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Workbench

ryanjamurphyryanjamurphy28k downloads

Keep a workbench of knowledge materials.

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This is a plugin for Obsidian.

It allows you to capture thinking from whatever you're currently looking at into a "Workbench" note. Link and embed pages, headers, and blocks, or copy the current line. You can also use alt+click and cmd/windows+alt+click to add content to the workbench.

Demo:

A demo of the various ways to add things to your workbench.

Note: you may need to double-click when using the click-based features!

Insert and clear the materials on the workbench: A demo of insert contents of workbench and clear workbench

Settings

Control the name of the Workbench note, the line prefix for every item added to the workbench, and what alt+click or cmd/windows+alt+click do in the plugin's Settings.

Manually installing the plugin

  • Copy over main.js and manifest.json to your vault VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/workbench-obsidian/.
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Capture thinking from any note into a persistent Workbench note. Link or embed pages, headers, and blocks, or copy the current line, and add items via alt+click or cmd/windows+alt+click; insert or clear Workbench contents as needed. Customize the Workbench name and item line prefix in settings.
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Details
Current version
1.6.4
Last updated
2 years ago
Created
6 years ago
Updates
12 releases
Downloads
28k
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Author
ryanjamurphyryanjamurphy
axle.design
GitHubryanjamurphy
  1. Community
  2. Plugins
  3. Links
  4. Workbench

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