How do I copy only visible items?

Scotty · 2021-09-28T16:09:05.571Z

What I’m trying to do

I’m trying to copy only visible items from Obsidian into another document. In other words, if text is folded, I don’t want to copy it.

1. The full text looks like this

CleanShot 2021-09-28 at 08.58.06@2x770×626 15.7 KB

2. I fold it and I only want to copy the visible items

CleanShot 2021-09-28 at 09.03.30@2x740×314 9.63 KB

3. This is the result I want when I paste it

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Does anyone have a thought on how to do this? It could be a good plug-in or there might be some other trick using a script.

Thanks for any ideas

imed · 2021-09-29T11:21:56.569Z

You can screenshot OCR then paste the result using another app, I don’t have any in mind though.

Scotty · 2021-09-29T17:09:04.441Z

Thanks. It could work if I did this occasionally. I copy and paste out Obsidian several times a day.

I once had a script that would do this. I’ll have to keep looking.

Angel · 2021-09-29T19:53:47.465Z

If I fold text in ‘preview’, copy it from ‘preview’, and then paste it into TextEdit or Pages, I only get the headings. If I do the same in ‘edit’, I get all the text from the fold.

Would copying from ‘preview’ work for you?

Angel

Scotty · 2021-09-30T01:57:56.897Z

Angel:

Would copying from ‘preview’ work for you?

Ha! yes it does! Thank you @Angel! I thought I tried to copy from the preview mode, but I must have missed this! Thanks for your help.

Angel · 2021-09-30T05:20:29.469Z

Welcome. Great news.

Angel

system · 2021-10-30T05:21:22.049Z

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