#20

I rely on and appreciate this feature so significantly in my other apps! And Iā€™m so eager to phase those apps out for Obsidian!

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Oh My Gosh! Why canā€™t we have this yet? Taking soooo looong! :sob:
Kidding! :rofl: I can be patient :timer_clock:
Just donā€™t want to be for TOC

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#21

Like you, I am eagerly awaiting this plug-in because I also want to move my other markdown stuff into Obs.

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#23

I am used to work with longer markdown files. For that reason it is always good to have an overview of the documentsā€™ structure.
A table of content is a neat feature to have for quickly navigate through a *.md file.

I made the following mockup as my proposal how this could look like in the UI.

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It is the beloved collapsible ā€œOutlineā€ view I am used to have in VS Code and/or Typora.
And I would also :heart: to have this feature in Obsidian!

This view could be placed in the left/right sidemenu (I would prefer have it on the right).
So you could also hide it when you donā€™t need it.

In addition, the Outline view should also be usable in the ā€œSlideā€ mode.
I did my first presentation for some colleagues in Obsidian a few days ago and they were very impressed. But I would be awesome to have a ā€œTOC per slideā€ there.

:heart: you guys! Keep up the great work!

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#24

There is a plug-in request for this here.
@WhiteNoise

#25

Ohā€¦yes. but I think this is such an essential feature that it should be native and not as a Plug-In. Do you agree?

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#26

I had submitted the request as a feature, whereas @Dounm had requested it as a plug-in. @Silver then suggested to merge the feature request into the plug-in.

For me, like for you, it is an essential feature, but not everyone sees it that way, so I agreed to the proposed merger. At the end of the day it does not really matter, as long as there is a way to have it.

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#27

Fair point! :wink:

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#28

Just want to express my support for this feature. Also being able to toggle headings / bullet points in the Preview mode!

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#29

I know this late, but thereā€™s been a way to do this that I was told about in the discord chat.

You simply add a # in the internal link, and then create your own TOC using that. Basically, like this:

TOC

    1. [[# First heading]]
    • 1.A [[# First subheading]]
    1. [[# Second heading]]

Then, as youā€™re writing, you have to create headings with the internal link, as follows:

Example

[[# First heading]]

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec pretium lorem ut nisi vestibulum, id sollicitudin neque euismod. Sed sed sem diam.

[[# First subheading]]

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec pretium lorem ut nisi vestibulum, id sollicitudin neque euismod. Sed sed sem diam.

[[# Second heading]]

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec pretium lorem ut nisi vestibulum, id sollicitudin neque euismod. Sed sed sem diam.

This will work to navigate inside a note, but admittedly itā€™s kind of tedious to set it up because when youā€™re writing the headings, you have to cancel the autocomplete and the brackets at the end shrink because when you put the # inside the brackets, Obsidian thinks youā€™re making another heading.

I donā€™t know who discovered this, but Iā€™ve been using this solution and it works, but it could be improved!

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#30

How do you do that?

#31

I believe he does it manually for every heading.

#32

Itā€™s a solution for now yeah but like you said itā€™s tedious to set it up I did it for three notes with a fair share of headings and stopped making TOCs after that :sweat_smile:
Even with a script to generate that, you would probably have to run it everytime to update it. It works but a core Obsidian feature would be the best.

Also not regarding itā€™s utility but notes with TOCs created like that become important in the graph vie[[]] as all those links count to increase the nodeā€™s size. Not a problem if you donā€™t really check the graph but still something to consider.

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#33

True. @bernardo_v flagged it up as an issue in the #insider-build channel https://discord.com/channels/686053708261228577/716028884885307432/731165066287644744

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#34

Yes, as Meins mentioned, you manually type out the TOC. I just copy+paste the heading but itā€™s still tedious, it does increase the internal links, and I would love this as a built-in feature.

#35

This was implemented.

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#36

ToC in the sidepane has been implemented, which is great. What has not is the OPā€™s original request: to be able to type [toc] in the file (usually at the top) and get a ToC in the file.

Several feature requests were merged, with the focus on the ToC/outliner in the sidepane, so the OPā€™s original request took a back seat, it seems to me.

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#37

I understand. I think itā€™s better to open a new feature request specifically for that.

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#38

Done.

#39

since the TOC/Outline has arrived with 0.8.1, can this post be closed?

#40
Where is Table of Contents?