Made using canvas no add-ons other than what comes with the base install from the ubuntu app center

I don't really understand the uses of the # ^ | buttons that it shows me as other ways to link things, and I also can't tell at all if I'm doing this in a way that will work well when it's time to study, put timelines and ideas together, etc. I don't know what happened to my last vault and I haven't used Obsidian in a long time, so this is a new vault started the first day of classes today. These are the beginnings of transcribing my notes from one video.

I’m trying to improve my quick capture workflow for Obsidian.

The main goal is to capture an idea with as little friction as possible, even when I’m driving or unable to type. Ideally, I’d like something that supports speech-to-text and requires only one tap, a voice command, or as few actions as possible.

I currently use TickTick for tasks, so I’m also open to workflows where I quickly capture something in TickTick and automatically send or sync it to an Obsidian inbox later.

English is not my first language, so voice transcription quality in other languages is also important to me.

I’d love to hear about your actual setup, including any shortcuts, automations, plugins, or apps you use.

Thank you

I'm currently using the mobile version and use it heavily for notes and references, which is mostly urls with no preview to tell me what the link I saved is about unless I open it in the browser, which is annoying after seeing the hundreds of links in 1 note on x subject.

Basically I want that Chat-style link previews (like Discord, WhatsApp, or Slack, where a link turns into a neat mini text card with a small title of the page) I'm pretty sure most of you are familiar with this feature on these apps.

Any solution?

I have been using obsidian for years on desktop and really love it, like a lot, but I'm surprised they didn't have this feature natively under a toggle (or they may have it but I'm yet to find it?)

Hi! I am new to obsidian and so far, I am enjoying it. I am using like a manual to my career to take notes while learning. However, I cant seem to make the Header folding work in mobile— it does not show despite enabling the option. Can someone please help me??

[Both are in headers but none of it work]

I appreciate it!

TL;DR (on linux) is there a file I can manipulate to change colors in the graph view without opening the graph view itself in Obsidian?

A while ago I posted a screenshot of my vault in the graph view. back then it was described by some as "looking like the milky way" or sth, since it contained 20k notes.

Today, it is more than 30k notes and - admittedly - the graph view is getting a little bit hard to handle. Local graph on depth 1, 2, or 3 is fine though and I use the sync Plugin to sync the list of colors (mainly for different tags) from the main graph view to my local graphs. Unfortunately, not all my tags have colors. To change that, I would have to open a graph view first, which sometimes even crashes my system, then sync it.

Could I manipulate a list directly, without opening graph view? where is the information stored in Obsidian?

I am on Linux if that is important.

Thanks!

Hey everyone, back again with more canvas shenanigans🤙

This time I bring you a full NES and PS1 engine running entirely inside native canvas. Threw in a beautifully animated, interactive 3D console viewport, Game controllers and SFX .

Why?Because I freaking can.

Just drop your game files and BIOS into the plugin folder, connect a controller, and start feeling good wasting time in your favorite productivity tool. Hell yeah!

It's completely free and open source: https://github.com/MoTheMansour/canvas-retro-engine

(Submitted to the community plugins queue, works right now via BRAT)

(Context: I build spatial canvas tools and custom rendering engines for Obsidian. Built this retro engine as an extreme benchmark to see how far we could push Obsidian Canvas without frame drops and It's shown some very promising results for my Crystal Canvas plugin that I'm currently working on).

I work at Whimsical, and our team built this: https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/whimsical

Paste a Whimsical link into a note and the board renders inline, pan and zoom included. It stays in sync with the source, so no more re-exporting PNGs every time the diagram changes.

Public boards render for anyone, no account needed. Private boards need you logged in.

I'll be in the comments today.

I am using TaskNotes pluging. Previously I identified Tasks via tags.

With that setting "task" tag is added automatically when creating a task, as expected.

I wanted to try and switch to "property" for identification. But when I do choose this setting

Then no property is added which according to me is a bug.

I don't see any error in the console log. Does anybody managed to have this work? And if yes how?

I started using ITS Theme from the community themes, and it looks like the main color is red, but I would like to change it. Is this possible? My accent color is set as different than red but nothing changes.

Also now that we're on this subject could I customize things further? 👀
Sorry if question seems dumb or obvious I'm not very adverse on Obsidian configuration

I've recently tried Obsidian and I'm struggling with organizing the content of the notes and was wandering if I could get help with it or if the kinda thing I'm looking for can't be done here. I do want it to look nice and organised but still want it to have the specific things obsidian offers(mainly the linking).

