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Canvas Project Autofit

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Description

Obsidian plugin: zoom canvases on open to fill viewport width (top-aligned).

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Latest Version

1.2.0
3 months ago

Changelog

Initial community release.

  • Auto-fit canvases on open to fill viewport width (top-aligned)
  • Configurable path prefix, width fraction, and top padding
  • Command: Fit canvas to width
  • Optional clickable external links in text cards
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Canvas Project Autofit

Zoom Obsidian canvases on open so content fills the viewport width, pinned to the top. Lower rows can stay off-screen — useful for tall project boards with many cards.

Features

  • Auto-fit when opening a canvas (configurable path prefix)
  • Width-first framing instead of Obsidian’s default “fit everything” zoom
  • Overrides canvas zoomToFit while the plugin is active
  • Command palette: Fit canvas to width
  • Optional: click text cards with external links to open them in the browser
  • Settings for path prefix, width fraction, and top padding

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins (after submission)

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins.
  2. Browse and search for Canvas Project Autofit.
  3. Install and enable.

Manual install

  1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release.
  2. Create a folder canvas-project-autofit inside your vault’s .obsidian/plugins/.
  3. Copy the three files into that folder.
  4. Enable the plugin under Settings → Community plugins.

Usage

  1. Enable the plugin.
  2. Open a canvas (by default, only paths starting with Projects/ are auto-fitted).
  3. The view zooms so the board width fills the window; the top of the canvas stays visible.

Use the command Fit canvas to width to re-apply the framing on the active canvas.

Settings

Setting Default Description
Canvas path prefix Projects/ Limit auto-fit to canvases under this folder. Empty = all canvases.
Width fraction 1.0 How much of the board width to frame. Lower = more zoomed in.
Top padding 16 Pixels of space above content when framing.
Clickable external links on Open URLs from text cards with a single click.

Development

This plugin is written in plain JavaScript (main.js) for easy inspection and community review. No build step is required.

To develop locally:

  1. Clone this repository into .obsidian/plugins/canvas-project-autofit/ inside a test vault, or symlink it.
  2. Reload Obsidian (Settings → Community plugins → reload).

Submitting to the Community directory

This repository is structured for Obsidian Community plugin submission:

  • manifest.json at repo root (committed on default branch)
  • LICENSE (MIT)
  • README.md with usage instructions
  • GitHub release tagged 1.2.0 (no v prefix) with release assets: main.js, manifest.json, styles.css
  • versions.json maps plugin version → minimum Obsidian version

After publishing a release, sign in at community.obsidian.md, link GitHub, and submit the repository URL under Plugins → New plugin.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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