The Note Toolbar plugin for Obsidian lets you create context-aware toolbars for your notes, which can include commands, links to vault files and folders, websites/URIs, menus, and scripts (Dataview, Templater, and JavaScript).
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More options on mobile:
Wondering what's new? See the Release Notes
Wondering what's ahead? See the Roadmap
- Create toolbars with items that link to commands, files/folders, URIs/URLs, menus, and scripts (Dataview, Templater, and JavaScript).
- Define where and how toolbars are displayed: Based on their folders, or a user-defined property
- Position each toolbar below the Properties section, at the top of notes, as a floating button
- Access the toolbar from the navigation bar (on mobile)
- Toolbar items can use Obsidian's built-in icons, labels (which can include emojis), or a mix of both
- Set optional tooltips for each item
- Show items specifically on mobile, desktop, or both
- Choose whether the icon, label, or both are displayed
- Variables let you sub in the note's title or properties into toolbar item labels, tooltips, and URIs
- Note Toolbar Callouts let you create and place toolbars anywhere within your notes.
- Share toolbars with other users with a link, or as callouts.
- Style toolbars by adding borders, sticking to the top of your note on scroll, auto-hiding, choosing whether or not the toolbar should wrap (on mobile), making items look like buttons, and aligning items (left, right, centered, evenly spaced)
- Change or override these styles on mobile (i.e, phone and tablet)
- Use any icon for the floating button or nav bar (on mobile)
- Or use the Style Settings plugin for even more options (colors, positioning, sizing, etc.)
- Commands to completely toggle hiding of note properties, to quickly access all of your tools with Quick Tools, to get command URIs and Note Toolbar Callout markdown, and to access toolbar settings.
- Note Toolbar URIs let you execute commands, focus on folders, open menus (within Note Toolbar Callouts), and open toolbar settings, from mostly anywhere within your notes
- Keyboard controls available via the Note Toolbar: Focus command
- Right-click toolbars to quickly change the position, or to access configuration
Note Toolbar is also available in:
| Language name | Native name | What's translated | Contributors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) | 简体中文 | Plugin UI, Style Settings | @Moyf |
| German | Deutsch | Plugin UI, Style Settings | @hartimd |
| Ukrainian | Український | Plugin UI, Style Settings | @Laktiv |
Click here or:
- Open Obsidian's settings, and click Community plugins
- Search for Note Toolbar and select it
- Install
- Make sure to Enable the plugin
Installing beta versions via BRAT
BRAT lets you beta-test plugins, to provide feedback.
As beta versions become available, I welcome your feedback and any issues you uncover!
Disclaimer: Betas are pre-release versions of the plugin. It is strongly encouraged to make a backup of your Note Toolbar's
data.json file before proceeding, and/or test within a separate vault (depending on the nature of the beta).
- Install the BRAT plugin:
- Open Settings > Community Plugins
- Disable safe mode, if enabled
- Browse, and search for "BRAT"
- Install the latest version of Obsidian 42 - BRAT
- Open BRAT settings (Settings -> Obsidian 42 - BRAT)
- Scroll to the Beta Plugin List section
- Add Beta Plugin
- Specify this repository:
chrisgurney/obsidian-note-toolbar- Enable the Note Toolbar plugin (Settings > Community plugins)
- Restart Obsidian, or re-open your vault.
- In Note Toolbar's settings, confirm the version number at the top is the latest beta version.
Once enabled, open Note Toolbar's settings:
- Create a + New toolbar
- Give the toolbar a name.
- + Add toolbar item
- Exit settings, and open a note.
- Add a
notetoolbarproperty. Set it to the name of your toolbar.
If you want your toolbar to show without using a property, try mapping a folder (like wherever your Daily Notes are stored) to your new toolbar.
📖 See the User Guide for detailed instructions, and for more examples.
Let me know how you use your toolbars!
📖 See the User Guide.
Once installed and enabled, in Obsidian go to: Settings... > Note Toolbar and click + New toolbar.
Note Toolbar is licensed under Apache License Version 2.0. See the LICENSE.
Shout out to other projects and people who helped me with questions I had while developing this plugin:
- Obsidian's Sample Plugin, developer docs and this playlist.
- Templater - for code, especially around settings.
- Periodic Notes - for code, and one of the reasons this plugin works well for my own needs... and for liam.cain's help!
- BRAT - for the means to beta test this plugin.
- Everybody on the Obsidian Discord #plugin-dev channel for their time and documentation, including but not limited to: claremacrae, dovos, lemons_dev, liam.cain, joethei, sailKite, SkepticMystic
Happy to discuss your ideas! Pull requests are welcome!
Help add or review translations.
📖 See Troubleshooting in the User Guide.
Ask questions here or request a feature. If you run into something that looks like a bug, please log an issue.
If you find this plugin useful, and wish to support me financially, I accept donations. Thank you!