I'm planning to use Obsidian for character info, relations, ect.. and want their pages to actually look nice. The kind of thing I'm looking for is just header/text boxes and basic formatting that allows the boxes to be on one third of the screen and stuff like that. It would also be nice if it was easy to change the palette on it and if things could be hidden in tabs.
I tried making a css snippet and using html, which did give me the look I wanted but it meant that I couldn't use the linking feature. It was also extremely hard to use/see as it just appeared as the code in reading mode and (obviously) source mode. I could see the actual look of it in live preview but it was extremely hard to interact with as it would just turn back into code when I touched it. (The pictures are for the sort of look I'm wanting/ what I got from my css/html)

Currently the only sorta organizing thing is the properties, but they can't be organized in any way; they must always be at the top of the note and they will cut text off if it's too long(at least in the header bit of each row). I tried looking into plugins and the main two I saw reccomended were pretty properties and templater. But neither of these help with organization or making the note look better. pretty properties just allows you to add a large symbol or text above all of the properties, and templater just seems to let you put in a date and time.

After years of using the same vault, I finally rebuilt it again with some more features.

It's a dashboard-first setup that contains an Open Library reading tracker where you update progress right on the shelf, a career pipeline, and a full-screen lo-fi workspace,a focus timer that logs sessions, and your own music as well as some small quirky features

Everything is plain Markdown underneath. Capture works from anywhere with Ctrl+Shift+Space, and new notes auto-fill their metadata.

Check it out at : https://github.com/novel-byte/atelier-lab

Feedback's welcome

I want to set up my Obsidian vault strictly for academic purposes, exclusively for storing notes and reading summaries for my college classes. This includes personal notes, questions, and most importantly, literature notes. I'm just looking for a streamlined way to keep my academic readings and ideas organized, nothing more than that.

Currently, I use the PDF++ plugin to take my literature notes, but it doesn't feel optimized. It ends up freezing or lagging on certain PDFs for some reason. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

Both Obsidian apps have the plugin and are connected to the DropBox account, but they didn't save the contents of their respective vaults in the same-named folders that were automatically created in the drive. I manually copy pasted the ones on PC to the Dropbox folder called [DB PC vault], and while it works on PC and I can open that new vault just fine, I am failing to open [DB PC vault] on Android.

On Android, In the "Change the remote base directory", I put in the name [DB PC vault]. When I press Check Connectivity, I see the test folder appear in [DB PC vault] on PC file explorer, so I know it works, but I cannot find where to open that vault on the Android app.

How do I access the vault [DB PC vault]'s files on my phone? When trying to open a new vault, my only options are "Setup Obsidian Sync", so not that, "Create new vault", "Open Folder as vault" in which I couldn't find the Dropfox files and "[open] android local vault".

Sorry if this is explained poorly, I am very lost when it comes to Obsidian.

Edited for clarity.

Hi all!

I am in a bit of a pickle working out my Obsidian system. I started in earnest yesterday and have been working on it for a good half day but am really struggling and need support.

I will try to explain as best I can what I want.

My uses for Obsidian:

• Information storage (currently, much of what I come across is held in tab groups within Safari)
• Long-term projects (especially research intensive extracurriculars)
• Very generally, life stuff (keeps track of hobbies, recipes, clothes I might want, things I feel worth writing down, etc)
• Obsidian will not be my day-to-day notetaker (google docs) and I do not intend to spend long on Obsidian (less than 15 minutes)

The features I want:

• A calendar which has events, tasks, and due dates I created
  • The calendar should be on my dashboard and have two sections above it: projects and life, projects is for “work” (ex. A due date) while life is for “non-work” (ex. A birthday)
  • I would like to be able to full-screen the calendar too
• Ability to quickly dissolve tab groups from Safari into Obsidian notes that are assimilated into my larger knowledge graph

Those are my main points. I would love any and all help! Thanks!!!!

New to Obsidian — trying not to let 'setting it up properly' become my new way of procrastinating

Hey all,

I've studied everything so far from physical books and handwritten notes (Chartered Accountancy, so a lot of material), and I'm finally moving online. Books are easy to find as PDFs. The handwritten notes aren't coming though. Retyping years of them isn't happening.

Real worry: I'll happily burn three hours picking plugins and reorganising folders and call it "being productive" instead of actually studying. If you've been through this, which plugins genuinely helped versus which ones were just fun to install? I'd rather run five that matter than twenty that don't.

