Mobile Tab Bar

Browser-style tab bar for switching between open notes on Obsidian mobile. Replaces the title bar with a scrollable row of tabs.

Features

• Scrollable tab bar when many notes are open
• Tap to switch between open notes
• Long-press to close a tab
• Active tab auto-scrolls into view
• Save indicator dot (green = saved, red = pending), requires autosave-control plugin (optional)
• Mobile only, does not activate on desktop

Dependencies

• autosave-control (optional): if installed, a colored dot appears next to the active tab name showing save state. Without it, the dot is hidden. The plugin reads autosave-control's .save-status-icon DOM element, so it may break if that plugin changes its class names.

Install

Community plugins (recommended)

Search "Mobile Tab Bar" in Settings > Community plugins > Browse.

Manual

Download main.js, styles.css, manifest.json from Releases into .obsidian/plugins/mobile-tab-bar/.

Build

npm install
npm run build

Output is main.js at repo root. Copy main.js, styles.css, manifest.json into your vault at .obsidian/plugins/mobile-tab-bar/ and reload Obsidian.

For development with auto-rebuild: npm run dev

Customization

Override CSS variables in a snippet:

.mtb-tab-bar {
  background: var(--background-secondary);
  border-radius: 8px;
}
.mtb-tab {
  font-size: 11px;
  padding: 0 8px;
}