Snap to Grid
As described here: http://forums.thebrain.com/tool/post/thebrain/vpost?id=3291879
I would like to propose that the Expanded View have a "Snap to Grid" option for anchoring thoughts in the plex. Similar to other snap to grid options in programs like Microsoft Visio, this would help out with spacing and aligning anchored thoughts. When draging the thought structure (panning) around the plex the grid would drag with the thoughts. There should be an option in the user preferences to define the size of the grid squares (maybe something like 50, 100, or 200 pixels, etc.).
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Alan Rhodes commented
This is a good idea. An additional way of implementing it might be to be able to align links where required perfectly horizontally or vertically to make them look neater than doing it by eye. Accelerators to "nudge" thoughts slightly (say 5 pixels) horizontally and vertically would be appreciated too.