I have a love-hate relationship with YAML as a metadata format. I love the ability to tag out fields and using dataview to grab them - and the ability to natively use cssclass, tags, and aliases fields. But… man, I just can’t stand having all that mess at the top of the file. I don’t want to scroll…

YAML YAML, Go Away

WhiteNoise April 4, 2022, 3:01pm 14

Hiding YAML in Edit Mode Feature archive

Great feedback @DEV_Scribbles but it is admittedly one more step away from a clean interface - and collapsing also still leaves behind a trigger. And as to the fact that it is supported on preview mode and why isn’t that sufficient? I would argue (again design aesthetics and usability) that it is in Edit mode that the need for clean space is the most important. It is why iaWriter was successful with its super-clean writer focus mode. There is something beautiful about starting a new card with …

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