Metadata Icon

by Benature
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Description

The Metadata Icon plugin enhances Obsidian's metadata management by allowing users to customize metadata entries with icons. It supports a variety of sources for icons, including online URLs, local file paths, and base64-encoded images, making it highly flexible for different use cases. Users can easily associate icons with specific metadata properties, creating a visually engaging and organized experience. This plugin is ideal for users who want to visually enhance their Obsidian notes with custom icons for metadata, whether it's for linking to external resources or organizing their vault more intuitively.

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Metadata Icon

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Customize metadata (property) entries icon.

Links support online URLs, local file paths, and base64-encoded images.

  • Online URLs: Must start with http:// or https://.
    • e.g. https://www.facebook.com/favicon.ico.
  • Local files: Can be a relative file path within the Obsidian vault, or a relative file path from the root directory of the computer.
    • e.g. .obsidian/svg/Benature.svg, D:/Figures/Benature.png, /Users/Benature/Pictures/Benature.jpg.
  • Base64-encoded images: Must start with data:.

Chinese simple introduction: 公众号 / 小红书 如有汉化需要请联系木一Benature

Support

If you find this plugin useful and would like to support its development, you can sponsor me via Buy Me a Coffee ☕️, WeChat, Alipay or AiFaDian. Any amount is welcome, thank you!

Install

Install from plugin community

click to install, or:

  • Open Obsidian and go to Settings > Community Plugins
  • Search for Metadata Icon
  • Click Install

Install by BRAT Plugin

Manually install

  • Download latest version in Releases
  • Copy over main.js, manifest.json to your vault VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/metadata-icon/
  • Reload plugins in Community plugins and enable Metadata Icon

How to build

  • git clone https://github.com/Benature/obsidian-metadata-icon clone this repo.
  • npm i install dependencies
  • npm run dev to start compilation in watch mode.
  • npm run build to build production.

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