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Selection Format Toolbar

AvinashAvinash912 downloads

Shows a floating formatting toolbar when you select text: bold, italic, headings 1-6, and multi-color highlighting.

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An Obsidian plugin that shows a floating formatting toolbar whenever you select text in the editor — no keyboard shortcuts or menus needed.

Features

Select any text (with the mouse or Shift+arrow keys) and a toolbar pops up above the selection with:

  • Bold and Italic toggles
  • H1–H6 — set the heading level of the selected line(s); click the same level again to remove the heading
  • Highlight colors — six color swatches (yellow, green, blue, pink, orange, purple) that wrap the selection in a colored highlight, plus a ✕ button to remove it
  • The text stays selected after each action, so you can chain formats (e.g. bold + highlight)
  • Press Escape, scroll, or click elsewhere to dismiss the toolbar

Highlights use inline <mark> tags, so the colors render in both Live Preview and Reading mode.

Installation

From the community plugin directory

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins in Obsidian
  2. Click Browse and search for "Selection Format Toolbar"
  3. Install and enable it

With BRAT (beta)

  1. Install the BRAT plugin
  2. Add avinashingit/selection-format-toolbar as a beta plugin

Manual

  1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
  2. Copy them into YourVault/.obsidian/plugins/selection-format-toolbar/
  3. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins

Usage

  1. Select some text in any note (source mode or Live Preview)
  2. Click a button on the toolbar that appears:
    • B / I toggle bold and italic
    • H1–H6 set or clear the heading level
    • Color dots apply a highlight in that color; ✕ removes the highlight

License

MIT

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Show a floating toolbar when selecting text to apply bold, italic, heading levels (H1–H6) and six highlight colors with a clear button. Keep the selection after each action to chain formats, and use inline <mark> highlights that render in Live Preview and Reading mode.
FormattingEditingInterface
Details
Current version
1.0.0
Last updated
5 months ago
Created
5 months ago
Updates
1 release
Downloads
912
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.0.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
AvinashAvinashavinashingit
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  1. Community
  2. Plugins
  3. Formatting
  4. Selection Format Toolbar

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