I read the thread and it seems more of the panel or the outline… I meant more of the backlinks that show up at the bottom of the page. Unless they are the same thing.
I’m confused. How are they the same thing? Or do you just mean they use similar principles behind the scenes and if it gets implemented for Outline view then it would also get implemented for Backlinks view?
Backlinks view vs Outline view. Big difference in my point of view and having them in Backlinks would be much more valuable in my eyes.
I think it’s important people see this FR specific to Backlinks because in my eyes that is much more valuable and would like a place for people to vote specifically for that. Thoughts?
Not backlinks and outline. The backlinks pane and the backlinks in document are the same thing. This post was about backlinks I don’t know there the outline came from.
Edit: it came from my wrong link.
Anyway, i think it’s better you unpack your request into multiple FRs.
I really agree with this - it would make the backlinks not just aesthetically more pleasing, but -importantly!- more useful. And I do think that this collection of useful features of backlinks should not be broken up as the interplay between them is what would make backlinks more useful.
The toggle to see more context is nice, but highly impractical for skimming a list of backlinks while figuring out which is the one one wants.
I would also add another feature:
drag and drop as embed. It would be extremely helpful to be able to drag relevant blocks up to the page (eg cmd-drag) to create and embed of that block in the main page.
Also:
filtering (eg. backlink to this page but don’t show if it also has tag X)
Okay i’d be willing to split the topic… Question is I think some of the replies here are quite insightful, would you merge them to the corresponding threads? Also, I see the aesthetic of the backlinks as a “whole”, like it kinda comes together in a package.
But the search in backlinks searches the whole linked page. And you want it so search only the section, line, paragraph the link is found. It least I want that most of the time. Specially with longer pages the current behaviour can be troublesome.
I believe the dev are prioritising what get built into the core n what can be tackled via plugin. That said, there’s a plugin for such feature, see link below
not 100% sure i get what u mean, but hopefully this help
how to install & enable
install OBSIDIAN42 - BRAT plugin from Community plugins
install Obsidian Query Control plugin via BRAT (Ctrl/Cmd P > Obsidian42 BRAT: Add a beta plugin for testing > enter “nothingislost/obsidian-query-control”)
enable the plugin in Community plugins
how to use it
open Query Control plugin settings
enable the feature u prefer. here’s what i select.
your backlink should have it rendered per ur settings
Yes, thank you for this explanation. Now I am just looking for a way to make the formatted text in the linked references a little bit smaller. I guess this can be done with CSS but I am never ever able to see which classs to change.
