Scroll Anchor

An Obsidian plugin that anchors your scroll and cursor position in every note, and restores them all when the app restarts.

Per-file position memory: Independently saves cursor and scroll position for each note
Multi-tab restore: All open tabs restore their positions on app restart, not just the last active one
Reading mode support: Saves and restores scroll position in both editing and reading modes
Mobile-first design: Aggressive save strategy for iOS/Android where the app may be killed by the system — you never lose your reading spot
Configurable: Adjustable save interval, restore delay, and maximum stored entries

Positions are saved to a JSON file inside your vault. Saving happens:

Continuously while you read (every 200ms for the active tab, flushed to disk every 5s)
When switching between tabs
When the app goes to background (critical for mobile)
On app quit

When the app restarts, every previously open tab is restored to its saved position.

The plugin is not yet listed in the Obsidian Community Plugins directory. Use one of the methods below.

BRAT is a community plugin that lets you install and auto-update plugins directly from GitHub.

Enter the repository URL:

https://github.com/senjanson/obsidian-scroll-anchor

To update later: open Settings → BRAT → Check for updates to all beta plugins.

Go to the latest release and download main.js and manifest.json
Create a folder scroll-anchor inside your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory
Copy the two downloaded files into that folder
Restart Obsidian and enable Scroll Anchor in Settings → Community plugins

Setting	Description	Default
Data file name	Path to the JSON file that stores positions	`.obsidian/plugins/scroll-anchor/cursor-positions.json`
Delay after opening a note	Delay before restoring scroll position (increase if interfering with `#header` links)	100 ms
Save interval	How often positions are flushed to disk	5000 ms
Max entries	Maximum number of file positions to remember	1000

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