# Excalidraw - Full featured sketching plugin in Obsidian **URL:** \ **Category:** Plugins\ **Tags:** plugin-release\ **Created:** [April 29, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367 "2021-04-29T09:34:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![K4T](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@K4T](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/K4T)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/85 "2022-11-19T22:44:30Z")
How can i go on about changing the font? ![image](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/1/d/1db83126179971cb676f1b51e99742fb4187e602.png) ---
**Author:** ![zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/zsviczian/32/13955_2.png) [@zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/zsviczian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/86 "2022-11-22T12:22:36Z")
> [@Phospher1](#): > > ing using it and finding out how useful it will be to me. I am using an ipad to do most of my work on and am grateful for all the adaptations you have made for mobile users. > Something I noticed today is that when I access the tools panel and move the panel across the screen it slides open the general tool bar on the left or the back links panel on the right. I can’t access either of these side bars by dragging on the screen and only the left general tool bar by pressing on the three lines top right. > Am I missing something or is Sorry for the late response, I very seldom visit the forum. This is a known issue (feature). If you long hold the top of the panel and move it, then the side panels don’t activate. This is also a feature, for example if you are in fullscreen mode, you can open the command palette by pulling your finger down the tools panel. I consider this a “feature” also because I couldn’t find a way around it without impacting other features in Obsidian. ---
**Author:** ![zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/zsviczian/32/13955_2.png) [@zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/zsviczian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/87 "2022-11-22T12:23:19Z")
simply place a font file in your vault in any folder. You will then see that font in the dropdown list. ---
**Author:** ![zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/zsviczian/32/13955_2.png) [@zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/zsviczian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/88 "2022-11-22T12:24:32Z")
> [@Chains](#): > > than i link p You can place more links, but only the first will navigate. There is a command palette action to insert a link. You can use a keyboard shortcut to use that function. The autofill is not implemented yet. ---
**Author:** ![zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/zsviczian/32/13955_2.png) [@zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/zsviczian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/89 "2022-11-22T12:25:58Z")
> [@Felyxorez](#): > > nt elements to connect to each other (for example a line point to a shape)? > > Edit: I found out there is a function “Prevent arrow binding” that is bound to CMD, so when you hold cmd while editing a line, arrow, text etc, they don’t snap. > > Though it would be very helpful if you could prevent it This is a nice feature request. I suggest raising this on github. [excalidraw/excalidraw: Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams (github.com)](https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw) ---
**Author:** ![zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/zsviczian/32/13955_2.png) [@zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/zsviczian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/90 "2022-11-22T12:27:43Z")
> [@L1MB0](#): > > mind maps right now in concepts since the whole interface is more intuitive to me (utilization of apple pen for eraser, already have my whole pen setup etc.) > > I think it is easier to implement the possibility of importing svg files and then treat them Since your post here I’ve implemented SVG import. Have you tried that, does it work for you usecase? ---
**Author:** ![zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/zsviczian/32/13955_2.png) [@zsviczian](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/zsviczian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/91 "2022-11-22T12:32:47Z")
If you have some coding experience this is fairly simple to solve with a simple Excalidraw automate script and custom CSS. This is something that has crossed my mind couple of times… I have a concept for a presentation mode, I will consider your request when I implement that. ---
**Author:** ![jaffa](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@jaffa](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/jaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/93 "2022-12-02T14:57:43Z")
Hello, Is there a way to include or embed a «Excalidraw window» in a document ? An example use case would be to write a Math problem in MathJax and the student could use a drawing tablet to write his answer directly in the «Excalidraw window» under it. It would be like a viewport to a Excalidraw file. That viewport could be sized of course. 😉 Many thanks for your great plugin. ---
**Author:** ![aNgeLaX](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@aNgeLaX](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/aNgeLaX)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/94 "2022-12-11T19:17:42Z")
Hi, when I copy paste an image into Excalidraw and draw on top of that image, I cannot figure out how to erase a stroke that I drew without erasing the image. I was wondering if there is a way to do this, and if not, is it possible to add this in the future? Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![s.lopez31](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@s.lopez31](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/s.lopez31)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/95 "2022-12-23T09:49:03Z")
Hi ! I love this plugin and i have a little question ! I use embeded draws in markdown files with multiple links to another notes (and it s cool !) . Today, when I clicked to the note, it opens excalidraw and then i can click on links to go to my notes. Is it possible to follow the links directly from the markdown file without the excalidraw step ? Tell me if i’m not clear. Thanx for the wonderfull work ! ---
