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Kanban-style card view with column grouping, tag filtering, and property chips. Group notes by tags or any frontmatter property. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.

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Columns

A kanban-style card view for Obsidian. Group notes by tags or any frontmatter property into columns, with tag filtering and property chips.

Demo

1. Overview

Overview

2. Creating and configuring a view

View configure

3. Tag filtering & column navigation

Filter use

Features

  • Column grouping — group by tags, status, category or any frontmatter property
  • Tag filtering — click tags to AND/OR filter across columns
  • Property chips — view note properties as styled chips (text, tags, links, booleans, dates)
  • Date formatting — Moment.js format and locale support
  • Grid/Stack layout — compact inline properties or structured vertical layout
  • Native integration — uses Obsidian BasesView framework (Sort, Filter, Properties, Search toolbar)

Usage

  1. Create a new .base file (or open an existing database)
  2. Click the view switcher and select Columns
  3. Click Group by in the toolbar → choose a property (e.g. tags, status) → notes are grouped into columns
  4. Filter by clicking tag pills below the toolbar:
    • Left-click on a tag → show only notes with that tag (clears other filters)
    • Left-click another tag → show notes matching ANY selected tag (OR mode)
    • Ctrl+Click or Right-click on a tag → toggle that tag without clearing others (add/remove single tag)
    • Click the OR/AND button → switch between OR and AND mode for multiple tags
    • Click All → clear all filters
  5. Open a card:
    • Left-click → open note (mode set in gear menu: tab / active pane / modal)
    • Ctrl+Click → open note in a background tab
  6. Open the gear menu (⚙) to configure appearance: title style, property chips, date format, layout

Settings (gear menu)

General

  • Open card in (active pane / floating modal / new tab)
  • Column width (px)

Title

  • Wrap card titles
  • Bold card titles
  • Font size (px)

Properties

  • Layout (Stack / Grid)
  • Wrap multi-line values
  • Font size (px)
  • Date format
  • Date & time format
  • Locale

Installation

  1. Download from Obsidian community plugins (pending)
  2. Or manual: copy main.js, manifest.json, styles.css to obsidian-columns/ in your vault's .obsidian/plugins/

Support

If you find this plugin useful, consider supporting its development:

https://donation.streamiverse.io/mamadaevv

License

MIT

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