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Lock Cards

erezakerezak315 downloads

Lock selected Canvas cards to prevent moving and resizing.

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Lock selected Canvas cards to prevent moving and resizing.

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Usage

  1. Open a Canvas.
  2. Select one or more cards.
  3. Run the command Toggle lock for selected canvas cards.

Locked cards are visually marked and attempts to move/resize them are reverted.

Settings

  • Disable lock while shift is held: temporarily allow moving locked cards by holding shift.

Install (manual)

Copy these files into:

<Vault>/.obsidian/plugins/lock-cards/

  • main.js
  • manifest.json
  • styles.css

Then reload Obsidian and enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins.

Development

  • Install dependencies: npm install
  • Watch build: npm run dev
  • Production build: npm run build
  • Lint: npm run lint

Troubleshooting

  • If commands don’t appear, make sure the plugin is enabled and Obsidian has been reloaded.
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About
Lock selected Canvas cards to prevent moving and resizing. Mark locked cards visually and revert attempted moves or resizes; hold Shift to temporarily move locked cards.
CanvasCommandsAppearance
Details
Current version
0.4.0
Last updated
7 months ago
Created
7 months ago
Updates
2 releases
Downloads
315
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.5.0+
Platforms
Desktop only
License
MIT
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Author
erezakerezak
github.com/erezak
GitHuberezak
  1. Community
  2. Plugins
  3. Canvas
  4. Lock Cards

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