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Freemind: Open Source Mind-Mapping Software
Chapter 4: Advanced Operations
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5.4 Folding and unfolding
A node having descendants or sub-nodes can be folded.
Upon folding, the parent node remains intact, but the
descendants are temporarily hidden. This concept is useful
while working with large maps having lots of data. You can
fold the descendants of those nodes whose data you will not
be using. A folded node is marked with a small circle
attached in the outer direction.
Folding a node
To fold a node, point the curser to the node and press Space.
Alternately, open the node context menu and select Toggle
Folded.
Freemind automatically folds the selected node.
Unfolding a node
To unfold a node, point the curser to the node and press
Space. Alternately, open the node context menu and select
Toggle Folded.
Freemind automatically unfolds the selected node.
Folding or unfolding in levels
When you have multiple levels of nodes, you can fold them
or unfold them level-by-level.
To fold a node 1 level at a time, press Alt+PageUp.
To unfold a node 1 level at a time, press Alt+PageDown.
Folding all the nodes at once
To fold all the nodes in the map, select the root node, and
click on the grey minus sign in the main toolbar.
Freemind folds all the nodes in the map.
