REO
May 9, 2023, 10:04am
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What I’m trying to do
When I reference a block using (^^) I want the reference text to automatically be shown as the thing I am referencing, for example if I am referencing a header, I want the header text to be what shows in reading mode, is that possible? is there a plugin or a setting for that?
Things I have tried
Currently I have to manually use the pipe (|) and manually write a text to be displayed when I just want it to display the text referenced.
Using preview (!) is not a solution, I want the text to be inline not take up half the screen for a single word!
There is a feature request for this, you can add your vote to it by liking the topic.
With the work on Live preview (WYSIWIG) currently in process, I think this is a good time to discuss and propose a different design approach to how block references render in Obsidian. The reason I propose this design change now is that Live Preview is in beta. While more work is required to implement this design approach, it’s easier to make such a design change now while Live Preivw is in beta before the larger community begins to use it.
Summary of requested change
I am proposing that Obisi…
Someone also posted a css workaround in the discussion, I don’t know if it still works though.
Here is an example in the new Live Preview (WYSIWYG) with first showing what it looks like by default without any CSS styling and all block reference embeds on their own lines.
It requires two screenshots to cover all my examples:
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And here is what it looks like with custom CSS to try and make the block references render inline. This is what TfTHacker is hoping would be more native/default to Obsidian instead of requiring a ton of CSS. This is the EXACT same page as above. On…
You could also check out the Make.md
community plugin, i know that it let’s you edit embeds inline, maybe it has some of the other functionality too.
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REO
May 9, 2023, 12:08pm
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Oh thank you I didn’t see that feature request, by linking it do you mean like this
With the work on Live preview (WYSIWIG) currently in process, I think this is a good time to discuss and propose a different design approach to how block references render in Obsidian. The reason I propose this design change now is that Live Preview is in beta. While more work is required to implement this design approach, it’s easier to make such a design change now while Live Preivw is in beta before the larger community begins to use it.
Summary of requested change
I am proposing that Obisi…
No, i said you should like it to add your vote to it. Which you already did, so all good!
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May 16, 2023, 12:38pm
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