Announcing a new plugin!
Make a mess.
Workbench allows you to capture and collect thinking from all over your knowledge base in a single place as you work. Link or embed notes, sections, and even blocks, or copy the current line.
You can also use alt+click to link or embed content a targeted link, or cmd/win+alt+click to link or embed a targeted block.
Demo:
Find it in your friendly neighbourhood plugins gallery or on GitHub.
@ryanjamurphy you are killing it with useful plugins. Nice work!
Very, very cool idea! 
A Wonderful idea made me go “ahhhh yes that’s just the ticket I need”
Sadly no one will get the chance to use 1.0.0…
Because I just added a “Clear workbench” command and an “Insert contents of workbench” command in 1.2.0!
I would love to try it, but I get an error when installing. Is there a place with error logs to share? I mean, where are the logs?
Sorry, I misclicked when uploading the latest release. Will fix this AM and let you know!
PEBKAC: developer edition. Forgot to upload the plugin files in the release. Fixed and now working! Sorry!
Wow - this is so f… great! One of the few things I have been still missing in obsidian up to now… 
To compensate for failing to actually include the plugin files in the last release, I just added an option to use cmd/win+alt+click to copy the current line.
This is simply a phenomenal plugin. I have recently been transitioning all my notes from Notion, roam and Evernote to Obsidian and I was in need of a tool like this for that transition!
Pushed a couple of Workbench updates recently, by the way. 1.3.1 made sure you didn’t lose editor focus when you use the plugin’s commands, and 1.4.0 introduces a “copy line as blocklink” command to allow you to copy lines in markdown link format, where the link leads to the line’s block.
Thanks to @Licat in more ways than one, Workbench now has the ability to quickly change your Workbench to a new destination (has to be an existing note).
Use it e.g., in combination with the click-to-make-block functionality to quickly recombine and manipulate your ideas in different notes.
This is a great plugin. Kudos @ryanjamurphy
Sorry for the probably dumb question, but how is this different than just using a second pane with a regular .md file?
I’m not really sure how to answer the question without re-listing the features. It’s about speed and remixing, I suppose. You may not have a need for it! But probably best to try it and fiddle with the settings to get a real sense of the functionality.
The plugin appears to not be working in v0.10.1. I installed the plugin, and hit the Workbench icon in left hand dock, but nothing happens. I am new to Obsidian, so I could have missed something. Thanks.
Update: I found the “Missing Link”. For those having the same issue, you have to create a Note using the name you defined in Workbench config. By default it’s Workbench and I dropped it in the root folder.
Possible Enhancement: If the file does not exist, create the file when clicking the Workbench button.
ce
This may seem like a plugin that doesn’t change the Note taking process; doesn’t add much. Use it for a while, and you will soon realize the benefit. Thanks Ryan.
ce
Good idea. I should at least post an error notification explaining why it’s not working. Thanks for the feedback!
An error dialog with a small description and solution would definitely work for a workbench file that doesn’t exist. My Workbench has become a collection of links to open projects. I also use it to take quick notes during meetings which I later merge in where they belong. Thanks again.
Possible Enhancement: Can you detect if the workbench file is already open, so it doesn’t open it multiple times?
ce
