The Commander plugin is a powerful tool for Obsidian users who want to customize their experience. With Commander, you can add custom commands to various parts of the interface, allowing you to streamline your workflow and boost productivity. You can also reorder, edit, or hide commands as needed, giving you complete control over your Obsidian setup. Additionally, Commander allows you to choose which devices commands appear on, making it a great option for users who work across multiple devices. With its intuitive design and flexible features, the Commander plugin is an excellent choice for anyone looking to take their Obsidian experience to the next level.
The New Note New Window plugin for Obsidian enhances the note-taking experience by allowing users to create new notes in a floating window. This plugin provides flexibility with settings to control whether new notes open in the same window or a new one. It also offers the option to create notes in the default folder or specify a custom folder. Users can easily create new notes by running the designated command or by assigning a custom shortcut.
The Tab Rotator plugin allows users to automate the rotation of open tabs within their Obsidian workspace. With configurable intervals, it enables smooth cycling of tabs to the left or right, helping users efficiently navigate through multiple open documents. The plugin can be activated via a ribbon icon or command palette and offers options to rotate tabs within a single pane or across all splits. This tool is particularly useful for maintaining focus or reviewing content without manually switching between tabs.
The Explorer Hider plugin allows Obsidian users to hide specific files and folders from the file explorer and bookmarks panel for a more streamlined workspace. Users can right-click on files or folders to hide them, with support for attribute-based rules to manage multiple items efficiently. The plugin features toggles to display or hide all hidden items and offers flexible configuration for managing hidden rules and their application. Advanced settings enable users to create custom CSS-based rules for precise control, while an experimental feature adds file-menu options in the bookmarks panel. This plugin is ideal for users seeking a cleaner, more focused workspace in Obsidian.
The Backgroundset plugin allows users to customize their Obsidian workspace by setting images as backgrounds. It supports adding a folder of images, selecting a specific background, or enabling random background rotation. Users can also apply smooth fade-in and fade-out effects for seamless transitions between backgrounds.
The Tab Group Arrangement plugin enhances tab management in Obsidian by providing flexible ways to organize tab groups. Users can evenly distribute tab groups or expand the active one while minimizing others, similar to behavior found in code editors like VS Code. The plugin offers both manual and automatic arrangement modes, allowing automatic expansion of the active tab when switched.
The Workspaces Plus plugin is an extension of Obsidian's core workspaces feature, providing a more comprehensive and user-friendly experience. With Workspaces Plus, you can easily switch between workspaces, create new ones, rename or delete existing ones, and even override pages in a workspace using template variables. The plugin also includes customizable hotkeys for switching between workspaces and loading specific workspaces by name. Additionally, it adds a data attribute to the HTML document body that indicates the currently active workspace name, allowing you to set workspace-specific styling. Overall, Workspaces Plus enhances Obsidian's workspace management capabilities, making it easier to organize your notes and stay focused.
The Window Collapse plugin allows users to easily toggle the visibility of sidebars in Obsidian, improving workspace organization and screen real estate. It offers commands to collapse the left sidebar, right sidebar, or both sidebars at once. This plugin is particularly useful for those who want to maximize their viewable area without resorting to fullscreen mode. Users can also assign custom hotkeys to these actions, further streamlining their workflow.
The Viewer Ftags Chips plugin enhances your workspace by visually representing file tag relationships using chip-style UI elements. It displays chips above each file view for all ftags (folder-based tags), with immediate parent tags highlighted prominently and distant ancestors rendered more transparently. Users can quickly remove tags or move files to an inbox folder if left untagged. When used with Crosslink Advanced, an additional button allows for easy tag assignment. It also shows child file chips below the main ones, with support for tooltips, right-click context menus, and overflow handling for large child sets. This visual tagging interface helps you manage complex note hierarchies more intuitively.
The koncham workspace plugin is designed to enhance your Obsidian experience by providing a more intuitive and efficient way to manage open notes. One of its key features is the "Center-panes" view on the sidebar, which lists all open panes in a vertical tab format. This allows you to quickly switch between notes with just one click, while also highlighting the active note for easy identification. Additionally, pinning and unpinning panes enables you to control how new notes are opened, preventing loss of existing open notes when working with external applications. With this plugin, you'll enjoy a more streamlined and organized workspace that helps you stay focused on your content creation.
The Open Editors plugin provides a dedicated view in Obsidian to manage open windows, groups, tabs, and editors effectively. Users can quickly switch between editors or close all editors within a window or group in one action. This plugin aims to streamline the organization of active workspaces by offering enhanced visibility and control. Planned features include drag-and-drop functionality to rearrange groups, windows, and editors, further simplifying workspace management. Ideal for users juggling multiple notes or layouts, the plugin makes navigating complex setups intuitive and efficient.
The Clone Vault plugin allows users to create a duplicate of their existing Obsidian vault while preserving its settings and folder structure. It copies the `.obsidian` settings folder and enables selective duplication of specific folders, such as templates, without copying all content. Users can configure the default location for new vaults and name them through a convenient modal prompt. This plugin is useful for setting up new vaults with pre-configured settings and structures, ensuring consistency across different workspaces.
The Smart Excluded plugin helps manage large vaults by dynamically configuring the 'Excluded files' setting based on active workspaces. It allows users to keep all notes within a single vault while creating logical separations for workflows like quick switch or search. This approach avoids maintaining multiple vaults and leverages Obsidian's core features for a smoother experience.
The Maximise Active Pane plugin enhances the Obsidian workspace by allowing users to focus entirely on the currently active pane. With a simple hotkey (default `Ctrl+Shift+X`), the plugin maximizes the selected pane to fill the workspace and toggles back to the original layout when triggered again. This functionality is especially useful for improving focus and minimizing distractions when working on a specific note. The plugin is compatible with Obsidian v0.9.7+ and integrates seamlessly with other workspace layouts. Its simplicity and efficiency make it a handy tool for streamlining the note-taking experience.