When I look at the graph view in Obsidian I see possibility. I see huge untapped potential. I want this thread to be a discussion about what the graph view could be. The purpose is to eventually distill this thread in a design document that could serve as inspiration for the developers and plug-in …

There are a LOT of great suggestions here. My immediate newbie need is just to zoom in and out in finer increments. Is there a way to do this that I’ve missed? In my case the scroll on the mouse jumps from too small to too large in just three clicks of the wheel. A finely controllable zoom slider be…

Option to save color groups I have created an elaborate color group for my graph. [2022-09-03 10_32_30-Window] I’d like to create more groups, with different color configurations to gain different insights into my data, and I’d like to switch back and forth between different configurations. The …

[image] danitrusca: I’d like to create more groups, with different color configurations to gain different insights into my data, and I’d like to switch back and forth between different configurations I haven’t checked into this at all, but it seems likely this is saved somewhere you can acces…

Thank you, Alan. I’m not into coding. If someone does it, I’d be very interested to learn how. I wonder if there’s a plug-in that allows people to easily tweak various aspects of Obsidian (for non-coders). A bit like how certain websites allow you to build websites without knowing how to code. I’d …

If it helps you or someone else, I just had a quick poke and here’s how you can retrieve the current settings: ```dataviewjs const settings = await app.internalPlugins.plugins.graph.loadData() dv.el('pre', settings.colorGroups) ``` Put this into a note and it will display all of the custom groups …

@danitrusca here you go :slight_smile: Use my earlier code to get the details of your current groups. Then put this into a note, and it will update all your graph groups to be the two groups specified in the below code, #some-query and #another-query. Now you can just follow the structure here to…

Random note for the graph view The default random note feature opens a random note (it would be nice to have the option to open the random note in a new tab). It would be beautiful to have a similar feature for the graph view. Only, instead of opening the random note, the graph would be centered o…

Option to turn the current graph (global or local) into a canvas The option would create a canvas containing all the notes visible on the (global or local) graph, with or without connections between those nodes.

Human vision process form, size, and color. The graph is only using two of these. I think that forms could enrich the graph a lot. That way, you can define types and differentiate between them, like you can differentiate between a tree and a house, even if both are green and the same size. [image…

Option to add Obsidian graphs to a canvas I’d love to be able to add filtered Obsidian graphs to my canvases. Possible solution: There could be another option at the bottom of the canvas to add an Obsidian graph. When you choose the option, you are shown a search field to filter the graph; if you …

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