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short tab name

shumpei-tanakashumpei-tanaka2k downloads

Set tab name to short for UID user.

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This plugin hides filename header such as zettel uid from tab name.

You can setting hide range with regexp.

Demo

Images

before-image

after-image

As character

before after
202311232124-a a
202311232125-b b
202311232126-c c

Installation

With Obsidian

  • Open "Setting"
  • Open "Community Plugins"
  • Open "Browse"
  • Search "short tab name"
  • Push "Install"
  • Push "Enable"
  • Done :D

Manually installing the plugin

  • Copy over main.js, styles.css, manifest.json to your vault VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/short-tab-name/.

How to use

just install this.

If your file-header is made from not only digits, you can try to make regexp pattern in setting.

Examle

ignore header regexp sample file name result tab name
(default)[0-9]+- 2222-aaaa aaaa
[0-9]+_ 2222_aabb aabb
.+- 5a5a-name name

License

The source code is licensed MIT. See LICENSE.

Say Thank you

If Short-Tab-Name makes your work more convinience , then please give me a coffee :D

links are below.

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/s6tanaka

https://www.paypal.me/s6tanaka/

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Hide filename prefixes like zettel UIDs from tab titles to show concise, readable names. Specify a regular expression to control which parts of the filename get stripped from the tab.
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Details
Current version
1.0.0
Last updated
3 years ago
Created
3 years ago
Updates
1 release
Downloads
2k
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.4.16+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
shumpei-tanakashumpei-tanaka
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