Design talk about the Graph View

[danitrusca]

Graph Minimap

Let’s say you have a page with its local graph open in the right sidebar. And let’s say you open the big graph. When you do, the local graph remains empty in the sidebar:

I’d suggested a while ago a minimap option for the graph:

Minimap for the Graph view

There’s a concept in video games called minimap, which shows a smaller version of the entire map to help with navigation. It would be beautiful to have something similar for the graph view in Obsidian. The minimap should be functional. A rectangle would show the corresponding area of the graph that is visible on the screen (so the size of the rectangle would vary based on zoom level). The minimap would allow you to scroll the graph. Wacky idea Another idea from games is that of fog of war.…

What if the minimap view appeared in the local graph area when viewing the big graph?

So you’d see the big graph, and in the right sidebar, you’d see the minimap: a representation of the big graph faded in the background, and only the nodes visible on-screen on the big graph displayed in the foreground within a rectangle proportional to the screen. If you zoomed in/out the big graph, the size of the rectangle would decrease/increase on the minimap.