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Metadata Icon

benaturebenature4k downloads

Set custom icons for your properties.

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Customize metadata (property) entries icon.

Links support online URLs, local file paths, and base64-encoded images.

  • Online URLs: Must start with http:// or https://.
    • e.g. https://www.facebook.com/favicon.ico.
  • Local files: Can be a relative file path within the Obsidian vault, or a relative file path from the root directory of the computer.
    • e.g. .obsidian/svg/Benature.svg, D:/Figures/Benature.png, /Users/Benature/Pictures/Benature.jpg.
  • Base64-encoded images: Must start with data:.

Chinese simple introduction: 公众号 / 小红书 如有汉化需要请联系木一Benature

Support

If you find this plugin useful and would like to support its development, you can sponsor me via Buy Me a Coffee ☕️, WeChat, Alipay or AiFaDian. Any amount is welcome, thank you!

Install

Install from plugin community

click to install, or:

  • Open Obsidian and go to Settings > Community Plugins
  • Search for Metadata Icon
  • Click Install

Install by BRAT Plugin

  • First install BRAT Plugin:
  • In BRAT Plugin, click Add Beta plugin
  • Enter https://github.com/Benature/obsidian-metadata-icon
  • Enable Metadata Icon in Community plugins

Manually install

  • Download latest version in Releases
  • Copy over main.js, manifest.json to your vault VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/metadata-icon/
  • Reload plugins in Community plugins and enable Metadata Icon

How to build

  • git clone https://github.com/Benature/obsidian-metadata-icon clone this repo.
  • npm i install dependencies
  • npm run dev to start compilation in watch mode.
  • npm run build to build production.
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Customize metadata property icons across your vault to give fields visual cues and faster recognition. Assign icons using http/https URLs, relative or absolute local file paths, or data: base64-encoded images.
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Details
Current version
0.0.16
Last updated
2 years ago
Created
2 years ago
Updates
16 releases
Downloads
4k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
License
MIT
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Author
benaturebenature
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  1. Community
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  3. Properties
  4. Metadata Icon

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