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Interactive Timeline

tulgardinctulgardinc93 downloads

View your notes in an interactive timeline.

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View your notes in relation to each other on an infinte scrollable timeline/canvas.

Timeline

Demo

Configure Multiple Timeline Views

Timeline Settings

Features

  • Infinite canvas with smooth panning and zooming
  • Arbitrary date ranges from 20 billion years BCE to 20 billion years CE
  • Multi-select cards with Shift+click
  • Drag and drop to move cards across layers and time
  • Resize card start/end dates by dragging edges
  • Color coding via frontmatter or context menu
  • Undo/redo for move, resize, and layer-change operations
  • Multiple timelines scoped to folders, with clickable timeline-reference cards

Usage

Creating timeline notes

Add timeline: true, date-start, and date-end to any note's frontmatter:

---
timeline: true
date-start: 2024-03-15
date-end: 2024-06-20
color: blue
---

Date format

Supprots both European and US style dates for normal ranges. For extended ranges: YYYY BCE-MM-DD or -YYYY-MM-DD

Commands

Command Description
Open Timeline view Open the timeline selector (ribbon icon or command palette)
Undo / Redo Undo/redo the last card move, resize, or layer change
Go to note Fuzzy-find and center on a specific timeline card
View in Timeline Jump to the current note's card in the best-matching timeline
Add Timeline Add a reference card for another timeline

Configuring timelines

Open Settings -> Timeline to create named timelines scoped to specific folders. Each timeline scans its configured folder recursively for notes with timeline: true frontmatter.

License

MIT

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View notes on an infinite timeline canvas with smooth pan/zoom and dates from 20 billion BCE to 20 billion CE. Select, drag-and-drop, and resize cards across layers; color-code via frontmatter, undo/redo actions, and create multiple folder-scoped timelines.
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Details
Current version
1.0.0
Last updated
3 months ago
Created
3 months ago
Updates
1 release
Downloads
93
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.7.2+
Platforms
Desktop only
License
MIT
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Author
tulgardinctulgardinc
github.com/tulgardinc
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  1. Community
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  4. Interactive Timeline

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