1.3.5–1.4.3: Navigation, search, and metadata
This group covers six published releases: 1.3.5, 1.3.6, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.4.3. The current guides describe Card Workspace 1.5.3; see 1.4.4–1.5.3 for later changes.
Shape the navigation column
Section titled “Shape the navigation column”1.4.0 lets you drag folders in the navigation column. Drop on the middle of a row to move a folder into it, or on the top or bottom quarter to reorder siblings. 1.4.1 adds Sort child folders by name (A → Z), (Z → A), and Manual sorting. A reorder drop switches that sibling group to manual order.
1.4.1 also hides folders, tags, and the six navigation sections. Restore them under Settings → Card Workspace → Navigation. Hiding changes the navigation column only. 1.4.2 adds the same name or manual order for tags, subtags, and property values, and Reveal active note’s folder on the Folders menu.
See Hide navigation entries and Arrange folders, tags, and properties.
Search hits, history, and link references
Section titled “Search hits, history, and link references”1.3.6 shows search matches as separate two-line snippets, up to a count you choose in settings (default 2, maximum 5). 1.4.3 keeps the lightweight list, task, heading, code, and link cues inside those snippets. Click a snippet, or press Enter or Space, to open that hit in the note’s current editing or reading mode.
1.4.2 remembers the 30 most recent queries across card views and suggests up to six matches. 1.4.3 presents that history with Obsidian’s suggestion list. Closing search or clearing the query stores the current text first.
1.3.6 also sorts outgoing links and backlinks by reference count, highest first, and shows several backlink contexts on one card. The default is three; settings can choose 1, 2, 3, or all, and each card can expand the rest.
See Search, Linked notes, and Settings.
Compact cards, hover size, and section drops
Section titled “Compact cards, hover size, and section drops”1.4.1 lets Preview lines go down to 0, which hides the ordinary excerpt, and keeps the two-column layout until the card column would be narrower than 160 CSS pixels.
1.4.3 adds Card hover preview width and Card hover preview height (defaults 600 × 400). They apply when the Page preview core plugin is enabled and shrink to fit the window.
1.3.6 adds Enable section drag insertion, off by default. With it on, a Markdown drop can target a heading section or the whole note.
See Browsing cards, Hover preview, and Insert a heading section.
Boxes, merge, and metadata
Section titled “Boxes, merge, and metadata”1.3.5 gives the merge dialog separator presets — Blank line, Horizontal rule, and Line break — and Trash source notes after merge, which is off by default. 1.4.2 stores each card box’s grouping and edits it from Configure card box…. Saving a folder view copies the grouping in effect at that moment.
1.4.3 uses one dialog for tags and another for properties, from a Markdown card menu or from bulk mode. A card menu’s Add/remove tags… and Add/remove properties… apply to that note; the toolbar actions apply to the selection.
See Card boxes and Writing and organizing.
Settings layout and Obsidian versions
Section titled “Settings layout and Obsidian versions”1.3.5 organizes preferences into Behavior and Appearance, hides Image fit while card images are off, and rebuilds forms on native confirmation dialogs. That release required Obsidian 1.13.0. 1.3.6 lowers the requirement to Obsidian 1.11.4. 1.4.0 keeps 1.13-only settings search and native dialogs behind a version check, so 1.11.4–1.12 continue to use the compatible dialogs and the same settings.
1.4.1 adds the Navigation settings group for hidden sections, folders, and tags. Vaults on Obsidian older than 1.11.4 stay on 1.3.4, the last release those versions can run.
1.4.3 licenses the plugin as GPL-3.0-only. Releases through 1.4.2 keep the MIT License they were published under. See Limits and privacy.
Versions in this group
Section titled “Versions in this group”| Version | Main changes |
|---|---|
| 1.3.5 | Behavior and Appearance groups, native dialogs, merge separator presets, and an Obsidian 1.13.0 requirement |
| 1.3.6 | Search snippets, section drag insertion, reference-count sorting, multiple backlink previews, and Obsidian 1.11.4 |
| 1.4.0 | Drag folders to move or reorder them; keep 1.11.4–1.12 on compatible dialogs |
| 1.4.1 | Hide navigation entries, sort child folders, allow zero preview lines, and narrow the card column to 160 pixels |
| 1.4.2 | Search history, tag and property order, saved card-box grouping, and reveal the active note’s folder |
| 1.4.3 | Formatted search snippets, hover preview size, shared tag and property dialogs, and GPL-3.0-only |
Earlier: 1.3.4. Later: 1.4.4–1.5.3.
Version records
Section titled “Version records”This summary follows the plugin’s version tags and commits from 1.3.5 through 1.4.3. View the original changes. Feature links lead to the current user guides.