Canvas Toolkit

Canvas Toolkit adds practical customization tools to Obsidian Canvas.

Features

• Add editable labels to Canvas cards
• Display text cards as sticky notes
• Display groups as solid boards
• Switch card and group appearance across an entire Canvas
• Choose default appearances for newly created cards and groups
• Add groups quickly from the Canvas toolbar
• Mobile-compatible Canvas controls

Installation

Canvas Toolkit is not yet available in the official Obsidian Community Plugins directory.

For manual installation:

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release.

2. Create this folder inside your Obsidian vault:

   .obsidian/plugins/canvas-toolkit

3. Place the three downloaded files inside that folder.

4. Restart Obsidian.

5. Open Settings → Community plugins.

6. Enable Canvas Toolkit.

Usage

Right-click a Canvas card or group to access its appearance options.

Use the additional Canvas toolbar buttons to:

• Add a group
• Toggle sticky-note view
• Toggle board view

Plugin defaults can be changed under:

Settings → Canvas Toolkit

Development

Technical documentation and development notes are available in:

docs/DEVELOPMENT.md

License

Canvas Toolkit is released under the 0BSD License.