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ShogiView

Overview

ShogiView is an Obsidian plugin that renders Shogi data directly inside Markdown notes. It supports KIF game records and board-position formats such as SFEN, BOD, and CSA. It provides an interactive board, move navigation, variation browsing, and comments, allowing you to review and study games without leaving Obsidian.

Features

Core Functionality

• Render Shogi data embedded in Markdown code blocks (kif, sfen, bod, csa)
• Interactive Shogi board with real-time updates
• Display captured pieces and highlight move origin/destination
• Show comments, elapsed time, and metadata (event, opening, etc.)

Navigation & Playback

• Move controls: First / Back / Forward / Last

• Control button labels can be configured via controlButtonLabelMode ("text-with-icon" or "icon-only")

• Board wrapper width (board + captured pieces) can be configured via boardWidthMode ("auto" or "manual") and boardWrapperWidth (manual width in px)

• Keyboard shortcuts (when focused):

  • ← / → : previous / next move
  • Home / End : first / last move
  • Space : start / stop autoplay

• Jump to any move number

• Autoplay from any selected position

Variation Tree

• SVG-based variation tree displayed below the board

• Click nodes to jump to corresponding moves

• Scroll with mouse wheel

  • Vertical: wheel
  • Horizontal: Shift + wheel

• All variations are expanded by default (no folding)

Usage

Installation

1. Build the plugin.

2. Copy the generated files into your Obsidian vault:

   .obsidian/plugins/shogi-kif-viewer/
     ├─ main.js
     ├─ manifest.json
     └─ styles.css (optional)
   

   The folder name must match the id in manifest.json (shogi-kif-viewer).

3. Restart Obsidian.

4. Enable the plugin from Settings → Community plugins.

Writing supported code blocks

KIF (move record)

Insert a KIF record using a fenced code block:

```kif
# ----  ぴよ将棋 棋譜ファイル  ----
棋戦：ぴよ将棋
戦型：△ツノ銀雁木
開始日時：2025/09/20 17:38:04
終了日時：2025/09/20 17:54:54
手合割：平手
先手：プレイヤー
後手：プレイヤー
手数----指手---------消費時間--
   1 ２六歩(27)( 0:12/00:00:12)
   2 ３四歩(33)( 0:05/00:00:05)
   3 ２五歩(26)( 0:01/00:00:13)
```

Open the note in Reading View to display the board and variation tree.

SFEN (board position)

```sfen
ln5nl/1rk2bg2/3p1gspp/pSP1p1p2/5P1PP/Pp1BP1S2/1P1PG1P2/K1G3+r2/LNs5L w NPp
```

BOD (board diagram)

```bod
後手の持駒：歩
  ９ ８ ７ ６ ５ ４ ３ ２ １
+---------------------------+
|v香v桂 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・v桂v香|一
| ・v飛v玉 ・ ・v角v金 ・ ・|二
| ・ ・ ・v歩 ・v金v銀v歩v歩|三
|v歩 銀 歩 ・v歩 ・v歩 ・ ・|四
| ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ 歩 ・ 歩 歩|五
| 歩v歩 ・ 角 歩 ・ 銀 ・ ・|六
| ・ 歩 ・ 歩 金 ・ 歩 ・ ・|七
| 玉 ・ 金 ・ ・ ・v龍 ・ ・|八
| 香 桂v銀 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ 香|九
+---------------------------+
先手の持駒：桂 歩
後手番
```

CSA (board position)

```csa
P1-KY-KE *  *  *  *  * -KE-KY
P2 * -HI-OU *  * -KA-KI *  *
P3 *  *  * -FU * -KI-GI-FU-FU
P4-FU+GI+FU * -FU * -FU *  *
P5 *  *  *  *  * +FU * +FU+FU
P6+FU-FU * +KA+FU * +GI *  *
P7 * +FU * +FU+KI * +FU *  *
P8+OU * +KI *  *  * -RY *  *
P9+KY+KE-GI *  *  *  *  * +KY
P+00FU00KE
P-00FU
-
```

Viewer Layout

• Board & controls: top
• Variation tree: below the board
• Comments panel: below the variation tree

Click inside the viewer (or its controls) once to enable keyboard shortcuts.

Settings

You can change viewer display settings from Settings → Community plugins → ShogiView:

1. In Control button labels, choose one of:
   • Text + icon (text-with-icon)
     • First ⏮ / Back ◀ / Forward ▶ / Last ⏭
     • Autoplay ▶ (stopped) / Pause ⏸ (playing)
   • Icon only (icon-only)
     • ⏮ / ◀ / ▶ / ⏭
     • ▶ (stopped) / ⏸ (playing)
2. In Board width mode, choose one of:
   • Auto (auto): board-wrapper width is derived from the smaller value of the note reading area width and height.
   • Manual (manual): board-wrapper width is fixed to the value in Board wrapper width (px).
3. In Board wrapper width (px), set a width between 360 and 1400 when manual mode is selected. The value is applied when you press Enter or leave the field.

When board width changes, cell size is scaled and piece text (including captured pieces) scales with the same ratio, so promoted piece rendering remains visually consistent.

KIF Support Details

• Supports common KIF headers (e.g. 棋戦, 戦型)

• Parses:

  • Same-square moves (同)
  • Drops (打)
  • Promotions (成) and non-promotions (不成)
  • Original coordinates (27)
  • Time notation ( 0:12/00:00:12)

• Comment lines starting with * are attached to the preceding move

• Variations defined by 変化：n手 are expanded into a move tree

• Initial position can be set with:

  • 初期表示手：15
  • start-move: 15

Position format support details (SFEN / BOD / CSA)

• sfen code block: parses board, side-to-move, and pieces in hand.
• bod code block: parses board diagram rows (|...|), 先手の持駒, 後手の持駒, and side-to-move (先手番 / 後手番).
• csa code block: parses P1-P9 board rows, P+ / P- hands (00XX), and side-to-move (+ / -).
• These formats are position-first inputs. Move list playback is not included unless the source itself provides moves (e.g. KIF).

Development

Requirements

• Node.js 18 or later
• npm

Setup

npm install

Development Build (Watch Mode)

npm run dev

Production Build

npm run build

Copy the generated artifacts into your Obsidian vault to test.

UI Preview (Standalone)

To preview the UI without Obsidian:

npm run ui:serve

Open the printed URL (typically http://localhost:4173/preview/index.html). This preview uses a lightweight mock environment but renders the same UI as the plugin.

UI Screenshot

Quick Screenshot (Playwright)

npm run ui:screenshot

This command:

• Starts the preview server
• Opens the page in a headless browser
• Saves a screenshot to:

artifacts/ui-preview.png

(The file is ignored by Git.)

Roadmap

• Language support improvements

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.