This would be a great addition to mind maps. I currently use the workaround to (1) create a new node, (2) create a new task from the node and (3) merge the new task with an existing task. It works, but it is quite a lot of work

Right now you can create new tasks from nodes in a mindmap view but you cannot add new nodes from existing tasks types. Depending on what you are mindmapping there are occasions where you want to add existing ideas/tasks to the map without creating duplicates.

It would be really handy if there was perhaps a sidebar like you have in the timeline view from which you could drag existing task types onto the mindmap as a new node.

The lack of this ability makes it seem like the mindmap function is straight up in compatible with ClickUp.

This seems like such a basic function. I would GLADLY leave my other mind map platforms if i could just do this in CLickUp!

Have you guys all tried doing this with whiteboards???

I'm frustrated that I can't add existing tasks, mostly because I can actually change a node into a task, but can't add a task as a node. This forces me to always start in mind map view if I want to add a task that I might want to organize in mind map view later. I'll have to just have a pile of them there in mindmap. It's weird.

When I used the mindmap feature in "blank" view, and I create a task out of a node, I can open the task from there and I can move the task around (without moving the task out of the list and statuses I want it in). This is great. But only if I start here in mindmap. If i added the task previously, I can't organize it in mindmap.

But I cant add a task to this view unless I am creating it from scratch. So if I want tasks here in this view that I have already done, I am going to have to create them from scratch all over again in mindmap first.

The ability to search for and select a task or multiple tasks to include in a MM I am working on would be extremely helpful. I like to use a mindmap to plan my day, plan projects, etc., and while creating tasks is helpful, many times, the tasks have already been created, and the MindMap serves to help give structure and to visualize.

YES. Ideally a mindmap starts with all of the tasks (or at least the option to include all of the tasks) from a given list or space.

+1

For us, this would be a game changer for the mind map view to actually use it. Basically, 1. a great added value for the users and 2. a quick win for the clickup developers, right?

Thus, go for it 😊 Thanks in advance!

Im using the Mindmap for business planning for our 2022 year. I started with a blank map and once I had it mostly complete, I started creating tasks from the map nodes and adding them to various lists broken up by business division. This part worked great and allowed me to quickly get the idea out of my mind and into a list of tasks.

Now as I am reviewing the task lists and adding more detail to each, I found that I needed some additional tasks, this was also fine...Until I wanted to add these new tasks back to my mindmap.

The mindmap is a great tool to provide my leadership team with an overview of the years plans and being able to link an existing task to a node would be awesome.

I agree with John Fellian's proposed workflow below:

"So, either a feature to "add existing task [to node]" on the map editor, or "add task to mindmap node" from the list (or task). Either option would work great for our process."