Cursor Location

This plugin for Obsidian displays the location of the cursor (character and line number).

Currently, the plugin is Desktop Only because the mobile apps do not support custom status bar items.

Demo

This demo uses an older version of Obsidian, but the output functions the same.

Settings

custom options in dropdowns allow you to set your own pattern if none of the predefined ones suit your needs. For settings that used to be text boxes and are now dropdowns, if you've modified that setting from the previous default and would like to switch back, selecting custom will revert to your setting.

You can change the behavior via the Settings Tab.

• # of Cursors: Number of cursor positions that will display before switching to "N cursors"
• Cursor Separator: String to separate multiple cursor locations when # of Cursors is greater than 1. Consecutive whitespace is squashed to 1 space (per HTML rules).
  • This will only display if you have # of Cursors greater than 1
• Selection Mode: How to display cursor position when a selection is made
  • Beginning: Show where cursor started
  • End: Show where a cursor is currently
  • Full Selection: Shows the range of the selection (ch:line -> ch:line). This will display a range that may go from later in the document to earlier if the selection is dragged backwards.
• Range Separator: String to separate the beginning and end of a selection when Selection Mode is set to Full Selection. Consecutive whitespace is squashed to 1 space (per HTML rules).
• Display as Percent: Displays percent thru the document instead of what line number you are currently on.
• Percentage Mode: How many words vs percent numbers to display
  • Very Wordy: only uses words, splits the document into 5ths
  • A Little Wordy: only uses words, splits the document into 3rds
  • Strict Percentages: Will say at the top and bottom, and then percentages from 1% to 99%
  • Low Fuzzy Percentages: Will say at the top and bottom for the first and last 10%, percentages for the rest of the document
  • High Fuzzy Percentages: Will say at the top and bottom for the first and last 20%, percentages for the rest of the document
  • Only Percentages: Shows percentages throughout the document, no words are used
• Individual Cursor Pattern: Pattern to display location information for each cursor
  • ch is the column the cursor is at in the current line
  • ln is the current line number
  • ct is the total line numbers in the file (count)
  • If ct is the first or last of the three values, it will be removed when displaying a range.
• Include Frontmatter: Count the frontmatter as part of the document percentage
• Frontmatter Phrase: If not including frontmatter, what should it be called.
  • frontmatter
  • metadata
  • preamble
• Display Cursor Line Count: Display the number of lines selected by each cursor.
• Cursor Line Pattern: Pattern to display when Display Cursor Line Count is enabled
  • custom allows you to set your own pattern if none of the predefined ones suit your needs
  • If you've changed this from the default previously and would like to switch back, selecting custom will pick that one.
• Pad Status Bar: Add padding to lessen the amount the status bar shifts
• Padding Width: Amount status bar will pad, only shows when Pad Status Bar is enabled
• Display Character Count: Display the total number of characters selected or not
• Display Total Line Count: Display the total number of lines selected or not
• Reset: Reset all values to the default settings

Default Settings

Percentage Settings

Installation

You can install the plugin via the Community Plugins tab within Obsidian. Just search for "Cursor Location"

Contributing

Help is greatly appreciated. First check if there are any issues open that relate to what you want to help with. Also feel free to make a pull request with changes / fixes you make.

License

MIT License