**Author:** ![Magnus1](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Magnus1](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Magnus1)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/96 "2023-01-05T15:06:57Z")
Hey, I got a question regarding Excalidraw. I am trying to load a relatively big Excalidraw Canvas and I get the following message: “Error loading drawing: Cannot read properties of null (reading “width”)”. Does anybody know how to resolve it? Apart from that one problem this plugin is great! ---
**Author:** ![syepes](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@syepes](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/syepes)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/97 "2023-03-02T17:40:36Z")
Hello, I have been searching all over and can’t seam to find any info about embedding a subset of Excalidraw into a standard Obsidian MD file. More precisely I have a very big Excalidraw document with different functional drawings and I would like to Embed a **SubSet** or **Specific selections** of the Excalidraw drawings into one of my standard MD document. Does anyone know if this is currently possible? @zsviczian ---
**Author:** ![Craig](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/craig/32/8831_2.png) [@Craig](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Craig)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/98 "2023-03-02T18:29:28Z")
As far as I can tell, it’s not possible to embed a portion of an Excalidraw document into another document. You might consider breaking the large Excalidraw drawing into separate drawings, and embed just the portion you want in your document. Because you can embed Excalidraw drawings into other Excalidraw drawings, you can still have a master drawing that shows all the pieces, and even link them together and annotate them in the master drawing. ---
**Author:** ![syepes](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@syepes](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/syepes)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/99 "2023-03-03T08:17:23Z")
Oh that’s a shame. Just opened a FR, just in case this could be implemented [FR: Drawing SubSet Selection and Embedding · Issue #1042 · zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin · GitHub](https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/issues/1042#issue-1608161056) ---
**Author:** ![syepes](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@syepes](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/syepes)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/100 "2023-03-03T13:19:53Z")
Just in case others are also looking for this, its actually already supported 🙂 > **[Release Excalidraw 1.6.18 · zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin](https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/1.6.18#block-referencing-parts-of-images)** > > Fixes > > You were not able to modify the text properties of a text element while editing the text in tray mode. 496 > iframely friendly page titles from web links did not work reliably. I reworked the ... [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yZQoJg2RCKI/maxresdefault.jpg "Block reference parts of images just like text with Obsidian Excalidraw") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZQoJg2RCKI) ---
**Author:** ![Craig](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/craig/32/8831_2.png) [@Craig](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Craig)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/101 "2023-03-03T15:17:48Z")
Wow, great find! I played around with this some today and it works really well. Kudos on finding it, and mega-kudos to @zsviczian for implementing it! ---
**Author:** ![El-5](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@El-5](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/El-5)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/102 "2023-03-30T07:23:39Z")
I might be completing missing this, but is there a way to make part of a text **bold** , use _italics_ etc…? ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyK](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@JohnnyK](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/JohnnyK)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/103 "2023-03-30T22:58:56Z")
Hello, I’m enjoying learning the Excalidraw plugin. One thing I bumped into today, and maybe I somehow missed it, but I’m trying to flip an object. On [Excalidraw.com](http://Excalidraw.com) I can select an object and flip it horizontally or vertically. I can’t find a way to do that in the plugin. ---
**Author:** ![AnatoliiBakhtin](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/anatoliibakhtin/32/43615_2.png) [@AnatoliiBakhtin](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/AnatoliiBakhtin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/105 "2023-05-03T18:26:53Z")
If your question concerns: 1) integration into obsidian or small improvements, write [here](https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/issues) 2) core functions of excalidraw itself [here](https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw/issues). (1,2 are not the same thing) @zsviczian and the Excalidraw team are very quick to respond on GitHub, especially if you formulate your request, attach all relevant data and fill out a bug or idea description template (and questions). BUT LOOK FIRST, MAYBE YOUR QUESTION HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLVED? (minute by minute this will save hours of growth and development of the application!) @jaffa write to (1) (but you can use [iframe](https://help.obsidian.md/Editing+and+formatting/Embedding+web+pages)). @aNgeLaX lock image erase lines or write to (2). @El-5 write to (2). @JohnnyK So far, in both cases (1,2), you can only flip one object, not the group or write to (2). P.s. The author rarely visits here, so it may seem that there is no activity, but the plugin itself is boiling, growing by leaps and bounds (see GitHub☝️)! You can consider that all the activity from the forum has moved to the [discord](https://discord.com/channels/1026825302900494357/1026825303546408981/1027148486862454834). ---
**Author:** ![Chon](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Chon](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Chon)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/excalidraw-full-featured-sketching-plugin-in-obsidian/17367/106 "2023-09-29T19:05:05Z")
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