---
title: NotebookLM Mindmap Controls
description: "Chrome extension that adds keyboard shortcuts, zoom, and pan controls to NotebookLM's mindmap view — turn a passive diagram into an explorable knowledge graph."
tagline: Keyboard shortcuts, smoother zoom and pan for NotebookLM mindmaps — explore your knowledge graph instead of dragging it.
category: Productivity
status: released
version: 1.0.0
date: 2026-05-18
webStoreId: naaecldchbmeohkglalmdhbaglahogdm
webStoreUrl: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/notebooklm-mindmap-contro/naaecldchbmeohkglalmdhbaglahogdm
targetBrowser: chrome
screenshot: /extensions/notebooklm-mindmap-controls/screenshot.png
screenshotAlt: NotebookLM Mindmap Controls extension active in a Google NotebookLM mindmap view
keywords:
  - NotebookLM mindmap
  - NotebookLM keyboard shortcuts
  - NotebookLM zoom
  - Google NotebookLM extension
  - knowledge graph explorer
tags:
  - productivity
  - chrome
  - notebooklm
  - ai
---

## What it does

**NotebookLM Mindmap Controls** is a Chrome extension that augments Google's NotebookLM mindmap view with the controls it should have shipped with: keyboard navigation, predictable zoom, and smooth panning.

NotebookLM auto-generates a mindmap from your sources, but the default UI is mouse-drag only — clumsy on a trackpad, unusable from the keyboard, and the zoom step is too coarse for dense graphs. This extension layers on:

- **Keyboard shortcuts** for zoom in/out, fit-to-screen, recenter
- **Smoother zoom** with finer increments
- **Pan with arrow keys** instead of drag-only
- **Recenter** on selected node

The result: you can actually explore a NotebookLM-generated mindmap as a knowledge graph, not as a static diagram you have to wrestle with.

## How to use

1. Install from the Chrome Web Store (button below).
2. Open any NotebookLM notebook and switch to the **Mindmap** view.
3. The new controls activate automatically — try `+` / `-` for zoom, arrow keys for pan, `F` for fit-to-screen.