Canvas View Memory

Return to an Obsidian canvas where you left it. Canvas View Memory saves the center position and zoom for each canvas and restores that view when you reopen it. There are no settings to configure.

Install

Once published, install Canvas View Memory from Settings → Community plugins in Obsidian. Until then, you can install it manually:

1. Download main.js and manifest.json from the same GitHub release, or run npm run package from this repository and use the folder it creates in dist/.
2. Put both files in your vault's .obsidian/plugins/canvas-view-memory/ folder. If your vault uses a custom configuration folder, use that instead of .obsidian.
3. Restart Obsidian and enable Canvas View Memory under Community plugins.

Requires desktop Obsidian 1.13.7 or newer. Mobile support has not been tested.

How it works

Open a canvas, pan or zoom, then leave and reopen it. The plugin remembers a separate view for each canvas. You can also use Canvas View Memory: Remember current canvas view in the command palette to save immediately.

Saved views follow canvases when you rename or move them within the vault, and are removed when you delete them. A new canvas uses Obsidian's normal initial view. If the same canvas is open in multiple panes, the last observed movement is the view saved for the next time you open it.

Views are stored in this plugin's data.json in your vault configuration folder. The plugin does not edit your .canvas files or make network requests. If you sync plugin data, saved views may sync across devices; this version does not resolve conflicts between devices. A different window size may show a different amount of canvas around the saved center.

Canvas viewport controls are internal Obsidian APIs. An Obsidian update or another Canvas plugin may affect compatibility. If an incompatible Canvas view is encountered, this plugin skips restoring it and shows a notice.

Development

Requires Node.js and npm. Run npm ci, npm test, and npm run build. See CONTRIBUTING.md for real-app testing and release steps.

License

MIT. The bundled monkey-around dependency is ISC licensed (by PJ Eby).