Sticky Properties

An Obsidian plugin that adds a configurable set of properties to every new note — so the frontmatter you always want is there from the moment a note is created.

Mark a property as "sticky" once, and it shows up on every note you make from then on.

Features

• Auto-stamp new notes — every newly created note gets your configured properties added automatically.
• Right-click to make a property sticky — set up a property on any note, right-click it, and choose Auto-add to new notes. Right-click again to remove it. The property's type is detected automatically.
• Configurable defaults — in the settings tab, set each property's type (Text, List, Number, Checkbox, Date, Date & time) and a default value.
• Smart date stamping — give a Date or Date & time property the value now (or today) and each new note records its exact creation moment.
• Non-destructive — if a note already has one of your properties, its existing value is left untouched.

How to use

1. Enable Sticky Properties in Settings → Community plugins.
2. Open Settings → Sticky Properties and add the properties you want on every new note, or:
3. On any note, add a property in the Properties panel, right-click its icon, and choose Auto-add to new notes.
4. Create a new note — your properties appear automatically.

Tips

• For a Date & time property, use now as the default to stamp the creation timestamp (e.g. 2026-06-25T13:00:00).
• For a List property, separate default values with commas, or leave it blank for an empty list to fill in later.

Installation

From Community Plugins (once approved)

Search for Sticky Properties in Settings → Community plugins → Browse, install, and enable.

Manual

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and versions.json from the latest release.
2. Copy them into <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/sticky-properties/.
3. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin under Community plugins.

Notes

The right-click menu item is added by detecting the property element in the Properties panel and extending Obsidian's native context menu. It relies on Obsidian's internal markup; if a future Obsidian update changes that markup, the menu item may stop appearing (the automatic stamping of new notes will keep working regardless).

Development

The source lives in src/main.js and is bundled into main.js with esbuild.

npm install
npm run dev    # watch + rebuild on change
npm run build  # one-off production build

The right-click menu item is implemented with monkey-around, which safely wraps Obsidian's Menu.prototype.showAtMouseEvent and cleanly removes the patch on unload.

License

MIT