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Draft Indicator

beardicusbeardicus874 downloads

Show draft status in the file explorer.

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A screenshot of an Obsidian window, with two files listed in the file explorer panel. One filename, called "Yes a Draft" is italicized and has a small pencil icon to its right

Draft Indicator updates the file explorer to show a wee ✎ pencil icon next to any note with draft: true in its frontmatter. It also italicizes the note name.

Features

  • ✎
  • font-style: italic;

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Display a pencil icon and italicize note titles in the file explorer for files with draft: true in their frontmatter. Apply styling automatically based on frontmatter.
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Details
Current version
1.0.0
Last updated
2 years ago
Created
2 years ago
Updates
2 releases
Downloads
874
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.0.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
beardicusbeardicus
boucheron.org/brian
GitHubbeardicus
  1. Community
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  3. Appearance
  4. Draft Indicator

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