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| − | Patterns are a method to change the appearance of a mindmap node. Many attributes can be changed via patterns, like text and background colors, text properties, or icon assignments. And for scripting they provide the possibility to execute a script on a node.
| + | Up to Freeplane 1.1 patterns were a method to change the appearance of a mindmap node. Starting with Freeplane 1.2 pattern are replaced by the concept of [[Node styles]]. |
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| − | == Edit a pattern ==
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| − | Patterns can be edited with a visual editor accessible via the menu under ''Format/Patterns/Manage Patterns...''. You select the pattern to edit by clicking on the pattern name in the left pane. If you want to add a pattern select ''Add new Pattern''.
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| − | In the pattern editor you can, for each node attribute, decide if the pattern should affect the attribute by selecting '''[+]''' (change it), '''[-]''' (remove it, e.g. all icons) or '''[ ]''' to leave it as it was before.
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| − | === Add a script ===
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| − | When you select the '''[+]''' at ''Script'' the button on the right gets activated. Clicking on it opens a script editor.
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| − | * Click on "Script" on the left panel.
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| − | * Enter a script on the right panel, e.g.
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| − | =new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm").format(new Date()) + ": " + node.text
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| − | </groovy>
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| − | This script will add the current timestamp to the node text when the pattern is added.
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| − | Note that the script will be executed only once on the first assignment of a pattern to a node.
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| − | == The future: Logical styles ==
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| − | Patterns are a concept that is about to be replaced by ''Logical styles'' in Freeplane version 1.2, see [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/forums/forum/758437/topic/3407624 this article in the forum]. The further role of scripts in ''Logical styles'' has to be discussed but chances are that scripts will not be supported by ''Logical styles''.
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Latest revision as of 00:13, 19 December 2011
Up to Freeplane 1.1 patterns were a method to change the appearance of a mindmap node. Starting with Freeplane 1.2 pattern are replaced by the concept of Node styles.
