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Heading Scroller

Timon WendlandTimon Wendland44 downloads

A quiet heading rail that expands into an elegant outline on hover.

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A quiet heading rail for Obsidian that stays at the edge of a Markdown note and expands into a clean outline when you need it.

The rail appears only when a note contains at least two headings.

Features

  • Follow the current section while you read or edit.
  • Click a tick to jump to its heading.
  • Hover or focus the rail to reveal the full outline.
  • Choose the left or right edge in Settings → Heading Scroller.
  • Tap once on touch devices to open the outline, then choose a heading.
  • Respect the operating system's reduced-motion setting.

Installation

Once Heading Scroller is listed in the Community plugins directory:

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse in Obsidian.
  2. Search for Heading Scroller.
  3. Select Install, then Enable.

For manual installation, download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release into .obsidian/plugins/heading-scroller/, then reload Obsidian.

Privacy

Heading Scroller works entirely inside Obsidian. It makes no network requests, collects no telemetry, requires no account, and does not access files outside your vault.

Development

corepack enable
pnpm install
pnpm check

License

MIT

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Show a slim heading rail at the edge of a note that expands into a clean outline when needed. Follow the current section while reading or editing. Jump to headings with a click, reveal the full outline on hover or tap, and respect the OS reduced‑motion setting.
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Details
Current version
1.0.0
Last updated
Last week
Created
Last week
Updates
1 release
Downloads
44
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.6.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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  1. Community
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  4. Heading Scroller

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