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Hide Sidebars in Thino

stwangstwang15 downloads

Hide both sidebars while a Thino view is active, and show them again after you switch to another tab.

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Hide both sidebars while a Thino view is active, and show them again after you switch to another tab.

Thino is a place for quick capture and memos. While you are writing there, the file explorer and the backlink panes are just taking up room. This plugin collapses both sidebars as soon as a Thino view becomes the active tab, and restores them when you move on to your notes.

Behavior

  • Both sidebars are collapsed while the active tab is a Thino view.
  • Both sidebars are expanded again on any other tab, so leaving Thino always brings your layout back.
  • Sidebars are only touched when the active tab changes: if you open or close one by hand, it stays as you left it until the next tab switch.
  • Window resizing is ignored, and nothing happens until the workspace is ready.

Requirements

  • Obsidian 1.2.8 or newer, desktop only.
  • The Thino plugin, enabled. Without it there is no Thino view to react to and this plugin does nothing.

The plugin matches the view types thino_view and thino-super-view that Thino registers. If a future Thino release renames them, the plugin needs an update.

Installation

  • Community plugins: search for "Hide Sidebars in Thino" in Settings → Community plugins → Browse.
  • Manual: copy main.js and manifest.json into <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/hide-sidebars-thino/ and enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins.

Development

npm install
npm run dev     # watch + rebuild main.js
npm run build   # type-check and build a production main.js
npm run lint    # official Obsidian plugin lint rules

Releasing a new version

manifest.json is the source of truth for the version. main.js is not committed: the release workflow builds it, signs its build provenance and attaches it to the GitHub release, which is what Obsidian downloads (and what the directory checks for attestations).

./release.sh           # patch bump; ./release.sh minor for a feature release

That bumps package.json, manifest.json and versions.json, pushes the commit and the tag, then waits for the release workflow to build, attest and publish the release.

中文说明

当 Thino 视图处于激活状态时自动收起左右两侧边栏,切到其他标签页时再展开;只在切换标签页时动作, 你手动开合的侧栏不会被打断。需要已启用 Thino 插件(obsidian-memos),桌面端适用。

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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Collapse both sidebars (file explorer and backlinks) when a Thino view becomes the active tab and restore them when you switch away. Keep manual sidebar changes until the next tab switch so your layout stays as you left it.
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Details
Current version
1.0.1
Last updated
Yesterday
Created
Yesterday
Updates
1 release
Downloads
15
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.2.8+
Platforms
Desktop only
License
MIT
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Author
stwangstwang
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