[DELIVERED] 💡Feature Request: Custom Themes in the New Editor

I wanted to provide some more details, of why "more depth" is required.

This is a mind map I created (back in university) using MindManager. I use "Progressive summarization" and use the same colors of text markers when studying.

In Mind Meister, anything but the most basic map currently looks like so. I would need to invest a lot of time in formatting every single branch (especially as "format painting" is missing) when I really need only organic, default formatting that radiates out from the center and gets smaller and smaller. Like a mind map is supposed to :-)

Again, as you implement "Custom themes", PLEASE don't just implement one or two levels, that would not help. Instead, solve the problem for everyone, permanently.

I can't find a screenshot of MindManager (they call it "Modify Style View" I think). Here is how SimpleMind does it. The key is being able to define 1-n styles and not be limited to 2:

I totally agree! We need be able to create mindmaps with decrasing size/font for inner subtopics! Awesome idea!

That's disappointing. I don't know how you guys can use the product yourselves this way.

I bought a subscription but stopped using it. It's too finicky for anything but "cute" mindmaps, like the simple ones on the homepage.

My Custom Theme Use Case:

All I have needed this for is to build two custom map themes — one to establish as my default theme, and the other for print-ready (which just drops out the eye-saving background tinting).

As an EDU customer it was essential that I be able to specify that my default theme be the default for my students (i.e., my team).

Comment:

I want to echo a remark made by Holger above who said the new editor with its current fixed themes is "too finicky for anything but 'cute' mindmaps". He is right. None of the fixed options provided is suitable for me for serious work. It is a sadly common failing of mindmap applications to focus on juvenile-looking maps. (And please, multicolored, swoopy connectors are just a non-starter.)

Which is to say that one of the reasons that I need customizable themes is so that I can make a default map that is suitable for serious work — a map that looks suitably sober and whose elements don't draw undue attention to themselves for no good reason. What I care about in maps is content and connectedness.

Hi I'm excited that you guys are working on this! I would like to add that it does say when you upgrade to edu prop that you'll get more customisation, the only reason I upgraded in the first place. Would really love if this would be possible soon because it's kind of a hassle right now to change every individual cell. For example you can't even set a default font for the whole map when it's not in line with the standard theme or a background color at all.

Overarching need: more easily separate information visually using color fill, but with the benefits of smart tint automation and not manually customized and fixed.

Very happy to provide more feedback or be part of any feature testing, willing to help in any way.

Example:

Goal: In Fireworks Theme, Branch A = red, Branch B = blue. I want all topics of any level in Branch A = red fill, and respectively blue for Branch B. If I move a 3rd level topic from Branch A (which is now filled red), anywhere in Branch B, the fill changes to blue.

Current State: Branch A level 1 = red fill, levels 2+ = transparent; blue respectively for Branch B. Have to manually format color fill of levels 2+. When moving topics from Branch A to B, have to manually update the color fill b/c is was manually set. "Paste format" option from level 1 to level 2 is still defaults to any >1 level to have transparent fill

Future feature = option to customize how smart tint works for all subtopics. Check box = fill all subtopics with smart tint to match basal branch? yes please