Send to Canvas

by wenlzhang
5
4
3
2
1
Score: 37/100

Description

The Send to Canvas plugin streamlines how you move tasks, text blocks, or entire notes into Canvas files. It lets you send content in multiple formats - plain text, links, or embeds - while keeping your original formatting intact. You can customise open tasks by adding extra text and decide how block IDs are generated, choosing between date based or random formats. Timestamp features let you keep track of when links or embeds are created, with options to tweak the format as needed. Node sizing is flexible, so you can adjust how links and content appear visually on your Canvas. The plugin remembers your last-used Canvas file, shows a quick-access status indicator, and has smart defaults for working in large vaults.

Reviews

No reviews yet.

Stats

14
stars
5,008
downloads
1
forks
460
days
472
days
484
days
0
total PRs
0
open PRs
0
closed PRs
0
merged PRs
3
total issues
2
open issues
1
closed issues
0
commits

Latest Version

a year ago

Changelog

  • Tune status bar length

README file from

Github

Send to Canvas

GitHub release (Latest by date) GitHub all releases

An Obsidian plugin that allows you to send tasks, blocks, and notes to Canvas files as plain text, links, and embeds.

demo

Features

  • Multiple content formats:
    • Send text as plain text
    • Send text as block links
    • Send text as block embeds
    • Send entire notes as note links
    • Send entire notes as note embeds
  • Open task customization:
    • Append custom text to open tasks (lines starting with "- [ ]")
    • Preserve original task formatting
  • Block ID customization:
    • Use date-based or random block IDs
    • Customize block ID format using MomentJS tokens
  • Timestamp tracking:
    • Append timestamps to links and embeds
    • Customize timestamp format
  • Canvas node customization:
    • Set custom sizes for different node types (links, content, notes)
    • Consistent sizing between block embeds and text content
  • User experience:
    • Remember last selected canvas file
    • Status bar indicator selecting and showing target canvas
    • Customizable startup delay for large vaults
  • Smart text selection: Automatically uses the entire line when no text is selected

Videos and Articles

Videos

Commands

  • Send block text: Send the selected text (or current line) to canvas as plain text
  • Send block link: Send the selected text (or current line) to canvas as a block link
  • Send block embed: Send the selected text (or current line) to canvas as a block embed
  • Send note link: Send the current note to canvas as a note link
  • Send note embed: Send the current note to canvas as a note embed

Documentation

📚 View Full Documentation

Visit the documentation site to learn how to make the most of Send to Canvas in your Obsidian workflow.

Support & Community

This plugin is developed and maintained during my free time. A lot of thought, energy, and care goes into making it reliable and user-friendly.

If you find Send to Canvas valuable in your daily workflow:

  • If it helps you send content to your Canvas files more effectively
  • If it saves you time and mental energy navigating your Canvas files

Please consider supporting my work. Your support would help me dedicate more time and energy to:

  • Developing new features
  • Maintaining code quality
  • Providing support and documentation
  • Making the plugin even better for everyone

Ways to Support

You can support this project in several ways:

  • ⭐ Star the project on GitHub
  • 💝
  • 💌 Share your success stories and feedback
  • 📢 Spread the word about the plugin
  • 🐛 Report issues to help improve the plugin

