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Kanban Base

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Description

Add kanban views to Bases, organized by folder structure or property values.

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Latest Version

1.0.5
5 days ago

Changelog

What changed

  • Fixed the card rename checkmark. Clicking the checkmark while renaming a card now saves the new name. Previously the card's click-guard cancelled the form submit, so the button appeared to work but did nothing.
  • Column layout polish. Columns now share a consistent height (smoother drag-and-drop), and collapsing a column no longer hides it incorrectly.

Why

The rename checkmark was a silent failure — the button responded visually but never committed. The layout fixes improve day-to-day board interaction when moving cards and collapsing columns.

Notes

  • No minAppVersion change — still 1.10.2.
  • Includes CI/E2E harness work behind the scenes; no user-facing config changes.
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Kanban Base

A plugin for Obsidian that adds two kanban views to Bases.

Requires Obsidian 1.10.1+.

Views

Kanban (Property)

Groups notes into columns by a text property value (e.g. a status field). Set the group-by field in the base to any text property and each unique value becomes a column. Changing a card's column updates that property on the note.

screenshot of Kanban property view

Kanban Folders

Groups notes into columns by their immediate parent folder. Each direct subfolder of the base's root folder is a column. Moving a card between columns physically moves the file to that folder — Obsidian handles link updates automatically.

screenshot of Kanban folders view

How to install

Using BRAT

  1. Install BRAT from the community plugins directory.
  2. Open BRAT settings and click Add Beta Plugin.
  3. Enter https://github.com/jaidetree/obsidian-kanban-base.

Using Community Plugins

Search for Kanban Base in Settings → Community plugins → Browse.

Manual install

  1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release.
  2. Copy them to .obsidian/plugins/kanban-base/ in your vault.
  3. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins.

Usage

  1. Open or create a base file.
  2. Click the view selector and choose Kanban or Kanban Folders.

Kanban (Property)

  • Set the base's group-by field to a text property (e.g. status).
  • Cards are grouped by property value. Drag cards between columns to update the property.

Kanban Folders

  • Set the base folder to a directory that contains subfolders.
  • Each subfolder becomes a column. Drag cards between columns to move the file.

Feedback and feature requests

Open an issue.

Contributing

Open an issue before submitting a PR — I don't want to merge work that doesn't fit the direction of the project.

AI Disclaimer

Development was largely done with Claude. I'm a professional frontend engineer and have reviewed and tested this project during every phase of development.

License

MIT

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