Obsidian Stats logoObsidian Stats

I Will Never Leave the Graph View

by yaye.work
5
4
3
2
1
Score: 50/100
Install Code

Description

Preview, edit, and create notes without ever leaving the graph view.

Reviews

No reviews yet.

Stats

3
stars
225
downloads
1
forks
54
days
51
days
51
days
0
total PRs
0
open PRs
0
closed PRs
0
merged PRs
0
total issues
0
open issues
0
closed issues
10
commits

Latest Version

1.0.4
2 months ago

Changelog

File-explorer integration.

  • Hover a file in the left panel → its content previews in the companion pane and its node lights up in the graph (held steady via the same pinned-highlight used for editing).
  • Click a note in the explorer → it's armed for editing in the preview pane instead of opening in a main tab. Cmd/Ctrl-click keeps the native "open in new tab" behavior.
  • All of this only engages while a graph view is actually visible.
  • Notifications now gate on a visible graph view rather than one that merely exists (e.g. sitting behind another tab), so a backgrounded graph no longer triggers toasts.

Manual install: copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css into <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/graph-node-preview/.

See all version on GitHub

README file from

Github

Never Leave the Graph View

An Obsidian plugin for a graph-first workflow: preview, edit, and create notes without ever leaving the graph view.

The graph stops being a read-only map and becomes the place you actually work.

How do I never leave the graph view?

You will now summon a companion pane in the right sidebar, whenever you open the graph view.

  • Hover a node in the graph view → preview it. Quickly browse through your notes by hovering on the nodes.

  • Click an existing node → edit it directly in the campanion pane. Hell yeah dude, hell yeah.

  • Click a greyed-out node → create it. The note is created at that node's position. Opened for editing immediately. Leave without typing and it quietly deletes itself, reverting the node to grey.

  • Add a note anywhere. A button in the graph's control bar, or right-click empty canvas → New note here — the note is born at that exact spot.

  • Filter-aware creation. With a graph filter active, new notes are made to match it (created in a path: folder, seeded with a tag: or search term) so they don't vanish on creation. When conforming isn't possible, the filter is briefly lifted and restored once the note qualifies on its own.

  • An lone eye watching over you, because why not A little bit of fun. Click to edit a note to make it happy.

The companion pane appears whenever a graph view is open and closes with it.

Installation (manual)

  1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release.
  2. Copy them into <your vault>/.obsidian/plugins/graph-node-preview/.
  3. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin under Settings → Community plugins.

Notes

This plugin drives Obsidian's graph renderer through internals that aren't part of the public API, so a future Obsidian update could require adjustments.

Feedback & Support

Thank you for using Never Leave the Graph View! If you run into a bug or have an idea, please open an issue. Feature requests and bug reports are very welcome.

And if you find NLTGV useful, you can:

It's genuinely appreciated.

Happy noting! Yaye

License

MIT © yaye.work · [email protected]

Sponsors