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2017-01-02
2017-07-28
  • David Thompson

    David Thompson - 2017-01-02

    When I set a map zoom to, say, 200%, and then try to edit the core contents of a node in dialog, the dialog box contents revert to 100%. Is there a way to set the default zoom level for contents of dialog boxes, or even to set it so that it's at least the same as the zoom level for the main map?

     
    • Miguel Boyer

      Miguel Boyer - 2017-01-05

      David, +1
      I agree that would be great.

       
  • Dimitry Polivaev

    Sorry, not possible.

     

    Last edit: Dimitry Polivaev 2017-01-05
    • zipizap

      zipizap - 2017-01-05

      A possible (to be verified) workaround is to use, in the map view, the
      "inc/decrease font" of a node (Ctrl-+ Ctrl--) instead of "ZoomIn/Out" .
      That will change the size of the font, which should be seen both in
      map-view and also in editor-view.

      Maybe this can be a possible solution. Try it and report back if it works

       
  • David Thompson

    David Thompson - 2017-01-06

    Ctrl+ & - have no effect. I can increase the font of a selected node by using the drop-down box in the toolbar and this does indeed stay the same in the editor-view. The increased font size stays the same in sibling nodes. (I have checked the Copy format to siblings in Preferences.) But when I create a new offspring node using Ins, the font -- and the font drop-down box -- reverts to the original smaller font. I can find no setting for copying the format to offspring. Since I'm writing a book with nodes for each paragraph, this would be very clumsy. My current workaround is to use a different editor altogether for text input and then cut and paste the paragraph into the map in FreePlane. Then at the end of a chapter I drop the whole map into a word processor and change the default 10 font size in the final product. Not ideal. (P.S. I appreciate all the hard work you people are doing.)

     
    • zipizap

      zipizap - 2017-01-06

      But when I create a new offspring node using Ins, the font -- and the font
      drop-down box -- reverts to the original smaller font. I can find no
      setting for copying the format to offspring.

      Goto the "Map styles" (I believe its in format or edit menu) and then
      change the "default" style to have the font in the increased size you like.
      I believe this solves it -report back your findings

       
  • David Thompson

    David Thompson - 2017-01-09

    Changing the Default style font size does indeed work for changing both siblings and offspring, both in the main map and in the edit viwer. I can then reduce the main map magnification when I want a structural overview. And I can select all nodes and globally change them back to a smaller font at the end before I load the whole map into a word processor.
    The change lasts for only one map. A new map reverts to font 10. Still that's a great improvement. It means I only need to change the Default once per chapter.
    Thanks for all your help.

     
    • Dimitry Polivaev

      You can change your default templates used each time you create a new map so that this configuration becomes your default.

      https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/index.php/Map_templates (partially outdated)

       
    • Yu Shen

      Yu Shen - 2017-07-28

      Where is the menu for changing the default styles font size? I couldn't find it with version: 1.5.20 at Tools/Preferences, nor Format/, nor Edit/

      I just want to have the text in the node editor legible, as it stands now, it's really hard to read.

       

      Last edit: Yu Shen 2017-07-28