Feature request based on Roam Research

[Paul_Danyliuk]

@Jean_Pierre_Traets

My wish for a mindmap in Coda remains

This made me think and come up with this:

MEGA TRICK: SVG in Coda (one step away from generated charts and mind maps!)

I discovered the way to render SVG (vector graphics) in Coda. This capability (if put enough effort) lets you dynamically create virtually any images out of your data, such as: non-standard charts mind maps any other visualizations, including animated ones (but only with vanilla SVG; see row 2 of demo) That is because you declare image elements (e.g. each rectangle or text label) as plain text, which you can then concatenate into a finished image. Limitations: Don’t capture mouse events, …

UPD: And ultimately this:

Mind map (tree chart) implementation (!)

Okay, here it is. I made a mind map (actually a tree chart, sorry for the clickbait) implementation using the SVG capability I discovered last decade (ba-dum-tss) Best viewed in new tab. And yeah, it’s dynamic. Play around: turn off nodes, change parents, reorder rows, add new ones. [ezgif.com-optimize (62)] There are definitely bugs with the implementation, e.g. the chart may act funny when you reorder rows. Bug fixed, feel free to reorder now. And subscribe to codatricks.com if you have…