2. add sibling node

   3. move nodes

   4. delete nodes

2. edit a node

   1. change node text

   2. mark the node

   3. note the node

3. interaction

   1. fold/unfold node

   2. fit to window

   3. pan the mindmap

4. others

   1. undo/redo

   2. change the mindmap canvas height: Click the PEN icon below the macro to enter the edit mode.

Save a mindmap

When you finished editing, you can save the diagram by clicking the “Save” button. After saving a diagram, it can be edited at any time - click on the diagram, and then click on the PEN icon in the toolbar.

Export to text