delete links intuitively

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It would be a nice feature to be able to delete a link between two nodes,
as the only way I found to do this currently is to delete one of the nodes.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by nekoh...@gmail.com on 17 Oct 2006 at 3:49

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In edit mode, you can remove links by weakening them into oblivion. Just press 
the
left mouse button over the child thought, drag the pointer to the parent 
thought and
release the mouse button. Do the reverse to strengthen links.

Original comment by derf...@gmail.com on 17 Oct 2006 at 3:53

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Hi,

Thanks for the bug report

As derfian pointed out, you can reduce the strength of the link to 0, which will
delete the link.  In future, it will be possible to select links and edit them 
that
way.  I'll leave the issue open as an enchancement for this and changed the 
summary
accordingly.

Original comment by DonScor...@gmail.com on 17 Oct 2006 at 11:21

• Changed title: delete links intuitively
• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement, Usability
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Will this feature be... easier to discover in the future ;)?

Original comment by nekoh...@gmail.com on 17 Oct 2006 at 2:17

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Yes.  The interface is pretty bad in Labyrinth at the moment.  One of the big 
tasks
before 1.0 is to improve it somewhat.

I don't really know what it'll look like in the end, but things will be more 
easily
discoverable (including link selection and deletion).

Original comment by DonScor...@gmail.com on 17 Oct 2006 at 2:38

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Is there a place or wiki where you hold your design thoughts? If you want, I am
offering my help at reviewing it for HIG compliance (to the extent of my 
knowledge)
and overall coolness/ease of use. For example, I thought the "delete link" 
function
could be regrouped with the link thickness into a combobox widget (Delete, 
Weakest,
Weak, Normal, Strong, Strongest)

Original comment by nekoh...@gmail.com on 17 Oct 2006 at 5:45

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Hi,

I've just created http://live.gnome.org/MindMapping/Labyrinth for wiki 
discussion on
labyrinth [1].  It's empty just now.  Once I get a few minutes, I'll fill it in 
a
little with some of the stuff in "doc/TheFuture".  In the mean time, if you 
want to
add ideas there, please do :)

Thanks
[1] I'm not exactly certain how much this will be updated, but its a start at 
least

Original comment by DonScor...@gmail.com on 17 Oct 2006 at 5:57

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This is fixed in revison 180. Links can now be deleted in the same way as a 
thought.

Original comment by sinfr...@gmail.com on 4 Feb 2008 at 12:46

• Changed state: Fixed