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Card Relations in Mind Map View

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Overview

Besides the common ways to create card relations, the Mind Map gives you additional possibilities to do that as well. This applies only to parent and child relation. In the Mind Map view, cards have connections shown as lines:

  • Single card connected to the root node.

  • Subcard connected to the parent card.

  • Parent card connected to the root node.

When the subcard and the parent card are present on the Mind Map, their lines visually merge.

Adding subcards in the Mind Map view

You can create a parent and child relation by dragging a card and dropping it on another. The dragged card will become a subcard.

When the parent card is missing in the Mind Map view, the subcard is connected directly to the root node. Note that when you add the parent card, the lines are redrawn to show the actual card relations. 

Now the parent card is connected to the root node and the subcard is connected to its parent.

Go to Adding cards to Mind Maps for detailed instructions.

Removing card connection lines in the Mind Map view

You can delete any line in your Mind Map view. Depending on its type, the effect will be very different.

1. Delete the relation between cards permanently

To delete the parent and child relation between cards:

  1. Select the line connecting two cards (parent card and subcard)
  2. Select Remove.

Confirmation of this action will be shown on the activity stream.

2.Remove the card from the Mind Map view

When you want to remove the card from the Mind Map view without deleting any card relation.

To remove a card from the Mind Map canvas:

  1. Select the line between the card and the root node.
  2. Select Remove.

Relations between cards remain unchanged. You can always bring the card back in using the Show Cards option in the upper right corner of the screen.

FAQ

Yes, you can observe card relations in the Gantt Chart view too. There is also an option to expand subcards in the Kanban view and List view.

Even if the card has more than one parent, only one of them is the default parent. The connection visible on the Mind Map view is the one between the child card and the default parent card.

You can create parent and child relations using the Mind Map view.

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