Thank you for being part of this journey! 🙏

Similar Plugins

info
• Similar plugins are suggested based on the common tags between the plugins.
Excalidraw
5 years ago by Zsolt Viczian
A plugin to edit and view Excalidraw drawings in Obsidian
Tasks
5 years ago by Clare Macrae and Ilyas Landikov (created by Martin Schenck)
Task management for the Obsidian knowledge base.
Kanban
6 years ago by mgmeyers
Create markdown-backed Kanban boards in Obsidian.
TaskNotes
4 months ago by callumalpass
Task and time-tracking management with calendar integration for Obsidian
Advanced Canvas
3 years ago by Developer-Mike
⚡ Supercharge your canvas experience! Graph view integration and unlimited styling options empower flowcharts, dynamic presentations, and interconnected knowledge.
Day Planner
3 months ago by ivan-lednev
An Obsidian plugin for day planning with a clean UI and a simple task format
Breadcrumbs
5 months ago by skepticmystic
Add typed-links to your Obsidian notes
Canvas Mindmap
4 years ago by Boninall
A plugin to make your canvas work like a mindmap.
Operon
2 months ago by Hasan Yılmaz
Task management system for humans and agents in Obsidian.
Simple CanvaSearch
3 years ago by ddalexb
Link Embed
4 years ago by SErAphLi
This plugin allow you to convert URLs in your notes into embeded previews.
Convert url to preview (iframe)
5 months ago by fhachez
Plugin for Obsidian.md to convert a selected URL to an iframe.
Project Manager
5 months ago by stepankropachev
Project management inside Obsidian. Table, Gantt and Kanban over plain Markdown notes, with a local API for agents and scripts.
Charted Roots
4 months ago by John Banister
Professional genealogical tools for Obsidian. Interactive family charts, geographic maps, PDF reports, GEDCOM/Gramps import-export, evidence tracking, and fictional calendar support. Built for genealogists, historians, and worldbuilders.
Big Calendar
5 years ago by Boninall
Big Calendar in Obsidian, for manage your events in a day/week/month and see agenda too!
TaskChute Plus
2 months ago by hiroyaiizuka
Execute Taskchute for Obsidian
draw.io
5 months ago by somesanity
A plugin for Obsidian that integrates the draw.io editor into Obsidian.
Apex Dashboard
4 months ago by PandoraReads
Stop switching between Obsidian notes. One page. Everything you need. Memo your thoughts, crush your todos, track your projects — and make it look incredible doing it.
基于第二大脑理念的Obsidian工作台,一站式管理笔记、待办、备忘录、项目和你的日常工作流
Better File Link
5 years ago by Marc Julian Schwarz
A plugin for the note taking app Obsidian to add better external file links to your notes.
Note Linker
4 years ago by Alexander Weichart
🔗 Automatically link your Obsidian notes.
Task List Kanban
2 years ago by Chris Kerr
Task Collector
5 months ago by ebullient
Manage tasks and logs within an Obsidian note.
Kanban Bases View
7 months ago by I. Welch Canavan
A kanban-style drag-and-drop custom view for Obsidian Bases that allows you to organize your notes into columns based on any property.
Archiver
5 years ago by ivan-lednev
Archive completed tasks in your Obsidian vault (plus other org-mode-like features)
Link Exploder
4 years ago by Ben Hughes
Abyss Tasks
14 days ago by flowing-abyss
Task management for Markdown tasks in Obsidian.
Enhanced Canvas
2 years ago by RobertttBS
When editing on Canvas, properties and Markdown links to notes are automatically updated, enabling backlinks in Canvas.
Optimize Canvas Connections
4 years ago by Félix Chénier
An Obsidian plugin that declutters a canvas by reconnecting notes using their nearest edges
Lovely-Mindmap
3 years ago by shaun
Build your own knowledge graph with smiles :-)
Sync Embeds
5 months ago by uthvah
Transform static embeds into live synced blocks in Obsidian.
Canvas Presentation
4 years ago by Boninall
A plugin to help you display cards based on sequence.
Obsidian Google Tasks
5 years ago by YukiGasai
Add Google Tasks inside Obsidian
Embed HTML
4 months ago by mnaoumov
Obsidian Plugin that adds support for embedding HTML files
Trello
5 years ago by Nathonius
An Obsidian Plugin that connects Trello cards to Obsidian notes.
