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Overview

Each board is a single-screen workspace. Arrange your layout freely—Thoughtogram won't auto-jiggle your cards.

Your Home Board

Your Home Board is your base. You will see this first each time you log in. You can also always get back to it by the bread crumb link or from the All Boards button.

This is a great place to place some of your favourite website links. It is handy to create board links here so you can build your boards from a central location for easy navigation.

You can add your favourite quotes and affirmations if you want.

You can also jot down ideas and quick notes and arrange them how you want along with quick to do lists.

Creating a Board

Easily create another board by typing a [ and a ] in a card. For example: [Hobby]

When you click out of the card the [Hobby] for example will become a board link to that board if it already exists or it will automatically create a new board with that title.

Editing a Board Title

Click the All Boards button. Click the Edit button corresponding to the Board Title that you want to edit.

Use the input box to edit the title and then click the Save button. (There is a 20 Character Limit for Board Titles)

Any Board Link to that Board will change to reflect your new change.

Styling a Board

Change the border colour of your current board by dragging a colour dot onto it. (This will helpfully also change the border colour of any link to the board.)

Change the background wallpaper of your current board by clicking on the Backgrounds button and selecting the background you want.

Deleting a Board

Click the All Boards button. Click the delete X button corresponding to the board you want to delete. A confirmation warning will come up.

Click confirm to permanently delete the board and any cards it contains. There is no way to recover a deleted board but it is easy just to make another one.

This will also turn any links to that board back to plain text.

Creating a Card

There are 2 ways to create a new card on a Board.

You can simply double click anywhere on the board where you want a new card and it will appear there.

You can drag a border of an existing card. A line will come out from the border. If you drop in an empty space then a new card connected to the original card will appear.

Styling a Card

To change the colour of the card background drag a colour from the colour bar and drop it onto the card.

To change the colour of the card border: drag a colour from the colour bar and drop it onto the card border.

Resizing a Card

Card Height resizes automatically based on the content in the card.

To adjust the Card Width click the card to put it in focus. The right margin can then be dragged to adjust the width.

Connecting Cards

If you drag a card border a connecting line will appear. Drop it onto another card to connect the 2 cards.

To change the colour of a connecting line, drag a colour from the colour bar and drop it onto the line.

Delete a Connecting Line

Drag the trashcan symbol 🗑️ from the toolbar to the connecting line that you want to delete and drop it.

Deleting a Card

Drag the trashcan symbol 🗑️ from the toolbar to the card you want to delete and drop it. (This will also delete any connecting lines attached to the card.)

Clone, Move & Copy Cards

Clone a Card

Drag the clone symbol 🧬 from the toolbar onto a card to create an exact duplicate of it on the same board.

Move a Card to Another Board

Drag the truck symbol 🚚 onto a card. A list of your boards will appear. Select the destination board and the card will be moved there (removed from the current board).

Copy a Card to Another Board

Drag the clipboard symbol 📋 onto a card. A list of your boards will appear. Select the destination board and a copy of the card will be created there (the original stays on the current board).

Images & Videos

Adding Images

Drag an image URL from another website and drop it onto your board. Thoughtogram will automatically display the image inside a new card.

Click on an image to select it. When selected, a size slider will appear in the toolbar. Use it to resize the image. You can also rotate the image using the rotate button ↻.

Adding YouTube Videos

Drag a YouTube link from your browser and drop it onto your board. The video will be embedded and playable directly on your board.

Click on the video once to start playing. The video will pause automatically when you move your mouse away.

Toggle Video Display

If you prefer a compact link instead of an embedded video, drag the video toggle symbol ▶️ from the toolbar onto the video. It will convert to a simple link with favicon.

To convert a YouTube link back to an embedded video, drag the ▶️ symbol onto the link.

Icons

Click the Icons button in the toolbar to open the icon library with over 5000 icons.

Use the search box to find icons by name (e.g., "heart", "star", "home").

Click on an icon to place it on your board. You can then drag it to position it wherever you like.

Styling Icons

Click on an icon to select it. When selected:

Use the size slider in the toolbar to resize the icon.

Use the rotate button ↻ to rotate the icon by 45 degrees.

Drag a colour from the colour bar onto the icon to change its colour.

Text Formatting

You can easily add emphasis to your text. When you click to edit a card, the toolbar will change to show formatting options.

Bold & Italic

Simply highlight the text you want to change and click the B for Bold or I for Italic button.

Text Alignment

Click the Center button to center your text. Click it again to return to left alignment.

Text Size

Highlight the text you want to resize. Use the size slider in the toolbar to make the text larger or smaller (from 16px to 120px).

Text Colour

When editing a card, the colour bar switches to text mode. Highlight the text you want to colour, then click on a colour in the colour bar to apply it to your selected text.

Contact Support

If you have questions, comments, suggestions and bug reports please email: Support@Thoughtogram.com