Blur

blur

Light-weight Obsidian.md plugin for creating obfuscated blocks of text.

2 modes:

1. inline
2. block i.e. code fence

3 methods:

1. blur — useful for ==obfuscating==
2. brick — useful for ==redacting==
3. bone — useful for ==wire-framing==

inline

blur

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brick

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bone

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block

blur

```blur
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```

brick

```blur-brick
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```

bone

```blur-bone
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```

results

plugin installation

From Obsidian's settings or preferences:

1. Community Plugins > Browse
2. Search for "blur"

or:

1. download the latest release archive
2. uncompress the downloaded archive
3. move the blur folder to /path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins/
4. Settings > Community plugins > reload Installed plugins
5. enable plugin

or:

1. download main.js, manifest.json & styles.css
2. create a new folder /path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins/blur
3. move all 3 files to /path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins/blur
4. Settings > Community plugins > reload Installed plugins
5. enable plugin

customization

Custom CSS styles can be applied via the obsidian-style-settings plugin.

video demo

effects

1. blur — filter
2. brick —line-height, background-color, border-radius
3. bone — line-height, background-color, border-radius and
4. editor — toggle to reveal obfuscated text on mouse hover

CSS snippet for setting styles

The obsidian-style-settings plugin is required for the following.

1. create an obsidian-blur-plugin.css snippet file with the content below

or

1. download obsidian-blur-plugin.css

then

2. save file to /path/to/vault/.obsidian/snippets
3. enable snippet under Settings > Appearance > CSS snippets

/* @settings

name: Blur Plugin
id: obsidian-blur
settings:
-
  id: obsidian-blur-hover
  title: Reveal obfuscated text on mouse hover
  type: class-toggle
  default: false
-
  id: obsidian-blur-filter
  title: Blur filter strength
  type: variable-text
  default: 5px
-
  id: obsidian-blur-brick-color
  title: Brick color
  type: variable-themed-color
  format: hsl
  opacity: true
  default-light: 'hsla(220,19%,6%,1)'
  default-dark: 'hsla(220,100%,100%,1)'
-
  id: obsidian-blur-brick-border-radius
  title: Brick border-radius
  type: variable-text
  default: 1px
-
  id: obsidian-blur-brick-line-height
  title: Brick line-height
  type: variable-number-slider
  default: 1
  min: 1
  max: 2
  step: .05
- 
  id: obsidian-blur-bone-color
  title: Bone color
  type: variable-themed-color
  format: hsl
  opacity: true
  default-light: 'hsla(220,19%,6%,1)'
  default-dark: 'hsla(220,100%,100%,1)'
-
  id: obsidian-blur-bone-border-radius
  title: Bone border-radius
  type: variable-text
  default: 1.5em
-
  id: obsidian-blur-bone-line-height
  title: Bone line-height
  type: variable-number-slider
  default: 1
  min: 1
  max: 2
  step: .05
-
*/

development

clone this repo

cd /path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins
git clone https://github.com/gapmiss/blur.git
cd blur

install packages and run

npm i
npm run dev

enable plugin

1. open Settings → Community plugins
2. enable the Blur plugin.