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This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff. A single, unified outline panel for both Markdown notes and PDF documents.

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📌 Outline for All Files

Outline for All Files is an Obsidian plugin that provides a single, unified outline panel for both Markdown notes and PDF documents.

Unlike Obsidian’s built-in Outline (Markdown-only) or the default PDF outline view, this plugin automatically adapts to the active file and always shows the correct outline — no extra clicks, no stale state, no confusion.

✨ Features

✅ One unified outline panel for Markdown + PDF
✅ Automatically updates when switching files
✅ Markdown outline built from real headings (#, ##, ###, …)
✅ PDF outline based on bookmarks / table of contents
✅ Precise PDF navigation using offsets when available
✅ Selected heading is always clearly highlighted
✅ No selection loss when switching files
✅ No indentation jump on selection
✅ Page number badges (optional, right-aligned)
✅ Expand / collapse all sections
✅ Search within outline titles
✅ Remembers expand / collapse state per file
✅ Stable behavior when switching MD ↔ PDF rapidly

📄 Supported File Types

Markdown (.md)

  • Outline is built from actual Markdown headings
  • Updates dynamically when the note content changes
  • Clicking an item moves the cursor and scrolls to the correct heading

PDF (.pdf)

  • Uses PDF bookmarks / outline if available
  • Navigates with deep links (#page=&offset=)
  • Headings are aligned to the top of the page when possible
  • Gracefully falls back when precise offsets are not provided

🧭 Navigation Behavior

Markdown

  • Jump to heading
  • Cursor positioned correctly
  • No selection flicker or loss

PDF

  • Jump via Obsidian PDF deep-linking
  • Supports page + offset + zoom
  • Designed for reading, not thumbnails

⚙️ Settings

  • Hide built-in PDF sidebar
    Hides Obsidian’s default PDF TOC / thumbnails panel

  • Show PDF page number badges
    Displays page numbers next to PDF outline items (aligned to the right)

  • Expand all on file open

  • Remember expansion state per file

  • Offset Top Padding (PDF fine-tuning)
    Small vertical adjustment if a PDF heading lands slightly too low

🧠 Why “Outline for All Files”?

Obsidian already has:

  • A great Markdown outline ✅
  • A separate PDF outline ✅

But switching between them breaks flow.

Outline for All Files solves this by behaving like a native panel that “just works” for whatever file is active — Markdown or PDF.

🛠 Installation

Community Plugins (recommended)

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins
  2. Search for Outline for All Files
  3. Install & enable

Manual Installation

Copy these files into .vault/.obsidian/plugins/all-outline/

  • main.js
  • styles.css
  • manifest.json

Reload Obsidian.

📜 License

MIT License

Made with care for people who actually live in their outlines.

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