Obsidian plugins with #reading-view#

The Vertical Timeline List plugin allows you to visually represent timelines using specially formatted task lists. By placing a 't' inside task brackets and nesting dates with corresponding descriptions, you can create structured vertical timelines that display cleanly in Reading View. This format is ideal for capturing chronological events such as project milestones, historical notes, or personal journals. While it integrates well with the Tasks and Dataview plugins, there are some limitations in Live Preview and Dataview queries involving collapsible sections.

The Adapt to Current View plugin helps visually distinguish between Reading, Live Preview, and Source views by assigning each one a unique accent colour. This subtle yet effective visual cue prevents confusion, like trying to edit while still in Reading mode or wondering why interactive elements behave unexpectedly. It works especially well with themes that prominently highlight accent colours, such as Minimal, Border, and Iridium. The plugin is purely cosmetic but improves your navigation and focus while switching between modes.

The Custom Syntax Highlights plugin enables syntax highlighting for files with non-standard extensions by mapping them to a chosen language. Users can configure extension-to-language mappings through settings, allowing files like `.bib`, `.tex`, or `.py` to be rendered as readable, colour-coded code blocks in reading view. The plugin ensures these files open directly in reading mode, offering a clean, formatted display ideal for reviewing source files without editing. It also includes an option to disable highlighting for certain extensions by mapping them to markdown. Markdown files themselves are excluded since they are already handled natively. The plugin draws inspiration from earlier work on custom file extensions but expands its functionality significantly.

The TableTune plugin lets you resize table columns and row heights by dragging borders in Edit and Live Preview mode, then keeps those sizes tied to each table instead of applying one shared layout. It preserves the same widths in Reading view, adds a single horizontal scrollbar when needed and avoids clipped or double scroll behaviour across different vaults and themes. Tables without saved sizes start with content fitted column widths, capped so wider text stays readable. The plugin does not rewrite note source. It stores widths and row heights in `data.json` by note and table, assigns distinct IDs for duplicate headers and migrates legacy single array data from older versions automatically.

The Table Resizer plugin lets you change Markdown table column widths by dragging the right edge of a column in rendered tables. It works in Reading View and Live Preview, updates the width as you drag and applies to newly typed tables without a manual refresh. Widths are stored in the plugin's own data file, so the Markdown source stays untouched and uninstalling the plugin does not alter notes. Each table keeps separate widths within a file, with table identity based on file path, table order and first row header text. Widths are restored after reopening files or restarting the app, with default limits of 50 to 800 px. It supports desktop only and requires Obsidian 1.12.7.