The Pane Relief plugin enhances Obsidian's tab and pane management, offering persistent tab history, tab movement controls, and improved navigation. It introduces features like browser-style tab navigation with hover previews, draggable history lists, and tab movement using shortcuts. Users can maximize active tabs, toggle a 'simple sliding panes' mode for horizontal scrolling, and lock focus to prevent sidebar panes from stealing cursor focus. Additional commands allow users to move between tabs, swap tab positions, and jump to specific tabs or windows. The plugin also integrates well with other plugins like Style Settings for customization and Custom Page Headers for better tab navigation. Its aim is to provide a more browser-like experience for users working with multiple tabs and windows in Obsidian.

The No Dupe Leaves plugin helps streamline navigation in Obsidian by preventing duplicate notes from being opened across multiple panes. When a note is already open, this plugin automatically switches focus to the existing pane rather than reopening the note. It respects commands to force open notes in new panes, such as middle-click actions.

The Backlink Settings plugin enhances the backlinks or 'Linked mentions' pane by allowing users to save their preferred view settings. Normally, each time a new file is opened, users need to manually adjust the sort order, context display, and whether backlink results are collapsed. With this plugin, these preferences are saved and automatically applied whenever a note is opened, streamlining the experience for those who rely heavily on backlinks to navigate and understand their note connections.