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Fold Properties By Default

Tommy BergeronTommy Bergeron12k downloads

Always have editor/metadata properties folded by default

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I have seen people on the official forums who have been wanting to have the metadata/frontmatter properties folded by default. I think this should be implemented as a built-in option, but for the time being, I came up with a simple way to achieve the same behavior.

There are no settings; it basically just checks if the metadata properties are unfolded. If they are, then I call the built-in command to toggle them to their folded state.

Especially useful to those who want to keep properties out of the way without hiding them entirely.

Installation

  • Go to Obisidian's settings page.
  • Open Community plugins settings page, click on the Browse button.
  • Search for "Fold Properties By Default" in the search bar and find the plugin with this exact name.
  • Click on the Install button.
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Fold metadata and frontmatter properties by default. Detect open notes and toggle any unfolded metadata to folded so properties stay out of the way without hiding them. Leave newly created notes unfolded to allow entering metadata before folding.
PropertiesAutomationEditing
Details
Current version
1.0.13
Last updated
2 weeks ago
Created
2 years ago
Updates
9 releases
Downloads
12k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
Tommy BergeronTommy Bergerontbergeron
brainpad.org
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