Plugin: Base Views – Quick view switching for .base files (+ custom Bases views)

Hi! I vibe-coded a small experimental plugin that adds a view list for .base files. When a .base file contains multiple views, this plugin displays a list of those views and lets you switch between them quickly and intuitively.

If you’re interested, I’d really appreciate it if you could give it a try.

In addition, the plugin includes two experimental custom Bases view types, both based on a fork of the TaskNotes plugin.

  • Table View (Custom) — A view modeled after the original Bases table view, with added “unnest” behavior: when grouping by a multi-value property, files appear under each individual value’s group. It also ports TaskNotes’ two-level grouping feature.
  • Task List View (Custom) — Based on TaskNotes’ Task List custom view, with the same unnest behavior for multi-value property grouping.

Please note:

  • Please install the plugin using the BRAT plugin.
  • On the first launch, the display may sometimes appear incorrect. If that happens, please restart Obsidian.
  • The original Table View has complex functionality, so only basic features may have been reproduced in the custom version.
  • Some view-list features write settings into the .base file. This should not affect normal .base file behavior, but the possibility of conflicts cannot be entirely ruled out.
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