Outline for All Files

Outline for All Files is an Obsidian plugin that provides a single, unified outline panel for both Markdown notes and PDF documents.

Unlike Obsidian’s built-in Outline (Markdown-only) or the default PDF outline view, this plugin automatically adapts to the active file and always shows the correct outline — no extra clicks, no stale state, no confusion.

✨ Features

✅ One unified outline panel for Markdown + PDF
✅ Automatically updates when switching files
✅ Markdown outline built from real headings (#, ##, ###, …)
✅ PDF outline based on bookmarks / table of contents
✅ Precise PDF navigation using offsets when available
✅ Selected heading is always clearly highlighted
✅ No selection loss when switching files
✅ No indentation jump on selection
✅ Page number badges (optional, right-aligned)
✅ Expand / collapse all sections
✅ Search within outline titles
✅ Remembers expand / collapse state per file
✅ Stable behavior when switching MD ↔ PDF rapidly

📄 Supported File Types

Markdown (.md)

• Outline is built from actual Markdown headings
• Updates dynamically when the note content changes
• Clicking an item moves the cursor and scrolls to the correct heading

PDF (.pdf)

• Uses PDF bookmarks / outline if available
• Navigates with deep links (#page=&offset=)
• Headings are aligned to the top of the page when possible
• Gracefully falls back when precise offsets are not provided

🧭 Navigation Behavior

Markdown

• Jump to heading
• Cursor positioned correctly
• No selection flicker or loss

PDF

• Jump via Obsidian PDF deep-linking
• Supports page + offset + zoom
• Designed for reading, not thumbnails

⚙️ Settings

• Hide built-in PDF sidebar
  Hides Obsidian’s default PDF TOC / thumbnails panel

• Show PDF page number badges
  Displays page numbers next to PDF outline items (aligned to the right)

• Expand all on file open

• Remember expansion state per file

• Offset Top Padding (PDF fine-tuning)
  Small vertical adjustment if a PDF heading lands slightly too low

🧠 Why “Outline for All Files”?

Obsidian already has:

• A great Markdown outline ✅
• A separate PDF outline ✅

But switching between them breaks flow.

Outline for All Files solves this by behaving like a native panel that “just works” for whatever file is active — Markdown or PDF.

🛠 Installation

Community Plugins (recommended)

1. Open Settings → Community plugins
2. Search for Outline for All Files
3. Install & enable

Manual Installation

Copy these files into .vault/.obsidian/plugins/all-outline/

• main.js
• styles.css
• manifest.json

Reload Obsidian.

📜 License

MIT License

Made with care for people who actually live in their outlines.