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Hover External Link Plugin

jamiebrynes7jamiebrynes77k downloads

Hover on external links to see the destination URL.

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An Obsidian plugin that adds hover URL previews to external links in your rendered Markdown.

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Installation

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Manually

  1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release.
  2. Place them in <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/hover-external-link/ folder (you'll need to create this).

Usage

This plugin will add on-hover tooltips to all external links if the text of the link is not the same as the URL. This only works in the preview mode.

This link will have a hover tooltip: [Google](www.google.com). 

This link won't: [www.google.com](www.google.com).

Customization

This plugin exposes two CSS variables that you can use to set the tooltip background and text color.

.theme-light {
  --link-tooltip-background: #333;
  --link-tooltip-text: #fff;
}

.theme-dark {
  --link-tooltip-background: #ccc;
  --link-tooltip-text: #000;
}
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Show hover URL previews for external links in preview mode. Display lightweight tooltips only when link text differs from its URL so plain URL links remain unchanged.
LinksAppearanceCSS
Details
Current version
1.0.0
Last updated
5 years ago
Created
5 years ago
Updates
1 release
Downloads
7k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.10.2+
Platforms
Desktop only
License
MIT
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Author
jamiebrynes7jamiebrynes7
github.com/jamiebrynes7/obsidian-todoist-plugin
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