Hello，can I achieve this requirement (add another type file, so I can use my custom UI)?

[markleo]

What I’m trying to do

Hi, I want to create another file type（it maybe like the canvas）, so I can use my custom UI rather than the md eidtor.

Things I have tried

I search the site I didn’t find this type plugin.
so I wonder if it can be implement.

[Pch]

I think that If you want to read, parse and render a file type other than .md, you might need to build a dedicated plugin (but I could still be wrong ).

Obsidian is, at its core, a .md editor… any other type of text files (.txt, .json, .css, .org, .js, etc…) can be seen by Obsidian (it can acknowledge its existence within the vault) but Obsidian won’t open/render it…

Given your screenshot though, you could try a .canvas
Maybe a mermaid code block ?

… could depend on what you’re trying to do more precisely/your use case/what the file type is…

[markleo]

Hi, my thoughts are:
Can do a script + shot list function, combined with obsidian,

1. obsidian can use text block to write scripts

###### 1) INT. bedroom. nignt
mom and joker is watching TV.
joker: Hi, I am listening. 
mom: be quiet.

###### 2) INT. living room. nignt
xxxx 

2、so I want a custom UI to display the shot list,(I don’t want to use mermaid or canvas, because they are not fit my requirement)

I want to add more features in the custom UI,
including reference display the screen script above.
and display more flexible.

[markleo]

@Pch

I think that If you want to read, parse and render a file type other than .md, you might need to build a dedicated plugin

Hi, how to understand the dedicated plugin?

[Pch]

As a custom plugin that would do what you want/need …

That is, if don’t want to use .md files and you already looked for community plugins meant to help you write books/novels/screenplays/scripts (etc…) and none fit your needs.

I know there are few Fountain plugins but there are probably other plugins meant for writers…
(I think Longform is a popular one but I also think it’s more book/novel oriented)