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  1. Display tags above thoughts in the plex for cleaner visibility and improved reading ease.
    -- Apply both in desktop and in web client

    Discussion & Demo Video
    -- https://forums.thebrain.com/post/feature-request-display-tag-names-above-active-thought-13845814

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  2. When explorting files to folders, it would be great to have a checkbox in the dialogue, in additional to "selected files", for "export to a single folder".

    Often when I store files, like papers from a conference, in my megabrain, I store as individual thoughts with one file per thought and the thought reflecting the filename. However, when I export a selection, 99+% of the time, I want to export into a single folder. I can't recall ever wanting to export those conference papers for example into 150 folders each with one file.

    I've always just naturally had to select…

    4 votes
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  3. Several longtime users miss the old built in screenshot / Insert Image workflow.

    The current OS screenshot method works, but it does not feel equal for heavy screenshot users. What used to be one smooth action inside TheBrain now takes more clicks and keypresses, sometimes turning into three or four steps depending on the user’s setup.

    For users who capture images while thinking, writing, researching, or building notes, those extra steps break their flow and slow down a workflow they had built into TheBrain for years.

    Please consider restoring a direct built in screenshot capture option in TheBrain 15, so…

    8 votes
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  4. Several longtime users miss the old built in screenshot / Insert Image workflow.

    The current OS screenshot method works, but it does not feel equal for heavy screenshot users. What used to be one smooth action inside TheBrain now takes more clicks and keypresses, sometimes turning into three or four steps depending on the user’s setup.

    For users who capture images while thinking, writing, researching, or building notes, those extra steps break their flow and slow down a workflow they had built into TheBrain for years.

    Please consider restoring a direct built in screenshot capture option in TheBrain 15, so…

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  5. I have a wealth of "Google Alerts" (over 6000 of them).

    Can I import them into a new Brain?

    I'd like to be able to sort and categorize them, and access/use them for content creation ideas.

    Many of them have multiple links to different media sources.
    The ideal new thought would include:
    1. Alert name/Type (e.g.: Shopping Tips)
    2. Alert Date (yyyy/mm/dd)
    3. Alert Title (Initial Cap text)
    4. Alert Link (url)
    5. Alert Media Name (Name/abbreviation of Media Source))
    6. Alert Description (1-2 lines of text or summary text)

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  6. Please restore the missing underline option on the notes editor toolbar:
    * Bold
    * Italic
    * Underline << Missing
    * Strikethrough

    Learn More:

    https://bra.in/5jXQKy

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  7. Say I create a thought for the new microwave I just bought. I drag a photo into the thought as an attachment, along with a PDF receipt and maybe an email or two. Now, within the note, I'd like to see the photo, not just in the list of attachments. At one point, I would just create a Markdown link to the image like this:

    ![](my-new-microwave.jpg)
    

    That worked for a while, but doesn't now. When I add that markup, the brackets end up escaped, .e.g:

    `!\[\](my-new-microwave.jpg)`
    

    Currently, the only way I know how to it is to drag/paste a copy…

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  8. At the moment I am not sure how the search results that the search/create field returns are sorted. To me the search order does not make much sense and the thought that I search is somewhere in the middle hidden between thoughts that are not relevant.
    It would be nice to be able to choose the sort order according to date accessed or alphabetically. Additional options could be relevant for other users.

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  9. At the moment it is not clear to me how the thoughts in the result for reports are ordered.
    I would like to be able to sort them alphabetically, or according to date created/modified/accessed.

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  10. In TB 14 the reports do not have a limit: all thoughts fulfilling the search criteria are shown.

    In TB 15 there is a limit and only 1000 results are shown and it is not clear what criterion is for choosing which thoughts are displayed.

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  11. Hi,
    A thought about links that occurred to me:
    Wouldn't it be good if we would have the possibility to alter/change the start- and end-thought of a certain link?

    Imagine, after having set the colour and the thickness and the type of a link between two thoughts and maybe even added a note content and you realize that one of the end thoughts should be different... the only solution is to unlink and start all over again losing all property and note information of the existing link in the process.

    If the properties-window of the link had a reference to…

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  12. I use labels quite a bit for quick level 2 information about a thought without actually opening the thought. In version 14 I could hover over a thought and the font size was large enough to get what I needed and move on. In version 15 the font size is much reduced. I would like to being the font size of hovering over a label back to version 14 size.

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  13. I want to cancel my membership NO Place to do so have to file a chargeback instead that costs you money.

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  14. Change the thought kind (normal, type, tag) on multiple thoughts using the right click menu in the selection box.

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  15. Hi,

    Being a veteran mindmap builder I like to put lots of colours in my brains. Especially the text colours of thoughts I like to differentiate a lot (as well as the background colours).

    A couple of things bother me on that level:
    First: The labels can't have the colour of the thought (...or a different colour)
    Second: In the notes area of a thought, it's name and label are not inheriting the allocated colours of the thought text.

    This would greatly enhance the unity feeling of the whole. You can choose for hero icons in the note but it…

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  16. where you can prepare a fixed step by step sequence in advance, then reveal selected objects and connections in a controlled order during the presentation.
    Like in CMAPS tool

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  17. We are always out and about - it's much better if we take our brain with us.

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  19. Sometimes adding new thoughts and you want to go quickly - this would help.

    I know there are keyboard shortcuts, but these are often sometimes not the easiest to establish ( and I for one am always having them clash with other apps -on a Mac). Many other apps now have slash command as a quick entry means. This would help.

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  20. I would like to request a new feature for the Icon of Thought in the edit section of the software: the ability to adjust or align the image preview.

    Currently, the icon often displays the image incorrectly, which is difficult for me due to my OCD. As shown in the attached image, the preview of the girl is incorrectly focused on her chest instead of showing her face, which is the intended subject. Allowing us to precisely adjust the icon's crop or alignment would resolve this issue and greatly improve the editing workflow.

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