Bases: Add Masonry / Waterfall View (Variable Height)

[MiracleXYZ]

Use case or problem

The current Cards View for Bases doesn’t work well for my workflow for two main reasons:

1. Many of my notes don’t have a cover image, which creates large, empty placeholders in the grid that waste space.
2. The fixed aspect ratio crops my images, so I can’t see the full picture.

Proposed solution

I propose implementing a Masonry (or “Waterfall”) layout. This would improve my experience by:

1. Hiding the image area entirely for my notes that don’t have a cover image.
2. Showing my full, uncropped image by allowing card heights to be dynamic.
3. Creating a more compact grid that lets me see more of my notes at once.

[peeragetalkers]

Related:

Grid Layout / Card View / Masonry Gallery

Use case or problem We organize our lives in Obsidian, yet the current file explorer presents our notes as a mere list of titles–missing the rich visual context that makes note-taking apps like Craft, Google Keep and Evernote so delightful to use. When working with dozens or hundreds of notes, being able to view snippets, images, and metadata at a glance becomes essential. While the hover preview is helpful, it’s inefficient for scanning through many notes quickly. There’s a clear demand for m…

To always use the first image in note as a cover image:

Grid Layout / Card View / Masonry Gallery

Yes, but you can create a formula with file.embeds[0], and then use that formula in the image property for cards. You can even create a formula like this for exemple [image] to use the image property if exists, and the first image embed otherwise. And then you use your formula: [image]

[tribonyx]

Use case or problem

I use card view to organize image collections and I would like to display full images without the empty space on each side.

Proposed solution

Allow a toggle option to set the card’s image aspect ratio equal to the image’s aspect ratio—the width remains the same while the height changes, like in Google Keep Notes.