Float on Top for Mac?

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It’s weird that there isn’t a solution for this yet. I tried looking but couldn’t find a Mac-oriented solution. The threads I looked:

Sorry if I missed a thread with an answer.

Question: Is there a way to have Obsidian’s window “float on top” of all the other windows so that it is easier to take notes (I switch between a lot of applications.)

Example: Stickies application in Mac.

Stickies has “float on top” option which allows the window to stay in front of all other windows at all times (even when not in focus.)

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Copying text notes from Stickies work fine, but image breaks (prolly coz rtf?)

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  1. open dev tools using cmd+shift+I

  2. head to console tab

  3. Paste this in the console and press enter.
    require('electron').remote.getCurrentWindow().setAlwaysOnTop(true)

  4. remember to do this every time you open obsidian.

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Awesome! thanks for help.

require('electron').remote.getCurrentWindow().setAlwaysOnTop(true);
  • To make it translucent
require('electron').remote.getCurrentWindow().setOpacity(0.88);

In short, running the code snippet below will make the window sticky and translucent (change 0.88 to play with opacity)

let getWindow = require('electron').remote.getCurrentWindow();
getWindow.setOpacity(0.88);
getWindow.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
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very cool! this makes it feel like a vim text editor that has the transparency effect. nice!

this is actually something I have tried to make happen with the translucent plugin
but I think this is the best workaround and it doesnt slow down the app