Note Reading Progress
keithwithAI1 downloadsShows remaining reading time and scroll progress for the current note in both edit and reading modes.
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An Obsidian plugin that shows the remaining reading time and scroll progress for the current note. Works in both edit mode and reading mode, on desktop and mobile.
Features
- Remaining reading time updates as you scroll
- Works in reading (preview) mode, not just edit mode
- Optional progress percentage
- Multiple time formats (compact, simple, verbose, digital, default)
- Configurable reading speed (words per minute)
- Mobile-friendly out of the box — no CSS snippet required. The plugin ships its own
styles.cssand shows a styled pill at the bottom of the screen on mobile. - Status bar item exposes a
.plugin-reading-progressCSS class for users who want to style it further.
Mobile
Obsidian hides the status bar on mobile by default. Note Reading Progress ships a styles.css that makes its own item visible as a pill near the bottom of the screen and (by default) hides the rest of the status bar so the pill stands alone.
Both behaviors are controlled by settings:
- Show on mobile — show/hide the pill on mobile. Default: on.
- Hide other status bar items on mobile — hide other plugins' status bar items while the pill is visible. Default: on. Turn off if you also want backlinks, properties, word count, etc. to appear on mobile.
If you want to restyle the pill, add a CSS snippet that targets body.reading-progress-mobile-visible.is-mobile .app-container .status-bar. The plugin's defaults can be overridden the standard way.
Settings
- Reading speed — words per minute (default 300)
- Format — how time is displayed
- Append text — text appended after the time (default "left")
- Show reading progress percentage — toggle to append
(NN%)to the status - Show on mobile — see Mobile section above
- Hide other status bar items on mobile — see Mobile section above
Acknowledgements
This plugin is a fork of Remaining reading time by ununnamed, MIT-licensed. Note Reading Progress adds reading-mode scroll support, a stable CSS class, in-plugin mobile styling, and other improvements.
License
MIT — see LICENSE.