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What is DingTalk Mind? DingTalk Mind is a visual thinking tool developed in-house by DingTalk for expressing divergent thinking. It is a practical and efficient tool for learning, life, and work, also known as a mind map.

What can DingTalk Mind do?

  1. It helps you think about a creative idea from multiple perspectives and angles, expanding your thinking.
  2. It helps you untangle complex logical relationships. By combining web-like divergent thinking with in-depth logical thinking, it supports the formation of relatively complete structural thinking. In addition, it emphasizes color and imagery to help improve memory.
  3. The DingTalk Docs mind map interface is clean and minimalist, allowing beginners to get started in minutes.

How to use Mind Map

  • Desktop: Open the DingTalk client — go to Docs from the left navigation — click Create — select Mind Map.
  • Mobile: Open the DingTalk client — tap More on the bottom menu — open Docs — tap Create — select Mind Map.

Switch styles and structures in one click

DingTalk Mind lets you adjust structures, subjects, line styles, and more based on your preferences, so you can flexibly create mind maps with a personal style.

Easy and secure online sharing

DingTalk Mind supports multiple sharing methods, including sharing via DingTalk, exporting as an image, and sharing via link, making online collaboration simple.

Real-time multi-user editing

DingTalk Mind supports simultaneous online editing across multiple users and groups, with content updated in real time so collaborators always see the latest ideas.

Comments based on mind map content

DingTalk Mind also supports online comments based on content. You can @ a colleague in a comment, and the message is forwarded to chat, making collaboration more efficient.

Copy and paste between DingTalk Mind and XMind

DingTalk Mind supports common copy-and-paste shortcuts with no formatting hassles, allowing you to quickly migrate content.

Switch views

You can switch between outline notes and mind map views.

Expand/collapse nodes

If a node has child nodes, you can collapse or expand them using the arrow to the left of the small dot.

Toolbar

  • The floating toolbar can follow your edits or stay pinned at the bottom. It includes the following main buttons:
    • Common mind map actions: insert a sibling node, insert a child node, and expand or collapse with one click.
    • Add markers and tags: insert emojis as markers in the mind map to add a touch of fun to busy or tedious work, so the mind map is not just rigid thinking but expressive thinking with images and emotions.
    • Add link: insert a web address to link the mind map to more information.
    • Add image: insert an image for more intuitive expression.
    • Add alias: distinguish between primary information and supplementary notes for clearer information hierarchy.

Integration with DingTalk

  • DingTalk Mind is deeply integrated with DingTalk and supports sharing, permission settings, and task collaboration, helping you complete organizational collaboration more efficiently.

Share to chat

  • Send the mind map as a card. The recipient can tap the link to open the mind map directly.

Set permissions

  • Grant access to specific people. Access levels include: Manage, Edit, View/Download, and View only. Permission setting notifications can be sent through DingTalk chat messages. To send them, select “Send message notification” in the lower-left corner of the permission settings dialog.

Export as image

You can export your finished mind map as an image. Click … in the top-right corner > Download as > Image to export, open it in a browser, and access features such as history. To learn more about Mind Map, see the release notes and user guide.

Comments

Select the text box you want to comment on. A toolbar will appear at the bottom of the screen. Click the comment button on the right end of the toolbar, and a comment box will appear on the right side of the screen for you to enter your comment.

Shortcut tips

Mind map shortcuts on desktop cover three groups of actions: common shortcuts, node operations, and navigation. Both Windows and macOS are supported. To see the full shortcut list inside the editor, open a mind map and check the keyboard shortcut panel in the toolbar.