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Image Title

JiJi23 downloads

Render image alt text as visible captions in reading view.

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Render image alt text as visible captions in Obsidian reading view.

The text in [] of ![alt text](image.png) is displayed as a centered caption below or above the image. Position is configurable in settings.

Features

  • Displays image alt text ([]) as visible captions in reading view
  • Configurable caption position: above or below the image
  • Automatically strips Obsidian size parameters (|600, |200x300) from captions
  • Skips images with empty alt text

How to use

  • Clone this repo.
  • Make sure your NodeJS is at least v18 (node --version).
  • npm i to install dependencies.
  • npm run dev to start compilation in watch mode.

Manually installing the plugin

Copy main.js, styles.css, manifest.json to VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/image-title/, then enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins.

Settings

Setting Default Description
Title position Below image Where to show the caption relative to the image

Releasing new releases

  • Update version in manifest.json and entry in versions.json.
  • Create a GitHub release with the version number as tag (no v prefix).
  • Attach manifest.json, main.js, styles.css as binary assets.

API Documentation

See https://docs.obsidian.md

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Render image alt text as visible, centered captions in reading view and display the text from [] above or below images. Strip Obsidian size parameters from captions and skip images with empty alt text; set caption position to above or below images.
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Details
Current version
1.0.0
Last updated
Last week
Created
Last week
Updates
1 release
Downloads
23
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.0.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
0BSD
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Author
JiJireticenceji
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