New features in Freeplane 1.2.x
From Freeplane - free mind mapping and knowledge management software
You can download development snapshots from the preview area.
User configuration file folder location:
- under (old) Windows: %appdata%\Freeplane\1.2.x
- Windows 7: %user%\AppData\Roaming\Freeplane\1.2.x (Only visible if Show hidden files is turned ON)
- under mac and Linux: ~/.freeplane/1.2.x
- portable freeplane: Driveletter e.g. E:/PortableApps/FreeplanePortable/Data/Freeplane/1.2.x
Contents
The most important new features
Implemented
- Node styles replace style patterns (like in text processors)
- Conditional node styles: node formatting depends on its content and position
- Map templates for new maps
- Hyperlinks for menu items
- Keyboard shortcut documentation: Map and HTML table generation added for the documentation map
- Check for newer auto save files on opening of a map
- Single instance mode: open files in existing program instance instead of opening a new one.
- Node level dependent filters
- Improvement in search and replace functions
- Different cloud shapes
- New icons for rating
- Automatic Edge Color
- "Grid" for moving of nodes (Preferences->Behaviour->Grid gap size)
- Copy and paste attributes
- Named filter conditions
- Different shapes, line types, width and transparency for connectors
Testable (implementation ongoing)
- Formulas: Use of formulas as node text, nodes and attributes (like in spreadsheet processors)
- Freeplane portable version (download and install file named FreeplanePortable_1.X.paf.exe)
