Arranging the map

The Arrange button in the map toolbar tidies the nodes back into a tree. It always shows the style currently applied, and each press switches to the next one: wide → compact → around center.

Three styles, one button

Wide (classic) — the whole tree in rows; clearest for smaller maps.
Compact, fits the page — groups of goals alternate between two levels and the map gets noticeably narrower; handy when a project has many small goals side by side.
Around center — on a fresh map, where the project has just a row of cards under it, the cards are placed around the main node (left, bottom, right) instead of one wide row. Once the map has depth, whole categories spread into two bands including their goals and the map reads as blocks of "what belongs where". A new category simply continues the rhythm, existing ones do not reshuffle.

A map arranged with the Compact style: groups of goals alternating between two levels — Compact — a wide map folds into two levels.

A map arranged Around center: categories with their goals in two bands — Around center on a map with depth — categories spread into two bands.

A fresh map arranged Around center: cards wrap around the main node from the left, bottom and right — Around center on a fresh map — the cards wrap around the project instead of forming one wide row.

Arranging only rewrites positions — content, branch structure and the manual order of siblings stay. Manually moved nodes snap back into the chosen style. After arranging, the view centres itself, so you never lose your place; the frame button next to it zooms out to the whole map at any time.

Locking a style by holding the button

Press and hold the button to lock a style for every map — the button changes colour and each map opens in the locked style, including maps with hand-placed nodes. Another press releases the lock. The lock is stored on your account, so it applies on your other devices too — and it only redraws the map: it never touches saved data.

On a phone

On a narrow screen the button shrinks to just its icon — the style name does not fit the toolbar. You lose no information, though: the icon is always the icon of the style currently on the map. The controls stay the same — a tap switches to the next style, and holding the button locks the style (the button changes colour and looks pressed in). And because the lock is stored on your account, a style locked on your computer applies on your phone too — and the other way round.

A map on a phone in the Compact style: groups of goals alternating between two levels on a narrow screen — Compact — the most useful style on a narrow screen.

A map on a phone in the Around center style: cards placed around the main node, the Arrange button locked and coloured — Around center with the style locked — the pressed-in button keeps the style on every device.

Readability — three text sizes in nodes
The canvas — layout, search and the other tools
The map and goals — the overview of the whole map

Arranging the map ​

Three styles, one button ​

Locking a style by holding the button ​

On a phone ​

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Arranging the map

Three styles, one button

Locking a style by holding the button

On a phone

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