Pinbox

Pinbox is an Obsidian plugin designed to instantly capture content like text snippets and URLs from your mobile device directly into pre-configured notes within your vault. It streamlines your workflow by reducing the friction of saving information on the go.

Features

• Pin Notes for Quick Share on Mobile: Designate specific notes as "pinned" targets for quick saving in the Obsidian share menu on Android/iOS to append text or links to your pinned notes instantly.
• Obsidian Bookmarks Integration: Include your Obsidian bookmarked notes (file bookmarks only) in the share menu for even broader quick-capture capabilities.
• Global Custom Format: Define a default template for how shared content (the {{content}} placeholder) is appended. Supports {{timestamp}}, {{date}}, and {{time}}.
• Per-Note Custom Format: Override the global default and set a unique append format for each individual pinned note.
• Path Auto-Update: Pinned note paths are automatically updated if you rename or move the file within Obsidian.

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Settings Overview

The Pinbox settings tab allows you to:

• Configure Global Default Note Format: Set the universal template for appending content. Includes a text area for the format string, and buttons to reset to default or copy the format.
• Pin a new note: Opens a modal to search and add notes to your quick-share list.
• Manage Pinned Notes:
  • View your list of pinned notes.
  • For each pinned note:
    • See its name and path.
    • Reorder it in the list using up/down arrows.
    • Edit its individual custom append format (with reset and copy options).
    • Unpin the note using the trash icon.
• Toggle Obsidian Bookmark Integration: Enable or disable "Show bookmarked notes in share menu".
• Toggle Debug Mode: If enabled, shows extra notices for troubleshooting, e.g., when saving shared text.
• Toggle Go to Note After Saving: If enabled, automatically opens the target note in Obsidian after successfully appending shared text.

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins (Recommended)

1. Open Obsidian and go to Settings.
2. Navigate to Community plugins.
3. Ensure "Restricted mode" is off.
4. Click Browse to open the community plugins browser.
5. Search for "Pinbox".
6. Click Install on the Pinbox plugin.
7. Once installed, click Enable.

Using BRAT (Beta Reviewer's Auto-update Tool)

If you want to test beta versions of the plugin before they are officially released:

1. Install and enable the "Beta Reviewer's Auto-update Tool" (BRAT) community plugin in Obsidian.
2. Open BRAT settings.
3. Under "Add Beta Plugin", click "Add Beta Plugin".
4. Enter the GitHub repository URL for Pinbox: kuoe0/obsidian-pinbox.
5. Click "Add Plugin".
6. Once added, go to Settings > Community plugins, find "Pinbox" in the list, and enable it.

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release assets (main.js, manifest.json) from the Releases page of the Pinbox GitHub repository.
2. In your Obsidian vault, navigate to your vault's configuration folder, which is usually .obsidian (it might be hidden).
3. Inside .obsidian, create a folder named plugins if it doesn't already exist.
4. Inside the plugins folder, create a new folder named pinbox.
5. Copy the downloaded main.js and manifest.json files into the pinbox folder.
6. Restart Obsidian.
7. Go to Settings > Community plugins, find "Pinbox" in the list, and enable it.

Funding

If you find Pinbox useful and would like to support its development, you can:

Or visit: https://coff.ee/kuoe0

Author

kuoe0 (https://github.com/kuoe0)