MindMap Handwriting Follow-Along Binding

💡Feature overview for this page:

• How to enable automatic binding: quickly annotate near the selected card (fastest) — handwriting written on a card is linked to that card, and when you move the card, the handwriting moves with it.
• Binding methods: automatic binding (quickly annotate near the selected card, fastest), manual binding, and Focus binding (concentrate on a specific knowledge point for in-depth annotation).
• Visibility and management: unbind, hide/unhide, and erase.

This page is for the following users:

• You already use the mind map and are in the habit of writing annotations.
• You frequently write directly on different cards and want the system to automatically switch the selection and complete the binding for you.
• You need to focus your annotations on a specific knowledge point.

1 MindMap Handwriting Follow-Along Binding overview

• A mind map card with bound handwriting shows a handwriting icon in its upper-left corner.

• Once handwriting is bound to a selected card, it moves flexibly along with the card.

2 Automatic binding: quickly annotate near the selected card (fastest)

💡Best for scenarios where you need to tightly associate handwritten formulas, diagrams, notes, etc. with a knowledge point/node.

MindMap Handwriting tool

1. Tap MindMap Handwriting tool (shown by the icon above) to open the MindMap Handwriting Settings panel;
2. Turn on Bind Handwriting to the selected card;
3. Select a card and write directly in the card area.

💡The handwriting is automatically bound to the selected card and moves with it.

2.1 Write directly on any card without switching the selection

💡Best for: frequently switching between multiple cards while writing.

MindMap Handwriting tool

1. Open the MindMap Handwriting Settings panel;
2. Turn on Bind Handwriting to the selected card;
3. Turn on Auto Switch the selected card when writing on the card;
4. Write in any card area.

💡This automatically sets that card as selected and binds the handwriting to it.

3 Focus binding: concentrate on a specific knowledge point for in-depth annotation

💡Best for: thematic organization and step-by-step reasoning.

3.1 Entering Focus

There are two ways to enter Focus:

Method 1: Select a card, then on the pop-up menu, choose basic - Focus.

Method 2: In the MindMap Handwriting Settings panel, turn on Double Tap the Card to Enter the Focus, then double-tap a card to quickly enter Focus.

💡All handwriting created within Focus is automatically bound to the focused card.

Exit Focus

There are two ways to exit Focus:

Method 1: Tap a blank area of the mind map, then on the pop-up menu, choose Exit Focus.

Method 2: Double-tap a blank area of the mind map to Exit Focus.

3.2.1 Optional: automatically hide handwriting created in the focus after exiting

💡Best for: viewing detailed handwriting only when you enter that topic.

Tap Home → Settings → Handwriting → turn on Hide handwriting created in the focus.

Now, MindMap Handwriting created within Focus is automatically hidden after you exit Focus.

4 Manual binding

💡For organizing existing handwriting.

Hand tool - Mind Map

1. Select the hand tool and box-select the handwritten annotations;

2. On the pop-up menu, choose Bind to card;

3. Drag the link ball 🔗 icon onto the card you want to bind to, and the MindMap Handwriting binding is completed manually.

4.1 Unbind

1. Select the handwriting area;

1) On the pop-up menu, choose Unbind.

💡Now, when you move the card, the handwriting no longer follows it.

4.2 Hide/Unhide

💡Control visibility and reduce distraction

4.2.1 Hide card handwriting

1. Select the handwriting area;
2. On the pop-up menu, choose Hide.

💡The handwriting is no longer shown outside Focus; when you tap the card, the bound handwriting appears semi-transparent.

4.2.2 Unhide card handwriting

1. Tap the handwriting icon in the upper-right corner of a card whose handwriting is hidden;
2. On the pop-up menu, tap Unhide.

4.3 Erase

1. Select the handwriting area;
2. On the pop-up menu, choose Erase.

💡Clear all handwriting bound to the card with one tap. Best for: major content updates, outdated annotations, and reorganization.

Common questions for beginners:

• Q1: Annotations written outside a card aren't bound automatically. How do I link them to a card?
• Use manual binding: box-select the handwriting → Bind to card → drag 🔗 onto the target card.
• Q2: It looks too cluttered after binding. Can I temporarily stop showing it?
• Use Hide/Unhide to control visibility;
• Or, in Focus mode, enable the option to automatically hide handwriting created in the focus after exiting.
• Q3: What if I wrote on the wrong card?
• Unbind first, then use manual binding to bind it to the correct card.