Groups, search and layout

How to organize a large map: nested groups, grouping, search, rearranging, saved layouts and export.

Groups

A group is a colored box that resizes itself around the nodes it contains. There’s no “create group” button: type a name in a node’s “group” field and, if it doesn’t exist, it’s created.

• To nest, use a slash: Partywoo / frontend creates “frontend” inside “Partywoo”. Matching ignores case and is scoped to the parent.
• Colors are assigned in order from a palette of six.
• Two levels are drawn: the node’s group and its direct parent.
• For now there’s no UI to rename, recolor or delete a group.

From a manifest the group field is a plain name: "A / B" creates a group literally called “A / B”, with no nesting. Only the inspector’s “group” field and MCP add_node interpret the slash.

Group by

The selector at the top chooses how boxes are drawn: none, group (default) or category (one box per node type). It also affects rearranging.

Search

The search box highlights nodes whose name, provider or type contains the text. Non-matching nodes are dimmed, not hidden. It doesn’t search groups or check targets.

Rearrange

The “reorder” button recomputes positions: a grid when grouping is “none”, otherwise bands per group (at most five columns per band). Positions also save automatically on every drag.

Saved layouts

The “layout” button saves the current arrangement under a name and recalls it whenever you like. Applying a layout only moves the nodes present in the snapshot; nodes added later stay where they are. Layouts aren’t part of the manifest export.

Exporting as an image

The “png” and “pdf” buttons export the whole map (not just the visible area) at the real node positions, with edges and group boxes but without the minimap or controls. PNG is at 2× resolution, capped at 12000 pixels on the long side; PDF is a single page the same size as the image.