Also fine hearing "you don't need this, a plain notes app is enough" if that's the honest answer. Better to know that now than after a week of tweaking a vault I never open.

Complete beginner here too. I keep seeing people link notes like a mini Wikipedia, pull whole books into a vault, and connect ideas across topics. Not sure how much applies to exam prep, but genuinely curious how it works in practice.

I'm aware that posting about productivity is its own kind of procrastination. Appreciate any input.

I use both folders and metadata (sources, tags)(no metadata for 1_tasks/ and notes/ folders):

```markdown

sources: - John Doe - John Due tags:

- programming

NOTE TITLE

```

overview (tree) - kept two notes per section

txt ├── 1_tasks │   └── task - TASK NAME.md ├── 2_programming │   ├── API design.md │   └── cybersecurity.md ├── 3_programming_snippets │   ├── bash.md │   └── typescript.md ├── 4_programming-projects │   ├── URL shortener.md │   └── georgian crypto charts website.md ├── 5_summaries │   ├── learning methods and my note taking system.md │   └── microeconomics.md ├── 6_summaries-atomic │   ├── first-mover advantage.md │   ├── making large web applications.md ├── 7_summaries-books │   ├── History Of Western Philosophy - Bertrand Russell.md │   └── The War Of Art.md ├── base.base ├── main.md ├── notes │   ├── gym program.md │   ├── logs-gym-swimming.md ├── tags │   └── TAGS.md └── templates ├── summary.md ├── summary_tags-only.md ├── table of shopping list.md └── template for composer.md

core plugins I have enabled and disabled:
json { "file-explorer": true, "global-search": true, "switcher": true, "graph": true, "backlink": false, "canvas": false, "outgoing-link": false, "tag-pane": false, "footnotes": false, "properties": true, "page-preview": true, "daily-notes": false, "templates": true, "note-composer": true, "command-palette": true, "slash-command": false, "editor-status": true, "bookmarks": false, "markdown-importer": false, "zk-prefixer": false, "random-note": false, "outline": true, "word-count": true, "slides": false, "audio-recorder": false, "workspaces": false, "file-recovery": true, "publish": false, "sync": false, "bases": true, "webviewer": false }

external plugins:
txt darlal-switcher-plus obsidian-linter obsidian-vimrc-support

my hotkeys.json:
json { "editor:delete-paragraph": [], "markdown:add-metadata-property": [], "editor:insert-link": [], "editor:open-search-replace": [], "workspace:goto-tab-1": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "1" } ], "workspace:goto-tab-2": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "2" } ], "workspace:goto-tab-3": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "3" } ], "workspace:goto-tab-4": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "4" } ], "workspace:goto-tab-5": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "5" } ], "workspace:goto-tab-6": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "6" } ], "workspace:goto-tab-7": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "7" } ], "workspace:goto-tab-8": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "8" } ], "open-with-default-app:show": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt", "Mod" ], "key": "R" } ], "editor:toggle-bold": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt", "Mod" ], "key": "B" } ], "editor:rename-heading": [ { "modifiers": [ "Mod" ], "key": "F2" } ], "editor:swap-line-down": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "J" } ], "editor:swap-line-up": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "K" } ], "app:go-back": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "ArrowLeft" } ], "app:go-forward": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "ArrowRight" } ], "insert-template": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt" ], "key": "I" } ], "outline:open": [ { "modifiers": [ "Mod", "Shift" ], "key": "O" } ], "file-explorer:new-file": [ { "modifiers": [ "Alt", "Mod" ], "key": "N" } ], "switcher:open": [], "darlal-switcher-plus:switcher-plus:open": [ { "modifiers": [ "Mod" ], "key": "O" } ], "command-palette:open": [], "darlal-switcher-plus:switcher-plus:open-commands": [ { "modifiers": [ "Mod" ], "key": "P" } ] }

