Hi everyone!
I love Obsidian, but I kept doing the same tiny task all day: jumping into the app just to glance at one note (for me it’s usually my daily plan / checklist). I wanted something closer to a Quick Note / Hot Corners habit on macOS, so I built a small companion app.
What it is (and what it isn’t):
- This is not an Obsidian plugin — it’s a macOS menu bar app.
How it works:
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Pick one Markdown note (from your vault)
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Hover into a chosen screen corner or press a hotkey → you get a floating Markdown preview
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You can tweak which corners, preview width, and line limit
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Click the preview to open the same note in Obsidian via
obsidian://
Why I built it:
- I wanted a “2-second glance” at one note while staying in whatever app I’m currently using.
Notes / gotchas:
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Hot corners rely on global mouse tracking, so macOS will likely ask for Input Monitoring permission.
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Tested on macOS Tahoe 26 (target is 12.4+), but I’d love confirmation from people on older macOS versions too.
Links:
If anyone wants to try it, I’d really appreciate any feedback — even small UX nitpicks.
I’m especially interested in what feels awkward or unnecessary, and what you’d change first.
In particular:
- multi-monitor setups (which screen should “own” the corner?)
- corner sensitivity / accidental triggers
- anything confusing around permissions
- what you’d expect from this workflow (e.g. better positioning, theming, more than one note, etc.)
