Bookmarks

Since version 1.12.12, Freeplane supports bookmarks that help you organize and jump to important parts of your mind map.

🎯 Purpose

Bookmarks combine the functionality of both sheets and traditional bookmarks by letting you jump to specific sections of the map and optionally isolate them as a temporary root. They are especially useful for navigating large maps.

🛠️ How to Create a Bookmark

You can bookmark a node in two ways:

From the context menu:

  1. Right-click on the node
  2. Select Bookmark node
  3. Enter a name and optionally check Opens as root
  4. Click OK

From the main menu:

  • Use Navigate → Bookmark node when a node is selected

📂 Using and Managing Bookmarks

Bookmarks appear as buttons in the bookmark bar (if visible).

Clicking a bookmark:

  • Navigates to the node
  • Opens it as visible root if Opens as root is set

Right-clicking a bookmark opens a popup menu:

  • Go to node – select the node in context
  • Open as root – open the node as temporary root
  • Delete – remove the bookmark
  • Rename – change its label
  • Opens as root – toggle default opening mode

💡 The popup menu allows manual selection of the opening mode

🧭 Display and Interaction

  • Bookmarks are saved with the map and always reference nodes from the same file
  • The bookmark bar can be toggled via: – View → Controls → Bookmarks – or map background right-click → Controls → Bookmarks
  • You can reorder bookmarks via drag and drop
  • Tooltips show the content of the bookmarked node

🚫 Filtered Nodes and Access Limitations

When filters are active:

  • 🙈 If the bookmarked node is hidden by a filter, its button is disabled and cannot be clicked
  • 🧩 However, the bookmark popup menu still works: – You can right-click the disabled button and use Go to node or Open as root