iCal
3 years ago by Andrew Brereton
This is a plugin for Obsidian that searches your vault for tasks that contain dates, and generates a calendar in iCal format that can be imported into your preferred calendar application.
Gantt Calendar
4 months ago by Sugar
obsidian-gantt-calendar
Uncheck All
3 years ago by Shahar Har-Shuv
Obsidian plugin to uncheck all checkboxes in a file with one action
Canvas2Document
3 years ago by slnsys
Plugin for Obsidian to convert a complete Canvas to a long form document
Checklist Reset
4 years ago by Luke Hansford
Add a command to reset the state of any checklists in a document in Obsidian
Canvas Links
3 years ago by aqav
Show the links between "Canvas" and "File"
Collapse Node
3 years ago by Boninall
A node collapsing plugin for Canvas in Obsidian.
Canvas Filter
4 years ago by Ivan Koshelev
Obsidian Canvas plugin that let's you show only pages / arrows with specific tags / colors / connections.
Canvas Send to Back
3 years ago by Zachatoo
Send a card in Obsidian Canvas to be behind all other cards.
Task Marker
4 years ago by wenlzhang
An Obsidian plugin to change task status and append text with hotkeys and right-click context menu.
Timekeep
2 years ago by Jacobtread
Obsidian task time tracking
Org Mode
5 years ago by ryanpcmcquen
Add Org Mode support to Obsidian.
Canvas minimap
3 years ago by ifree
Obsidian canvas minimap
CardNote
3 years ago by cycsd
Help you extract your thoughts more quickly in canvas
Live Life Recording
3 months ago by goryugocast
Operate tasks directly in Markdown with start/finish records, routine insertion, and a lightweight daily summary for Obsidian.
Galaxy View
3 months ago by Rick
Morgen Tasks
2 years ago by Morgen AG
Add links to current note
6 years ago by MrJackphil
This plugin adds a command which allows to add a link to the current note at the bottom of selected notes
Agile Task Notes
4 years ago by BoxThatBeat
This Obsidian plugin integrates your TFS data from either Jira or Azure Devops
Ego Rock
3 years ago by Ashton Eby
An obsidian plugin that implements a basic taskwarrior UI for listing and modifying tasks.
TodoTxt
3 years ago by Mark Grimes
Obsidian plugin to manage todotxt files
Discourse Graph
3 months ago by discoursegraphs
Week Planner
4 years ago by Ralf Wirdemann
Canvas Mindmap Helper
3 years ago by Tim Smart
Dynamic Timetable
4 years ago by L7Cy
Calculate the estimated completion time from the estimated task time and dynamically create a timetable.
Node Auto Resize
2 years ago by Boninall
Search In Canvas
2 years ago by Boninall
Pending notes
4 years ago by Ulises Santana
Obsidian plugin for searching links without notes in your vault.
Habitica Sync
5 years ago by Leoh and Ran
This is a under-development Obsidian Plugin for Habitica
Caret
2 years ago by Jake Colling
Caret, an Obsidian Plugin
Semantic Canvas
3 years ago by Aaron Gillespie
An Obsidian Plugin to update note properties using links on Canvases
Embed Code File
4 years ago by Abdullah Almariah
Crossbow
3 years ago by shoedler
Obsidian plugin to find possible backlinks in your notes
Simple Todo
2 years ago by elliotxx
A minimalist text-based todo manager (Text-Based GTD) for efficient task management in Obsidian.
Canvas Conversation
4 years ago by André Baltazar
A plugin for Obsidian that allows you to create a canvas conversation using ChatGPT.
Carry-Forward
5 years ago by Jacob Levernier
An Obsidian Notes plugin for generating and copying block IDs, and copying lines with a link to the copied line
Augmented Canvas
3 years ago by Léopold Szabatura
Supercharge your Obsidian canvas experience with AI features.
Homework Manager
3 years ago by Kadison McLellan
An Obsidian plugin that keeps track of homework through a to-do list.
Checkbox 3 states
4 years ago by Renaud Héluin @ NovaGaïa
This is a simple plugin for add a third state to checkbox list.
Local Quotes
4 years ago by ka1tzyu
📜 Collect your quotes from all over the vault and embed them in different locations with refresh delays
Grind Manager
3 years ago by dromse
Gamify your task management with rewards system, craft your tasks by tags.
