Quiet Outline

Obsidian Quiet Outline

An outline plugin makes headings easier to read.

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Features

• No auto-expand when editing
• Search support
• Markdown render support
• Auto expand and collapse
• Default level
• Level Switch Bar
• Drag and modify note
• Navigation in Canvas
• Navigation in Kanban
• Navigation in Bases
• Navigation in PDF
• Hover preview
• Remember expand state
• Vim-Like keymap
• Some hotkeys

No auto-expand when editing

Default Outline:

Quiet Outline:

Search support

hide irrelevant results：

use regex:

support searching content by piercing through Markdown/HTML syntax:

Markdown render support

Auto expand and collapse

Level Switch Bar

Default level

You can customize the default level per note. See release note in 0.3.33

Drag and modify note

Navigate in Canvas

Navigate in Kanban

Navigate in Bases

Lists the rows of the active Bases view (table, cards or list), following its filters, sorting and grouping. The property shown per row can be changed in the Bases settings tab.

Navigate in PDF

Supports reading and displaying the table of contents (outline / bookmarks) embedded in PDF files:

• Click to Jump: Click on any outline item to navigate directly to the destination page and position in the PDF.
• Active Page Sync: Automatically tracks and highlights the corresponding outline heading as you scroll or change pages in the PDF.

Show content when hovering on heading

Remember State

When enabled, the plugin will remember the scroll position, cursor position of markdown note, and heading expansion state of the outline view. This allows you to switch between different views without losing your place.

Vim-Like keymap

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a321c9a8-af27-495f-8822-5824ee453af2

• Focus heading tree:
  • J K (and ArrowUP ArrowDown) to move down/up
  • H L (and ArrowLeft ArrowRight) to collapse/expand
  • / to focus search input area
  • Z Z to center the heading
  • G G to go to top
  • Shift G to go to bottom
  • Space to jump in note without to focus into it
  • Enter to jump and focus into note, clear search input
  • Escape to focus back to note
• Focus search area:
  • Escape to clear search input
  • Enter to focus heading tree

Also support to operate canvas:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/babf3d56-9d66-4cbd-9bb8-8a41269fc332

• J K H L to move to next node
• I to edit a file/text node
• Z Z to zoom in a node
• Z A to zoom out

Hotkeys

• Increase/Decrease level
• Jump to prev/next heading
• Copy all headings to clipboard(See in 0.3.32)

Limitations

• Due to the lazy-rendering strategy of built-in editor (Only text showed in the current window is rendered. If scrolling too fast, you will see some text is not ready to be rendered and the editor stutters), sometimes you can't jump to the place you want by one click in edit mode，especially when the note is opened for the first time since you open obsidian app. Outline core plugin has the same issue. Solution: Just click again.

• Cross-level is not supported, which means you can use h1->h2->h3，but not h1->h3->h4, while h3 and h4 will be treated as h2 and h3.

• Some extented grammars in obsidian are not supported by default. But we can extend the markdown-parser to fix it! If you believe any grammar is frequently used and should be implemented, create an issue to discuss about it.

Usage

Open command panel and input Quiet Outline ，then press Enter .

For markdown-rendering, open Markdown Render option in setting panel.

Install

Download from github

• Download the latest release.
• Extract and put the three files (main.js, style.css, manifest.json) to folder {{obsidian_vault}}/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-quiet-outline.

Install from Plugin Store

• Open Settings > Third-party plugin
• Click Browse community plugins
• Search for "Quiet Outline"
• Click Install

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