I searched Obsidian Help for ‘tags’ and ‘categories’. but I did not find what I am looking for.
Categories doesn’t seem to exist, Tags seem to be for a different purpose (tagging the whole file and not a single line).
What I’m trying to do
I would like to use a feature that I’m used to from OneNote.
With OneNote, one can attach ‘categories’ to single lines in a document. Categories can be defined and usually use an icon and / or text formatting (like highlighting) to make the marked line stand out visibly.
Very useful is the option to search for categories.
With that, I i.e. can search for all ‘questions’ (category: ) and as result I see all lines marked with that category in all pages.
I tried to use emojies at the beginning of a line. When I search for the emoji I see a similar result as in OneNote.
Is there perhaps a plugin that does something similar?
Using emojies works somehow, but is not as comfortable as the categories in OneNote.
What happens when you add a tag or a category the line? Does it come back the way the emojis do?
Pretty sure Obsidian treats the emojis like text, so categories as tags or text should come back the same in search results.
I do something similar with backlinks. I link to someone or a thing and add a tag to that line. In the target note, in the backlinks, I can search by the tag to filter the backlinks down to just those lines. Eg: I can track #1on1s or when my wife had a #seizure.
I don’t think Obsidian considers tags to apply to lines, but the search result previews produce much the same effect (as long as they’re not collapsed to only show the note names). If the line is long it may be truncated.
Yeah. Thats why i have font size dictated there. By default obsidian makes the hashtag with font size one lower. U should set to ur normal text size. Should be either 15px or 16px.
On the emoji read mode thing im not sure. I dont really use emoji actively in my notes.
Tag-Emojis work for me in both modes (I don’t normally use them, but I tried it out). I’m not sure what would cause the difference you see. I’d just try generic troubleshooting (use Developer View to check the markup, disable plugins, etc).
I like the Minimal Theme and the alternate checkboxes, even if they won’t exactly serve my purpose.
Problem I have: the quick font size adjustment (with my trackpad) doesn’t work. Even not in sandbox mode with all other plugins disabled.
Maybe a Bug in the theme? Or a setting I haven’t found?
The problem with the Tag-Emojies not being found has been solved. It was an incompatibility with an image plugin.
I use tags almost exclusively to tag individual lines or blocks of text, rather than for whole documents.
For example, I have a weekly 1:1 meeting with my manager. If I think of something during the week that I want to remember to bring up with him, I add it as a line or block to my daily note, and tag it with his name. Then, on the day of our meeting, I click on that tag in the tags pane, which generates a list of items to talk with him about. I review that list, compile it into a single note, and I’m ready for our meeting.