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Document Outline

jsmorabitojsmorabito36 downloads

A minimal, hover-to-expand outline of your note's headings, shown beside the document.

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A minimal outline for your notes, modeled on Linear's document outline.

  • A column of short lines on the left of the note, one per heading, centered vertically.
  • Hover to expand into a card listing the headings; click a heading to jump to it.
  • Nested headings are indented; the current section is highlighted.
  • The outline grows as you add headings and scrolls once it no longer fits.
  • Styled only with Obsidian's theme variables, so it follows your theme.

Desktop only.

Development

npm install
npm run dev     # watch build
npm run build   # type-check + production build

Copy main.js, manifest.json and styles.css into <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/document-outline/.

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Add a minimal, Linear-style outline as a vertical column of short lines along the left of notes, one line per heading that grows with your content and scrolls when needed. Hover to expand a card listing headings, click to jump to a section, view nested indentation and a highlight for the current section; desktop only.
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Details
Current version
1.0.3
Last updated
Last week
Created
Last week
Updates
4 releases
Downloads
36
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.4.0+
Platforms
Desktop only
License
0BSD
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