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Advanced Formatting

by Mohamed Saleh
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Latest Version

1.1.6
8 days ago

Changelog

What's changed

  • Replaced cryptic hex-only preset labels with human-friendly color names and matching emoji.
  • Stored color values remain unchanged internally.

Installation assets

This release includes main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css.

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Advanced Formatting

Global typography and readable inline formatting for Obsidian, with support for Arabic and RTL text.

Inline formatting

One-off formatting uses readable markup:

~={orange}colored text=~
~={color:orange; bg:#fff3cd; font:Amiri; size:1.1; bold}formatted text=~

Simple bold and italic remain native Markdown. Reusable global roles use the same syntax with a role name:

~={role:question}text=~

Roles are edited in Settings and applied from the Apply inline role... command. Formatting is supported in Live Preview and Reading view.

Editor context menu

Right-clicking selected text opens Obsidian's editor context menu. It includes:

  • quick colors from Settings;
  • Format selection...;
  • Apply inline role...;
  • Clear formatting;
  • direction and heading/list shortcuts where applicable.

The Format selection control is a small anchored popover, not a full modal window.

Settings

Settings are global and organized into:

  • Typography;
  • Headings;
  • Lists;
  • Quick colors;
  • Inline roles;
  • Advanced CSS snippets.

Font choices include common installed fonts and custom font names. The plugin does not download or install fonts automatically.

Custom CSS snippets

Custom CSS snippets are reusable CSS declarations for an inline role. Enter declarations without a selector or braces; the plugin inserts them into the formatted span. For example:

letter-spacing: 0.05em;
font-variant: small-caps;
text-shadow: 0 1px 2px #0004;
border-bottom: 1px solid currentColor;

Name each snippet so it can be recognized later, then choose it from the “Snippets...” button in a role editor. CSS snippets are not used by the compact Format selection popover.

Commands

Command What it does
Apply inline role... Applies a reusable global role to the selection
Format selection... Opens the compact formatting popover
Clear formatting Removes plugin formatting at the selection/cursor
Force right-to-left / left-to-right Overrides the current line direction
Clear direction override Removes a direction override
Strip formatting from this note Removes known plugin markup from the current note

The vault-wide strip command, footnote insertion command, profile system, and profile-specific commands are intentionally not part of this pre-release design.

Limitations

  • Formatting actions currently operate within one line.
  • Direction overrides are supported on list lines with list-specific marker isolation. Because Obsidian and themes render list markers differently, verify numbered and nested lists in both Live Preview and Reading view after changing a list's direction.
  • The new syntax is intentionally simple and does not support arbitrary nested direct-format spans.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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