MetaEdit plugin

[Christian]

Using Templater, there’s at least 2 ways to fill that parameter.
You could use tp.file.title(true), which gets the relative path to the file as a string.
The other solution would be to use app.workspace.getActiveFile(), which grabs the currently active file as a TFile.

[millerstevew]

Worked like a charm. Thanks, @Christian.

[RosemaryOrchard]

@mpaul

I created a file with the code below and it’s embedded it in my monthly note.

Sorry for the very delayed reply, but could you provide some more detail on how you did this? I would love to replicate it for several things!

Specifically, the part I’m not understanding is how you embedded this in your monthly note - where did you save the code, etc.?

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Update: I figured it out! You need to wrap it in a dataviewjs code block:

```dataviewjs
--- code here ---
```

[dorkloon]

How do I get the attribute called review to grow automatically every time I open a note?

[JamesKF]

@Christian : In the features list is described the possibility to :

Edit last value in tags - works with Obsidian Tracker, too.

But it seems undocumented : could you please add more precisions ?

Thanks !

[Keys]

Most of my YAML meta are lists. How do I enter a new item as a list underneath the previous one. For instance:

Learned today:
- To use metaedit
- To use metaedit to create a list

Right now the way it is coming out is the following

Learned today: To use metaedit to create a list
- To use metaedit 

I’m sure there is a quick fix for this, but I couldn’t find anything.

Thanks!

[Christian]

This requires a listener to the “File opened” event. There might be a good implementation for a new MetaEdit feature that does this, but I’d have to think it through. For now, you could make a simple plugin for Obsidian that listens to that event and then calls the MetaEdit function if the attribute is present.

[Christian]

Unfortunately, there’s not much in the way of quick fixes. Supporting proper YAML has been on my to-do list for the longest time, so it’s probably the very next thing I’ll do. Only arrays are supported at the moment (e.g., [1, 2, 3]).

[Christian]

Tracker allows you to specify a value after the tag, i.e., #tag:value. So depending on which option is chosen, MetaEdit will either update the value, or the last part of the tag #here or #change/here, where here will be changed.

Hope this helps!

[dorkloon]

im not a developer, maybe i will try to learn how develop a plugin

thx for your reply, and plz consider to add this feature

[Jeremy]

I’m trying to create a button that updates a specified metadata field (either YAML or dvfield) that is in the same file as the button. Very similar to the example documented on the plugin wiki - Complete Task in Dataview Table - just not in a dataview table. Seems it should be simple enough, however with my limited programming skills I cant’ work it out. Anyone know how to achieve this?

p.s. - thank you @Christian for making such amazing plugins - metaedit and quickadd have transformed how I use Obsidian.

[imed]

@Christian

Delete properties easily

Hi, can you explain how you can delete property easily with the plugin ? I can’t seem to find a documentation for this.

[Christian]

Hey @Jeremy, glad to hear you like my plugins

As for your question: I don’t have much experience with Buttons, but I tried my hand at making it work. From what I could tell, you’d want to either make it insert a Templater template into the file, where the template contains an API call to MetaEdit’s update.
You could also just make the button call a QuickAdd capture/macro, which could also call the update function.

[Christian]

When you open the MetaEdit menu, you’ll see on the right a . Clicking that should allow you to delete the property.

[imed]

I asked because I thought there was an undocumented API function for deleting. Thank you again.

[Christian]

Ah, not currently. It’s planned, though. I am working on an update which would include it.

[Jeremy]

Thanks for getting back to me Christian. @imed actually helped me out by using the first method you suggested. For anyone that might be interested in the future here’s the template:

<%* 
const {update} = app.plugins.plugins["metaedit"].api 
const file = tp.file.find_tfile(tp.file.title) 
await update("<insert field>", "<insert value>", file) 
_%>

[ellieEffingMae]

I’m currently trying to set up some habit tracking in obsidian. I want a button that will append a value to a list in the frontmatter. Any thoughts on this?

[Christian]

I’m working on a version that supports adding elements to list items in the frontmatter.
Until then, it’s currently not supported. QuickAdd has a feature that allows you to do this, though. You use the Insert After feature in a capture.

[PR-C]

I am getting a console error that was able to trace back to this plugin. Just wanted to report it here before filing on GitHub.