Hover Reveal

by Shawn Yang
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Description

Category: Note Enhancements

The Hover Reveal plugin enhances the interactivity of your Obsidian notes by allowing you to display tooltip-style hidden content when hovering over marked text. By using a simple inline syntax, you can define visible text that, when hovered, reveals additional information in a styled popup. This is especially useful for annotations, definitions, or adding extra context without cluttering the main content. The plugin supports live preview mode and automatically adapts to your current Obsidian theme. Users can fine-tune the appearance of tooltips through settings that control text color, background, borders, and bolded visible text, using color pickers or CSS variables.

Reviews

  • Falcon 16
    Reviewed on Jan 14th, 2026
    The idea of the plugin is great. As I use the share note plugin, I share my notes with other people frequently, and having definitions over complex terms is great as a refresher. The only problem is it frequently fails in reading mode, causing a line break instead of showing the hover reveal. If this could be fixed, this plugin would be awesome.

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Latest Version

2 months ago

Changelog

README file from

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Hover Reveal | 悬浮提示插件

English | 中文

English

Shows hidden text in tooltips when hovering over marked elements using [visibleText]{tooltipText} syntax.

Installation

  1. Download the latest release .zip file
  2. Extract the zip file to your Obsidian vault's plugins folder: .obsidian/plugins/
  3. Restart Obsidian and enable the plugin

Usage

Use the following syntax in your notes: [Hello]{This is a tooltip}

Example:

  • Input: [Hello]{This is a tooltip}
  • Result: You'll see "Hello" (underlined and bold), and when you hover over it, "This is a tooltip" appears.

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Commands & Hotkeys

The plugin provides two commands that you can assign custom hotkeys to:

  1. Insert Hover Reveal Syntax

    • Inserts []{} template at cursor position
    • If text is selected, wraps it as [selectedText]{} and positions cursor in tooltip area
    • Access via Command Palette (Ctrl/Cmd + P) or assign a custom hotkey
  2. Navigate in Hover Reveal Syntax

    • Toggles cursor between visible text and tooltip text within existing [text]{tooltip} syntax
    • Useful for quick editing of hover reveal elements
    • Only works when cursor is positioned within a hover reveal syntax

To assign custom hotkeys:

  1. Go to Settings → Hotkeys
  2. Search for "Hover Reveal"
  3. Assign your preferred key combinations to the commands

Features

  • Hover to reveal hidden text
  • Automatic theme adaptation
  • Live preview support
  • Customizable styles

Settings

You can customize the following styles in the plugin settings:

  1. Tooltip Text Color: The color of text in the tooltip
  2. Tooltip Background Color: The background color of the tooltip
  3. Tooltip Border Color: The border color of the tooltip
  4. Bold Text Color: The color of the visible text

Each setting supports:

  • Color picker
  • CSS variables
  • Manual color input

Use the Reset button to restore default settings.


中文

一个在鼠标悬停时显示隐藏文本的 Obsidian 插件。

安装方法

  1. 下载最新版本的 .zip 文件
  2. 解压文件到你的 Obsidian 插件文件夹:.obsidian/plugins/
  3. 重启 Obsidian,并启用插件

使用方法

在笔记中使用以下语法: [可见文本]{提示文本}

示例:

  • 输入:[你好]{这是一个提示}
  • 效果:显示"你好"(带下划线和加粗),鼠标悬停时会显示"这是一个提示"

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命令和快捷键

插件提供两个命令,你可以为它们分配自定义快捷键:

  1. 插入悬浮提示语法

    • 在光标位置插入 []{} 模板
    • 如果选中了文本,会自动包装为 [选中文本]{} 并将光标定位到提示区域
    • 可通过命令面板 (Ctrl/Cmd + P) 访问或分配自定义快捷键
  2. 在悬浮提示语法中导航

    • 在现有的 [文本]{提示} 语法中,在可见文本和提示文本之间切换光标位置
    • 便于快速编辑悬浮提示元素
    • 仅在光标位于悬浮提示语法内时有效

分配自定义快捷键:

  1. 进入 设置 → 快捷键
  2. 搜索 "Hover Reveal"
  3. 为命令分配你偏好的按键组合

功能特点

  • 悬停显示隐藏文本
  • 自动适应主题
  • 支持实时预览
  • 可自定义样式

设置选项

在插件设置中可以自定义以下样式:

  1. 提示文本颜色:提示框中文字的颜色
  2. 提示背景颜色:提示框的背景颜色
  3. 提示边框颜色:提示框的边框颜色
  4. 加粗文本颜色:可见文本的颜色

每个设置支持:

  • 颜色选择器
  • CSS 变量
  • 手动输入颜色

使用重置按钮可以恢复默认设置。

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