Focusing on a branch

In large or detailed mind maps, you can use the Branch Focus feature to focus on a particular branch and its sub-branches and ignore other elements.

Applying branch focus

Select the branch that you want to focus on.

Choose View | Branch Focus .

The selected branch (with all sub-branches, if any) is magnified and moved to the center of the map workspace, and all other elements in the mind map are hidden. Any branch connections to or from the branch that has branch focus are also hidden.

If you want to focus on the branch without its sub-branches, collapse the sub-branches by clicking the minus button before applying branch focus. For more information, see "Expanding and collapsing a branch" in "Viewing a mind map".

When printing a mind map, only the visible branches are printed. If you need to print the entire mind map, clear the branch focus before printing. For more information, see "Printing a mind map".

Clearing branch focus

Choose View | Branch Focus again to switch of the branch focus feature and display the entire mind map.

If you close a mind map to which you have applied branch focus, the branch focus will still be active the next time you open the mind map.

You can also focus on particular map elements by map hierarchy, selecting how many levels of branches should be displayed in the mind map. For more information, see "Changing the detail level" in "Viewing a mind map".