GitHub Embeds
3 years ago by Gino Valente
Embed GitHub issues, PRs, and code snippets directly in Obsidian
Canvas Card Background Remover
3 years ago by luxmargos
This Obsidian plugin allows you to make the background of cards transparent in the Canvas for specific embed types, including Image (png), Canvas, and even Markdown.
Local Media Embedder
2 years ago by seyf1elislam
an obsidian plugin allows you to Embed videos and images and audios from your local device in your notes.
Things Link
5 years ago by @gavmn
TODOseq
3 months ago by Stephen Cross
TODOseq ("to-do-seek") is a lightweight, keyword-based task tracker for Obsidian
Flow
2 years ago by Ben Phillips
Implements key processes in David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology
Index Checker
3 years ago by Pavlo Deshko
Repo for Index Checker plugin for Obsidian
ProgressTracker
2 years ago by Van Nam
A plugin that helps you track progress and manage tasks in your notes.
Circuit Sketcher
2 years ago by Code Forge Temple
A plugin for Obsidian to draw circuits on a canvas.
Cardify
3 years ago by joshuakto
plugin to create individual pages for line separated elements
Better Canvas Lock
3 years ago by Mara-Li
An Obsidian plugin that improve the read-only mode of Canvas.
Custom State for Task List
3 years ago by Okami Wong
A plugin for Obsidian to define your own states for task items.
Random To-Do
5 years ago by NatiAris
Pick a random todo item or a file with todo items
GTD No Next Step
3 years ago by Tobias Davis
Obsidian plugin for GTD workflow, badge projects with no next step.
Checkbox Time Tracker
2 years ago by UD
Checkbox Time Tracker for Obsidian
Brainframe
4 years ago by pedersen
Amazing Marvin
5 years ago by Shirayuki Nekomata
Simple plugin for Amazing Marvin
Canvas Connect
a year ago by camadkins
Dynamically optimize connection anchors in Obsidian Canvas view
Figma Embed
2 years ago by Kyle Kochanek
Obsidian plugin to embed live Figma files in your markdown notes.
Prioritize
4 years ago by EloiMusk
Obsidian Plugin, to prioritize stuff in Obsidian
Canvas Link Optimizer
3 years ago by khaelar
An Obsidian plugin that optimizes canvas links by displaying a page thumbnail.
Silicon AI
3 years ago by deepfates
Add some intelligence to your notes with Silicon AI for Obsidian
Canvas Random Note
4 years ago by jmilldotdev
Random notes from search on the Obsidian canvas
Canvas Bases
3 months ago by callumalpass
Canvas-style layouts and JSON Canvas materialization for Obsidian Bases.
Track-a-Lot
3 years ago by Iulian Onofrei
This is a tracker plugin for Obsidian
BeautyTasks
3 months ago by Avni Bilgin
Todoist-style task & project manager for Obsidian — one markdown note per task, native UI, no plugin dependencies.
Notion Video Embed
4 years ago by lastknightcoder
Canvas LLM Extender
3 years ago by Pasi Saarinen
Let the OpenAI LLM add nodes to your Obsidian canvas
Due When
3 years ago by Andy Baxter
An Obsidian plugin which gives shortcuts to insert set due dates
Another Simple Todoist Sync
2 years ago by eudennis
Obsidian.md plugin to integrate with Todoist app.
TODO Wrangler
3 years ago by Jeel Shah
An obsidian plugin to wrangle your Todos and put them in their place.
Checkbox Sounds
2 years ago by yasd251
Adds a nice completion sound for checkboxes when ticked in Obsidian
Order List
4 years ago by Henry Gustafson
Simple Reminder
a month ago by Dmitry
Напоминалка
Attachments MD Indexer
2 years ago by Ian Inkov
Converts Obsidian canvas files to markdown index files, making canvas content searchable and graph-viewable within Obsidian.
Canvas Format Brush
2 years ago by wenlzhang
An Obsidian plugin that allows you to copy and paste formatting attributes (size and color) between canvas elements, similar to the format painter in Word.
Note Linker with Previewer
2 years ago by Nick Allison
Obsidian Plugin to find and Link notes
Canvas Daily Note
3 years ago by Andrew McGivery
A plugin for Obsidian that allows you to add a daily note node to the canvas that will always show todays note.
Pomodoro Planner
3 years ago by Onur Nesvat
Canvas Folding
