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Notes in Desktop Wander

In earlier versions of TheBrain (up through version 9), the note display used to change, along with the active thought display in the plex, during the wander process. You can see in the web client this is how the wander function currently works.

However, at some point in TB10, wandering through the notes was turned OFF to avoid another different note bug. As a result, only the thoughts in the plex wander now, while the note editor remains frozen (and hidden) with whatever note content was visible when the wander process began.

Based on the feedback I received from Support, it also looks like this functionality will NOT be restored until the new editor in TB11 is released - - and, even then, restoring this functionality will only be considered if "notes updating in Wander mode is 100% reliable and not causing any other related issues".

See the attached links for the related forum discussion and support ticket (on the tabs above) for more details.

September 2025 * Update

Notes in the desktop wander process were finally restored in TB15.

December 2020 * Update

In December of 2020, Support told me this feature has been sunsetted, and will not be restored.

This is in spite of the fact that Matt previously explained that:

Unfortunately, not having the option to include the notes during the wander process is a big loss, especially in shared desktop brains, where images and icons serve as vitally important visual differentiators in the notes.

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