Dropdown Vars

Obsidian Dropdown Vars Plugin

Easily create interactive dropdowns in your notes and optionally sync their values to Dataview inline fields.

Features

• Dropdowns with syntax: {Status: A | B | ^C}
• Click to open and select a value; caret ^ marks the selected option
• Optionally sync selection to Dataview inline field: (Status::C)
• Dropdown renders as Status ▾ in Live Preview when Dataview sync is enabled
• Only one inline field per dropdown, always updated
• Compatible with Dataview queries: = this.Status

Usage

1. Write a dropdown token in your note:

   {Status: Todo | ^In Progress | Done}
   

2. Enable "Persist to inline Dataview" in plugin settings to sync selection:

   {Status: Todo | ^In Progress | Done} (Status::In Progress)
   

3. Use Dataview inline queries:

   Status: `= this.Status`
   

Settings

• Persist to frontmatter: Save selection to YAML frontmatter
• Persist to inline Dataview: Add inline field after dropdown token

License

MIT