Mindmap

Mindmaps help you organize ideas hierarchically around a central concept. They are perfect for brainstorming, planning, and visualizing the structure of complex topics.

Syntax Highlighting

Syntax highlighting integrates directly with IntelliJ’s color scheme system, so diagram colors always match your editor theme.

Armada Dark

Islands Dark

Islands Light

IDE Support

Mermaid Studio provides comprehensive support for mindmaps:

• Syntax highlighting for nodes at different hierarchy levels
• Rename refactoring to update node identifiers
• Find usages to locate node references
• Code folding to collapse branches
• Formatting to maintain proper indentation
• Inspections to validate mindmap structure
• Brace matching for node shape syntax
• Navigation bar for quick access to nodes
• Structure view for hierarchical overview

Quick Syntax Reference

Root Node Shapes

mindmap
    root((Circle Root))

The root node uses double parentheses for a circular shape. Regular text creates a default rectangular shape.

Node Shapes

Syntax	Shape
id[text]	Square
id(text)	Rounded
id((text))	Circle
id))text((	Bang
id)text(	Cloud
id{{text}}	Hexagon

Hierarchy

Indentation defines the parent-child relationships. Child nodes are indented under their parent:

mindmap
    root
        Level 1 Child A
            Level 2 Child
        Level 1 Child B

For full syntax details, see the Mermaid mindmap documentation.