Mirrors
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Mirrors in Workflowy let you display the same bullet in multiple places - and keep them perfectly in sync. When you edit a mirrored bullet, the changes show up everywhere it's mirrored. It’s ideal for tasks that belong to more than one project, shared checklists, or any content you want to reuse without duplicating. Think of mirrors as live references - one source, many views.
You can create a live copy of any bullet - we call these mirrors. When you do this, both the original item and the new one will become mirrors. This means that any changes to either mirror will be updated in the other one. This allows you to have the same content in multiple places and ensure that it will always be up to date.
Items that are mirrors will have a diamond-shape bullet.
You can create a mirror using the bullet menu, or the slash command “Mirror”.
1. Mouse over the item you want to create a mirror for
2. Open the bullet menu of that item
3. Select “Mirror”
4. Place your cursor where you want to paste the mirror
5. Paste the mirror
Whenever you create a mirror, you’ll see a green message at the bottom of the screen that lets you know the mirror has been copied.
You can also create a mirror from an item that is located in another part of your account. You do this using the keyboard shortcut “((”. Using this keyboard shortcut displays the “MIRROR FROM” widget which lets you search for the item you want to mirror.
1. Type double parenthesis “((“
2. Start typing the name of the item you want to mirror
3. Once you find the correct item, hit ENTER on your keyboard
You can also create a mirror from an item that is located in another part of your account. You do this using the keyboard shortcut “((”. Using this keyboard shortcut displays the “MIRROR FROM” widget which lets you search for the item you want to mirror.
1. Open the bullet menu for a mirror
2. Click on “See them”
From the mirror panel you can navigate to a specific mirror’s location or delete them all.
You can also create a mirror from an item that is located in another part of your account. You do this using the keyboard shortcut “((”. Using this keyboard shortcut displays the “MIRROR FROM” widget which lets you search for the item you want to mirror.
1. Mouse over the mirror you want to turn into a regular bullet
2. Open the bullet menu of that Mirror
3. Select “Detach Mirror”
