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| To assign keyboard shortcuts that do not use modifiers such as control and alt, it is useful that you disable editing of a node upon typing outside of an editor. This you can do in the preferences dialog (menu Tools > Preferences), in the section Behavior > Key Typing, by checking the check box "Disable Key Type". This makes it possible to assign keyboard shortcuts on the model of the text editor Vim. In addition, in the preferences dialog, you have to enter the single letters capitalized by holding shift, so "B" instead of "b". And yet, assignment of "B" instead of "control + B" to boldface leads to a [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3021695&group_id=7118&atid=107118 buggy behavior]. | | To assign keyboard shortcuts that do not use modifiers such as control and alt, it is useful that you disable editing of a node upon typing outside of an editor. This you can do in the preferences dialog (menu Tools > Preferences), in the section Behavior > Key Typing, by checking the check box "Disable Key Type". This makes it possible to assign keyboard shortcuts on the model of the text editor Vim. In addition, in the preferences dialog, you have to enter the single letters capitalized by holding shift, so "B" instead of "b". And yet, assignment of "B" instead of "control + B" to boldface leads to a [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3021695&group_id=7118&atid=107118 buggy behavior]. |
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| ==Current shortcuts==
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| File commands:
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| * New map - Ctrl+N
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| * Open map - Ctrl+O
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| * Save map - Ctrl+S
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| * Save as - Ctrl+A
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| * Print - Ctrl+P
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| * Close - Ctrl+W
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| * Quit - Ctrl+Q
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| * Previous map - Ctrl+LEFT
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| * Next Map - Ctrl+RIGHT
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| * Export file to HTML - Ctrl+E
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| * Export branch to HTML - Ctrl+H
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| * Export branch to new MM file - Alt+A
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| * Open first file in history - Ctrl+Shift+W
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| Edit commands:
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| * Find - Ctrl+F
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| * Find next - Ctrl+G
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| * Cut - Ctrl+X
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| * Copy - Ctrl+C
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| * Copy single - Ctrl+Y
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| * Paste - Ctrl+V
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| Mode commands:
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| * MindMap mode - Alt+1
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| * Browse mode - Alt+2
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| * File mode - Alt+3
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| Node formatting commands:
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| * Italicize - Ctrl+I
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| * Bold - Ctrl+B
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| * Cloud - Ctrl+Shift+B
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| * Change node color - Alt+C
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| * Blend node color - Alt+B
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| * Change node edge color - Alt+E
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| * Increase node font size - Ctrl+L
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| * decrease node font size - Ctrl+M
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| * Increase branch font size - Ctrl+Shift+L
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| * Decrease branch font size - Ctrl+Shift+M
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| Node navigation commands:
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| * Go to root - ESCAPE
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| * Move up - UP
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| * Move down - DOWN
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| * Move left - LEFT
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| * Move right - RIGHT
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| * Follow link - Ctrl+ENTER
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| * Zoom out - Alt+UP
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| * Zoom in - Alt+DOWN
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| New node commands:
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| * Add sibling node - ENTER
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| * Add child node - INSERT
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| * Add sibling before - Shift+ENTER
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| Node editing commands:
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| * Edit selected node - F2
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| * Edit long node - Alt+ENTER
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| * Join nodes - Ctrl+J
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| * Toggle folded - SPACE
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| * Toggle children folded - Ctrl+SPACE
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| * Set link by filechooser - Ctrl+Shift+K
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| * Set link by text entry - Ctrl+K
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| * Set image by filechooser - Alt+K
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| * Move node up - Ctrl+UP
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| * Move node down - Ctrl+DOWN
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| ==Limitations==
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| * Side effects when assigning "B" instead of "Control + B" to boldface, or "D" instead of "DELETE" to deletion of a node[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3021695&group_id=7118&atid=107118]
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| ==Development==
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| Types of shortcuts:
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| * Mnemonics: Alt + the mnemonic letter visible in the menu. Also accessible by pressing F10 first. (Windows)
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| * Shortcuts like Control + C
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| Methods for the developers of choosing shortcuts to assign to functions:
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| * Stick to existing conventions, like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access IBM Common User Access], meaning use Control + C for copying and the like.
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| * '''Modifier''' key:
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| ** Use '''Control''' + letter where available.
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| ** Avoid '''Alt'''.
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| *** It is used for mnemonics.
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| ** Use '''Control + Alt'''.
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| *** Accessible using one modifier key: AltGr.
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| *** Used in Eclipse.
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| More shortcuts for one function: Currently, each function has at most one key assigned. But, it should be the other way around;
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| the keys should have functions assigned, rather than functions key. For instance, it would be
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| valuable to have both ''insert'' and ''tab'' assigned to ''new node'' function. (Actually on MS Windows it is right now not possible at all to bind anything to ''tab''.)
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| ==Links==
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| * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access IBM Common User Access]
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| * A guideline used by a major project like Gnome or KDE. (TODO)
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Custom shortcuts
You can assign custom keyboard shortcuts in the section Keystrokes of the preferences dialog, accessible from menu Tools > Preferences.
To assign keyboard shortcuts that do not use modifiers such as control and alt, it is useful that you disable editing of a node upon typing outside of an editor. This you can do in the preferences dialog (menu Tools > Preferences), in the section Behavior > Key Typing, by checking the check box "Disable Key Type". This makes it possible to assign keyboard shortcuts on the model of the text editor Vim. In addition, in the preferences dialog, you have to enter the single letters capitalized by holding shift, so "B" instead of "b". And yet, assignment of "B" instead of "control + B" to boldface leads to a buggy behavior.
