Wish the nodes of a mindmap can expand for several lines.

Question

Sometimes the text in a node of a mindmap can be really long, but for now the text must be put in one line in the editor. Hope more flexibility can be expected!

Comments

If you're happy to split the long text over multiple lines then that is already possible (I think it was added quite recently) using the :text; format.

Check out the doc entry at https://plantuml.com/mindmap-diagram#c52a6bf8d847484d

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Yeah, I noticed; but that only applies to the "***" format; for the "+++" and "---" formats, it doesn't work, because that would raise an error.

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Ah; ok; seems you're right and they only applied to the *** format.  I don't see any technical reason why the same syntax shouldn't exist for the +++ format...

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Haha, does that mean it will be fixed soon? I'm waiting happily.

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And as for the multi-line thing, another issue frustrates me: if I use an "\n" symbol in a, say, <font> label, the second line will get the the font style I configured. So is there any convenient way to get around this problem?

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Hello all,

To mix Arithmetic notation [+/-] and Multi-line label on OrgMode element, a possible workaround is to use the directive:

left side

Then:

@startmindmap
+ root
**:right_1.1
right_1.2;
++ right_2

left side

-- left_1
-- left_2
**:left_3.1
left_3.2;
@endmindmap

See also:

• https://forum.plantuml.net/11843/using-multiline-node-with-sided-mindmap-nodes

If that can help,
Regards,
Th.

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FYI I just create:

• https://forum.plantuml.net/14283/extend-mindmap-arithmetic-syntax-to-allow-multiline-nodes

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Thanks for you continuous help! And now I come across another issue, as stated here:

https://forum.plantuml.net/14882/how-should-i-insert-a-c-code-snippet-in-a-mindmap-node