New features and update history - SimpleMind for Mac

Version 1.27 – Released 24 August 2020

New Radial layout.
New Stylesheet “Colored Circles”, looks great with the new radial layout.
New Linear layout, great for making simple timelines.
New Stylesheet “Blue Steel”, with a cool flat look.
Use emojis icons in topics. “Icons” has a new tab “Emojis” where you can add your choice of emojis. Requires Mac OS 10.13 or up. Read more…

The “external link” icon is tinted.
New Topic border styles: circle, left arrow, right arrow and parallelogram.
The minimum width and height for topics can be set via element style or the new topic resize tool. This allows manual sizing of topics.
Enable the “topic resize tool” via Preferences | General | Topic Tools.
New keyboard shortcut “Remove checkbox” Shift+Ctrl+Space.
iPhoneLink removed.
Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

Version 1.26 – Released 21 April 2020

v1.26.1 b1974 released 22 June 2020 fixes bugs reported on v1.26.0
- In some cases customized Label font sizes would drift
- “New Mind Map” could cause a crash – particularly, but not only, on MacOS 10.10 – 10.12
- Inspector buttons had zero width in toolbar on MacOS 10.10 – 10.13
Open a blank mind map or start from a template. (Requires MacOS 10.13 or higher)
- 11 predefined templates available.
- Add your own templates. Read more…
Calendar
- Export topics with checkboxes to Reminders.
- Export topics with a date as events to Calendar.
- Export topics with a date as .ics events. This can be imported in calendar apps.
- Read how..
Path style “rounded” added, read more…
Transparent .png image export.
New layout directions for the List Layout: “Top – Right to Left” and “Top – Left to Right”.
Edit in the outline view. Double click to edit topic text and use shortcuts, or the menu, to add topics.

Show dates, or filter topics with dates, in export outline and print outline.
Paste on collapsed topics.
Drag and drop URL into empty space to create a new topic with link.
SimpleApps edition: Drag and drop filename into empty space to create a new (child) topic with link.
Deleting a mind map in Google Drive moves the mind map to trash, rather than deleting the mind map permanently.
Mind Map Style restored in main Style menu.
Small bug fixes and improved performance.

Version 1.25 – Released 2 Dec 2019

Easily style topics, lines and more, with the new Style tab in the inspector. Open with Command+5. Read more…
As a result the old style toolbar is hidden by default. It can be made visible via the main View menu.
Tap once in blank space to display the mind map style when the style inspector is open. Read more…
The Files tab supports Import en Import pdf bookmarks.
Clear history in the Files tab via the right click context menu.
To switch focus, for example from Notes tot Editor, use the Main menu View | Focus Editor or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Cmd+0.
Mac OS 10.12 or prior: The Style Sheets are moved to the Stylesheet tab in the inspector. Open with Command+4.
Map searchbar: Restore State – restores collapsed and hidden topics when search bar closes.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Version 1.24 – Released 2 Sept 2019

Version 1.24.2 b1864 released 18 October 2019:
- Fixes crash problems related to entering text and spellchecker.
- Fixes .pdf files not selectable for import
Slideshow support. Define slides by selecting topics and play slideshow inside SimpleMind or export as zipped set of .png images. Read more…
Auto focus extended with Lock Auto Focus on Selected Branch. The branch remains focused until Auto focus style is changed (disabled etc).
Improved toolbar images
Improved inplace topic editor

Version 1.23 – Released 15 April 2019

Version 1.23.2 released 9 May:
- Bug fix for Email Mind Map on MacOS 10.14
- Bug fix for opening .smmx file from Finder in AppStore edition
Version 1.23.1 released 19 April: bug fixes related to Mac OS 10.10 – 10.12
Save mind map files in any directory – including iCloud Drive.
- Open mind maps via “Mind Map | Open”.
- Open mind map files via Finder.
- Mind maps opened via Finder or “Open” are shown in the Files tab.
- AppStore edition: Mind Maps in Files tab do not support linking to documents or mind maps.
- SimpleApps edition: Mind Maps in Files tab behave like in a cloud and have full linking capabilities.
Wysiwyg (What you see is what you get ) rich text support in notes, topics and labels:
Bold, Italic, Underline, Strike-through, Superscript and Subscript.
User Interface Modernized
- Dark mode support. (MacOS 10.14)
- Enable Dark Mode, even when MacOS is light, via Preferences | General.
- Style Sheet selector in inspector (MacOS 10.13)
New style sheet “Natural+Colors on Black”.
Auto Focus can include cross linked topics.
Group borders
- Display a group border around any set of topics.
- Improved appearance of branch borders
- Branch borders can be added to central themes.
Topics support dashed line styles (via style toolbar – Line width)
Copy Branch as Outline and Copy Branch as Image
New command Checkboxes | Reset state – checkboxes are unchecked, progress bars are set to 0.
Drag-drop reconnect topics in auto layout mode no longer fully expands dragged topics
Full size image is displayed with Preview app
Bug fixed in access to Contacts and Photos Library
Bug fixed: Notes included in full text search