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Nav Arrows

antoineartantoineart186 downloads

Adds back/forward navigation arrows to the top bar, next to the sidebar collapse button.

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Navigate back and forward with arrows in the top bar, right next to the sidebar collapse button.

Features

  • Navigation arrows always visible regardless of sidebar state
  • Arrows are disabled when there is no back or forward history
  • Matches Obsidian's native icon style

Installation

From Community Plugins

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins
  2. Search for Nav Arrows
  3. Install and enable the plugin

Manual

  1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
  2. Create a folder .obsidian/plugins/nav-arrows/ in your vault
  3. Place the files inside it
  4. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins

Publishing

Community plugins are submitted through the Obsidian Community developer dashboard, not via pull requests to obsidian-releases.

Release flow:

  1. Update version in manifest.json and package.json
  2. Commit and push to main
  3. Create and push a matching tag: git tag 1.x.x && git push origin 1.x.x
  4. GitHub Actions builds, attests, and publishes the release assets

Before tagging, run npm run lint locally.

License

MIT

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About
Add back and forward navigation arrows to the top bar next to the sidebar collapse button. Keep arrows always visible regardless of sidebar state and disable them when no back or forward history exists, matching Obsidian's native icon style.
NavigationInterfaceSidebar
Details
Current version
1.0.3
Last updated
2 months ago
Created
5 months ago
Updates
4 releases
Downloads
186
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.8.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
antoineartantoineart
GitHubantoineart
  1. Community
  2. Plugins
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  4. Nav Arrows

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