Markdown Mindmap

Editable mindmap workbench for explicit Markdown mindmap fenced blocks in Obsidian.

Quick Start

1. Open the command palette and run Open Markdown Mindmap, or click the ribbon icon.
2. If the current Markdown file has no mindmap yet, click Create mindmap in current file.
3. Edit either side:
   • Editing the fenced Markdown block refreshes the mindmap.
   • Editing nodes in the mindmap writes back to the fenced Markdown block.

Markdown Format

Mindmaps are stored directly in the Markdown file:

```mindmap id="research" title="博士研究"
- 博士研究
	- 研究问题
	- 文献综述
	- 实验设计
```

Notes:

• Only fenced blocks marked as mindmap are indexed.
• Ordinary Markdown lists are ignored.
• A single Markdown file can contain multiple mindmaps.
• New content is written with Tab indentation.
• Old two-space indentation can be read, but newly written content uses Tabs.

Dashboard

The panel has a left dashboard and a right canvas.

• Current file lists mindmaps in the active Markdown file.
• Vault lists indexed mindmaps across the vault.
• Search filters by title, root node, and file path.

Keyboard Editing

• Enter: create a sibling node after the current node.
• Tab: indent the current node under the previous sibling.
• Shift+Tab: outdent the current node.
• Backspace / Delete: delete an empty leaf node.

Reverse Induction

Select two or more adjacent sibling nodes, then run Induce Parent from Selected Nodes. The plugin creates a new parent node and moves the selected nodes under it.

Managed State

The plugin may append a hidden managed block to the Markdown file:

<!-- BEGIN MARKDOWN-MINDMAP-STATE
{"schemaVersion":1,"blocks":{}}
END MARKDOWN-MINDMAP-STATE -->

This block stores UI state only. The mindmap content remains in the fenced Markdown block.