Manage Library items

View the Library pane

• On the Status Bar, click Task Panes , and then click Library.

The Library has categories for all the following items:

• Icons

• Images

• Background Images

• Shapes

These categories are listed at the bottom of the Library pane. Items are stored in folders by theme (e.g. Buttons). When you click on a folder in the top section, previews of the items it contains are shown in the lower half of the pane.

Read Hint

Add, remove or rename a folder

1. Right-click on any folder.

2. Then, do one of the following:
   

   Select New Folder, and enter the new folder's name. Read Hint You can add content to the folder by moving or copying elements from other folders or add an item from disk.

   Or

   Select Delete to remove the folder. Read Note The folder and its contents will be removed from the Library pane and from disk.

   Or

   Select Rename then enter the new name for the folder.

Add new items from disk

You can add items to any Library folder from files on disk:

1. Right-click on the folder in the Library task pane.

2. Click Add item (where item is the type of item you are adding).

• Click Add Image, Add Icon, or Add Shape above the Library preview pane.

3. Navigate to the file you want to add and click Open.

The new item appears as the last item in the lower preview window (you may need to scroll down to see it).

For more information about using custom Library items, such as icons, see the Mindjet Knowledge Base, accessible from the Mindjet support page online.

Use, modify, and organize items

You can reorganize existing items using drag and drop, and by using commands in each item's menu.

When you rest your pointer over a preview image in the lower pane you'll see an arrow for a pull-down menu. The commands are divided into groups:

Add item commands

The first command group lets you add the item to the map in one or more ways or remove it from the selected topic. You must select a topic to activate these commands.

Modify item commands

The Open in command allow you to open the item in the application associated with it on your system so you can edit it and save it (for example, in an image editor).

Read Note

1. Optional If you want to leave the original item unchanged, right-click and click Duplicate.

2. Right-click the item, then click Open in.

3. The application associated with the item type will start.

4. Edit the item and save it. (Note that some applications only allow viewing. If the associated application does not allow editing, you can drag the item from the Library to another application that does.)

5. The edited item will show in the Library when you click the folder containing it again, or right-click the Library background and click Refresh. (This refreshes the item preview.)

Organize items commands

Copy - Copies the item. You can paste it into another folder of the same item type (Right-click on the target folder, and then click Paste.) or into another application.

Duplicate - Duplicates the item in the same folder so you can modify it without changing the original. The copy will appear as the last item in the folder

Delete - Removes the item from the task pane, and from disk.

Rename - Lets you change the file name of the item.

Item type-specific commands