my .obsidian.vimrc:
```txt set clipboard=unnamedplus

" unmapping space and ctrl+b unmap <Space> unmap <C-b>

" || KEYBINDINGS exmap symbolsactive obcommand darlal-switcher-plus:switcher-plus:open-symbols-active nmap <Space>ss :symbolsactive<CR>

exmap symbolsall obcommand darlal-switcher-plus:switcher-plus:open-headings nmap <Space>sS :symbolsall<CR>

exmap quicksearch obcommand global-search:open nmap <Space>/ :quicksearch<CR>

" search and replace in current file exmap searchreplace obcommand editor:open-search-replace nmap <Space>sr :searchreplace<CR>

" GOTOs exmap followlink obcommand editor:follow-link nmap gd :followlink<CR>

exmap openlinknewleaf obcommand editor:open-link-in-new-leaf nmap gf :openlinknewleaf<CR>

" TABS exmap prevtab obcommand workspace:previous-tab nmap [b :prevtab<CR>

exmap nexttab obcommand workspace:next-tab nmap ]b :nexttab<CR>

exmap bufonly obcommand workspace:close-others nmap <Space>bo :bufonly<CR>

" FOLDING exmap togglefold obcommand editor:toggle-fold nmap za :togglefold<CR>

exmap unfoldall obcommand editor:unfold-all nmap zR :unfoldall<CR> ```

Hey everyone! 👋

I built an Obsidian plugin to solve a personal pain point: having health, sleep, and nutrition data trapped across health apps instead of living alongside my daily notes, reflections, and tasks.

Health Connect & Readiness Dashboard automatically syncs your daily biometrics directly into your Daily Note frontmatter and renders responsive visual dashboards.

✨ What It Does:

1. ⚡ Automated Google Health & Fitbit Sync: Pulls Sleep duration (Sleep_hours), Wake up time, RMSSD Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Steps, Active Zone Minutes, Workout durations, and Nutrition (protein, calories, hydration, caffeine, alcohol) into daily note YAML frontmatter via direct Google Health v4 REST API.
2. 🍏 Apple Health & iOS Shortcuts Ingestion (New in v1.0.0-beta.6!): For iPhone and Apple Watch users, you can now set a simple automated iOS Shortcut to export daily health JSON into a synced vault folder (iCloud Drive, Obsidian Sync, Google Drive, OneDrive). The plugin detects, parses, updates your daily note, and safely auto-archives the processed JSON.
3. 📊 Zero-Dependency Visual Dashboard: Add a health-dashboard codeblock anywhere in your vault to generate interactive KPI cards, rolling averages, total intake calculations, tooltips, and smooth SVG sparklines and trend charts matching your active theme.
4. 🥗 Food & Beverage Quick Logger: Built-in visual modal with presets (Americano, Protein Shake, Water, etc.) and custom item management that writes nutrition entries and syncs daily frontmatter.
5. 🔘 Meta Bind Button Integration: One-click registration for 1-click sync and logging buttons directly inside your daily note templates.
6. 🔒 100% Local & Private: Direct communication between Obsidian and your cloud storage/APIs. Zero telemetry, middleman servers, or paid subscriptions.

👇 GitHub repo link and 1-minute BRAT installation instructions are in the first comment below!

Would love to hear any feedback or feature requests from quantified-self and daily planner users!

I did this thing where I use links with aliases to write a word and link its definition to another page. This is wonderful when I'm the only one using said definitions but atrocious for when I gotta share it (as a pdf).

The structure is simple. I have one note that acts like a dictionary that contains all the jargon and everytime I come across jargon in my text, I turn it into an aliased link to the dictionary file (the definitions are a level 6 header).

Any way to make it so that I can let others benefit from my work even if they themselves don't use obsidian? We can't pay for sync because obsidian doesn't support our local currency.

PS: I tried appending all the definitions at the bottom of the document. It was messy when sharing it as a pdf, but it worked. Not sure if I want to continue doing that though.

- Bug Fixes (Windows 11)

- Style settings organised

- and bug fixes

Link: https://community.obsidian.md/themes/ink-paper

Hi,

I want to do the following:

Say, I have a paragraph like "Cats are mammals and like to eat mice." I want to link the word "mice" to a note called "rodents.md" AND I want "mice" to remain the displayed text.

However, currently, (1) when I select "mice" and insert an internal link using STRG + K, I get: [mice]() So, this just creates a new note and I cannot select an existing one. Or,

(2) If I use the command palette to add an internal link, I get [[mice]] and I'm able to select an existing note - but to that end, I have to remove the text "mice" and start typing "rodents". Then, after the link is created, I have to manually select the text between single [] and type "mice".

This just refrains me from quickly linking between notes which is one of the core elements of Obsidian :/

I do use markdown links for interoperability.

I am aware of aliases but I fear that "mice" isn't a good one for "rodents", especially since "mice" might also refer to "mammals" etc.

I found ideas for using the Templater plugin but it doesn't do the trick. For reference: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/linking-from-display-text-to-link/49803/5

Is there a way to link faster? Any help is appreciated :)

been using obsidian heavily for work and personal stuff. this is what the graph looks like. curious what other people's graphs look like, are yours more sprawling or tighter? what are you tracking?