# Change how an item looks

> Select an item and use the toolbar above it: themes for mind maps, accent colors for idea boards and polls, fills and borders for shapes, series colors for charts.

Source: https://mockflow.com/docs/change-how-an-item-looks

Select an item and a toolbar appears above it with the style options for that kind of item. The options follow the item: a mind map offers themes, an idea board an accent color, a shape a fill and a border, a chart its series colors.

![The Podcast launch brainstorm board: a mind map, an Upvote ideas list, a poll, a kanban, a checklist, a bar chart, a spinning wheel, sticky notes and a shape, with the shape selected and its toolbar above it](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/d601f6f23eb44cd1a3ed022eb16e0131.webp)

## Mind maps: change the theme

Select the mind map and click **Change Theme** (1). Default, Graphite, Blueprint and Candy recolor every node and branch at once. **Change align type** next to it changes how the branches sit around the center.

![The Episode themes mind map selected, with Change Theme marked in its toolbar](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/d936bd0ab9af4f289c90b4ba65210d63.webp)

![Choosing the Candy theme and then the Blueprint theme for the Episode themes mind map](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/617c36f3504c4a96af3b75b25e3f9c8c.webp)

## Idea boards, polls and wheels: pick an accent color

Upvote ideas, polls, spinning wheels and checklists share one pattern: an **Accent color** (1) for their buttons and highlights, **Toggle Border** (2) to show or hide the frame, and a few options of their own, such as **Toggle Submitter Avatar** (3) on an Upvote ideas list or the checkbox style on a checklist.

![The Show Name Candidates Upvote ideas list selected, with Accent color, Toggle Border and Toggle Submitter Avatar marked](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/b428fa3f3b404c6b91c36aa3a2fe4e28.webp)

## Shapes: fill and border

Shapes have **Background** (1) for the fill and **Border** (2) for the outline. Both open the same picker: click a swatch (3), or set a color of your own in the custom area and click **Choose**. Colors you add to **Favourites** are saved with the project.

![The color picker open under Background for the Pilot recording shape, with Background, Border and the swatches marked](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/b62282f169ee499ca33c6732203c24b0.webp)

![Choosing yellow under Background and then orange under Border for the Pilot recording shape](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/a8230c095d4c4990870d6d4ef8e212e0.webp)

## Charts: series colors and fill

A chart has **Colors** (1) for its series, **Fill color** (2) for its background and **Show Grid lines** (3) with a grid color. Kanbans work the same way, with a card color and a list color.

![The Listener survey bar chart selected, with Colors, Fill color and Show Grid lines marked](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/33751591984e40ecbd87bec7775c135b.webp)

## Text: size, style and alignment

Every item with text has **Change font family**, **Font color** and **Font size** (1). Text items add **Font style** (2) for bold or a weight, **Line height** and **Alignment** (3).

![The Quick ideas heading selected, with Font size, Font style and Alignment marked](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/f8ef0da347e94a6d982f88ef3ce06027.webp)

## Everything else: advanced settings

**Toggle advanced settings** (1), the double arrow at the end of the toolbar, opens a panel with every setting for the item in tabs. For a shape: Transform, Theme, Image, Colors, Font, Shadow, CSS and Export. Point to a tab to open it, for example **Shadow** (2) to set a position, offset, blur and opacity. Components such as mind maps and Upvote ideas keep their options in the toolbar and show only Transform and Export here.

![Advanced settings open for the Pilot recording shape, with the Toggle advanced settings button and the Shadow settings marked](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/61efbc8884914bbcbf41ecf430cea94d.webp)

## Several items at once

Select several items of the same kind and the toolbar applies each change to all of them. With mixed items it shows only what works for every one of them, such as the font and the align and distribute tools in [Align, space and snap items](/docs/align-space-and-snap-items). To copy the look of one item onto another, use **Copy Styles** and **Paste Styles**, described in [Group, lock and layer items](/docs/group-lock-and-layer-items).