10 Branch Styles & Sub Mind Map Collapse¶

🧩MarginNote 4 supports many styles of mind map branches. Choose a branch style based on the structure of your content:

Hierarchical: topic → subtopic → key point

Tree 0/1/2/3/4

Subject knowledge trees; topics and subtopics in literature reviews

Process / timeline: Step 1 → 2 → 3, or today → tomorrow

Line 0/1/2

Study-plan timelines, project milestones, algorithm/operation step sequences, experiment process logs

Comparison: Option A vs B, pros vs cons

Two Way

Requirements ⇄ implementation, goals ⇄ metrics, and other paired correspondences

Bundle into a group: put cards from the same module together

Framework

Gather a set of nodes together to highlight them as a single "framework" unit

1 How to Switch Branch Styles¶

💡Global setting: After opening the mind map view, tap More - mind map - Branch Style. The change affects all nodes that have not been manually modified‼️.

Single-card setting: card pop-up menu - basic - ...(More). The change affects only that single card.

1.1 Changing All Branch Styles¶

Tap the ... More in the top-right corner of the mind map view - Branch Style to change the branch style.

💡The Branch Style set in the mind map settings panel changes all nodes in the mind map that have not been manually modified. If you only want to modify a specific card and its child-card branches, you can do so via the card pop-up menu → basic → Branch.

1.2 Single / Multiple Selection - Changing the Branch Style of Some Nodes¶

Select a single card, then tap pop-up menu → basic → Branch.

- After selecting multiple cards, tap the bottom menu bar of the mind map and choose ...More - Branch Style to change the branch style.

2 Showcase of the 10 Branch Styles¶

2.1 Tree¶

💡Tree is suited to hierarchical structures: topic → subtopic → key point

For example: subject knowledge trees; topics and subtopics in literature reviews

2.1.1 Tree0¶

2.1.2 Tree1¶

2.1.3 Tree2¶

2.1.4 Tree3¶

2.1.5 Tree4¶

2.2 Line¶

💡Line is suited to processes / timelines: Step 1 → 2 → 3, or today → tomorrow

Study-plan timelines, project milestones, algorithm/operation step sequences, experiment process logs

2.2.1 Line0¶

2.2.2 Line1¶

2.2.3 Line2¶

2.3 Two Way¶

💡Two Way is suited to comparisons: Option A vs B, pros vs cons

Requirements ⇄ implementation, goals ⇄ metrics, and other paired correspondences

2.4 Framework¶

💡**Frameworkis suited to bundling into a group** concept: put cards from the same module together

Gather a set of nodes together to highlight them as a single "framework" unit

3 Lossless Conversion Between Branches and Sub Mind Maps¶

MarginNote 4 supports not only lossless conversion between branch styles, but also lossless conversion between branches and sub mind maps.

💡When a card node holds too much information, you can collapse the branch into a sub mind map to make the information easier to organize and read.

Select a card and tap pop-up menu - advanced - Collapse into Sub Mind Map. A "sub mind map card" (made up of that card and its child nodes) is generated in the original position.

💡For more about sub mind maps, see: Creating and Managing Sub Mind Map Levels