2 months ago by hkohlhoff
Collapse and expand hierarchical branches in Obsidian Canvas.
Folder Canvas
2 years ago by Nancy Lee
Generate a canvas view of your folder structure
Related Notes
2 years ago by Oluwasanya Awe
Pivotal Tracker Integration
3 years ago by jondeates
Task list
3 years ago by Ted Marozzi
A simple obsidian plugin enabling better task management via lists.
GTD Tasks
3 months ago by unpreditable
WorkLife Calendar
2 months ago by RavenLife
Say goodbye to chaos. A smart calendar, task tracker, time tracking, habit tracking, and finance management — all in one beautiful, connected space.
Things3 Today
3 years ago by wudanyang6
Crafty
3 years ago by liolle
Add tooltip to your obsidian canvas's nodes and navigate between nodes
Vikunja Sync
2 years ago by Peter Heiss
Manage your tasks in vikunja.
Goal Tracker
2 years ago by Ben Rotholtz
Amazing Marvin Integration
3 years ago by Cloud Atlas
Interoperability between Obsidian and Amazing Marvin
Canvas Link to Group
a year ago by TGRRRR
Plugin for Obsidian Canvas enabling direct links to specific groups within canvas files for improved navigation
Model Viewer
a year ago by Janis Pritzkau
An Obsidian plugin to view and embed 3D models using Google’s <model-viewer> component.
Personal OS
3 years ago by A.Buot
Asana
2 years ago by Ryan Bantz
Obsidan plugin that creates tasks in Asana for highlighted text or the current line
Canvas Explorer
2 years ago by Henri Jamet
A plugin that enables users to explore their vault by iteratively adding or ignoring linked notes, ultimately generating a customizable canvas that visually represents the preserved notes and their connections.
Timeline Canvas Creator
a year ago by chris-codes1
Quickly create timeline structured canvases in Obsidian.
Canvas Picture in Picture
2 years ago by hypersphere
Understory
4 months ago by Rosetta Zidian Guo
A connection-sustain plugin: find connections and conflicts, update them over time
Rollover Plus
2 months ago by Wren
Move unfinished tasks between daily notes with Rollover Plus.
BrainCore LifeOS
a month ago by 囍樂
BrainCore 侧边栏不仅是一个展示面板,更是你整个 Obsidian 知识库的“核心呼吸机”。它由 6 大模块组成,涵盖了时间感知、极速收集、工作流转、习惯养成与知识内化。一切信息从这里输入,最终也会在这里沉淀。
doing
2 years ago by rooyca
What was I doing?
Xboard
2 months ago by wrbin
一款易上手、已美化、更适合AI工作流的obsidian工作台
Routine Timeline
16 days ago by Arsalan Amin
The Routine Timeline plugin is built and sent as main.js, manifest.json and styles.css. It type-checks and bundles cleanly, but I couldn't run it inside Obsidian, so test it before relying on it.
Xove Dashboard
2 months ago by ty
Obsidian 个人工作台插件:把任务管理 / 项目管理 / 灵感收集 / 笔记统计 收进一个首页,数据全留在本地的。
Mention Things
2 years ago by Philipp Stracker
Obsidian plugin to use the familiar @-notation or other symbols to trigger linked autocompletions
ICOR for Life - PDF Annotation
2 months ago by Thomas Roedl
Highlight text or draw a box on a PDF and get a note in the vault for it, with a deep link back, a card on any canvas by drag and drop, and a sidebar of every highlight in the open PDF. Part of the ICOR for Life suite.
Kikijiki Habit Tracker
2 years ago by KIKIJIKI
Kikijiki Habit Tracker Plugin for Obsidian
Weekly Review notes linker
2 years ago by Aditya Khowal and Brandon Boswell
Abele
2 months ago by dudaanton
An Obsidian plugin that adds a lot of functionality I personally find missing.
Suggest Notes
2 years ago by Doggy-Footprint
[depricated] 옵시디언에서 링크 생성할 때 `[[` 입력이 타이핑 경험을 헤쳐서 자동 링크를 지원하는 플러그인
Genkan
14 days ago by Kenroy Harrison
A dashboard for Obsidian. Can also display notes from Pebble index-01 ring if configured.
Paste as Embed
2 years ago by Matt Laporte
Obsidian plugin to paste contents of clipboard into a new note, and embed it in the active note.
Yori Task
5 months ago by yorigo77
task manager, week planner, year planner
Yuhanbo Task
3 months ago by yuhanbo
Obsidian 智能任务管理与番茄时钟插件,集成 AI 智能拆分的任务管理系统,配备专业番茄时钟,提升工作效率。
Tabula Rasa
2 months ago by Jeremiah Beatham
Wiki Companion
2 months ago by Mo A
A minimalist, read-only calendar for Obsidian, built on the frontmatter you already have.
Simplest Todo
5 months ago by kintolayli