#22

Hm, thatā€™s weird. I donā€™t suppose you could paste the Markdown of that note in a code block here, so I can try reproducing it on my end? You can remove any sensitive information from the note, just so long as the bug still shows up for you. Thanks!

#23

I sent you a DM via this forum.

#24

I think it doesnā€™t work anymore, I tested it now with version 0.9.20 and it didnā€™t make any difference.

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#25

@henrique: it has not worked for a long time now. I asked @DanielFlaum if he would make a plug-in, and he said he is waiting for the API to have stabilized.

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#26

I created the Header Numbering plugin to solve this problem. Hope it is useful to you all!

See GitHub - onlyafly/header-numbering-obsidian: Automatically number headings in a document in Obsidian

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#27

@onlyafly
Wow, thank you so much !! Yes, this IS very useful.
Is there a way to have the numbers adjusted automatically when a heading is added or removed?

You have probably thought this through and the answer is probably ā€˜noā€™, otherwise you would have added it already. I am asking just in case ā€¦ā€¦

BTW, I have assigned a hotkey to it, so that makes the renumbering easier.

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#28

That was a great idea. Iā€™ve added the automatic numbering to version 1.3.0 of the plugin.

Thanks for the ideas and keep them coming!

#29

tanks very good

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#30

Glad itā€™s useful, @Tonyxz !

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#31

it would be interesting to be able to customize.

1 - Chapter
1.1 - sbuch
1.1.1 - subsubch

or

A1 - Chapter
A 1.1 - sbuch
A1.1.1 - subsubch

#32

@Tonyxz You can get pretty close to your examples currently. The newest version (1.7.1) allows customizing the separator, and you can choose between number and letter numbering.

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#33

@onlyafly : from the previous versions I have my front matter as follows:

---
header-numbering-skip-top-level: false
header-numbering-max-level: 6
header-numbering-style-level-1: 1
header-numbering-style-level-other: 1
header-numbering-auto: true
---

I have 1.7.2 and have set the separator style to . dot.
But the dot does not appear between the number and the header text.
I found out I have to delete the old front matter altogether. This was not clear to me from the explanation that goes with the plug-in.

Also, having set the numbering to automatic I suppose all my notes in the vault will be numbered without my having to use front matter.
This is a great step forward.

If I want to exclude a note or a folder within my vault from numbering, is there a way to do that? If so, how?

#34

Hey @Klaas: Yes, you are right, that it is not clear in the instructions that you would have to replace the old front matter. Sorry about that. Hopefully now that Iā€™ve managed to simplify and standardize the front matter format, there will be no more confusions like that for new users.

Regarding how to exclude a single file from numbering, the vault-wide settings are ignored for the file if the file has front matter with a ā€œnumber headingsā€ key with some value. So, for example, you could put this on top of the file, and the file will not be automatically numbered:

---
number headings: none
---

Thereā€™s currently no way to skip a whole folder, unfortunately.

#35

@onlyafly: thanks for the explanation. Everything is clear.

Many thanks for a very useful plug-in. :grinning:

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#37

What a plugin. Thank you!

Is there a way to put those yaml settings into the global obsidian.css file?

#38

@sebaseba : if your objective is to avoid having to add the front matter in each note, that is already possible.

You can customize the settings in the plug-in settings, which will affect all your notes.

#39

I see. Thank you!

#40

@sebaseba 1 thing I forgot to mention is links. The plug-in adds the header numbers physically to your note. That means the number becomes part of the header name, and that in turn means any links to a header, or headers, of that note will be broken because those links will only be kept intact if the header name is changed manually.

There is a request to make header link name changes automatic, as happens with file name changes.

#41

Ouh, what a shame. Thank you for telling me.

#42

@sebaseba yes, I am speaking from experience. I installed the plug-in enthusiastically, and opened many a note. Most of my notes are long so I use the outline pane a lot.

I then discovered that a lot of my links got broken. I asked the plug-in dev, Kevin, if it would be possible to have the numbering NOT be part of the note, just like e.g. in Typora. He answered that it was not possible with this plug-in :disappointed_relieved:

So, I have disabled this plug-in while I await Licatā€™s making the link name change automatic when the header name changes. It is currently on his short term road map, so :crossed_fingers:

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