1.4.4–1.5.3: Capture, mobile, and appearance
This group covers ten releases: 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, and 1.5.3. There is no 1.5.0. The current guides describe Card Workspace 1.5.3.
Capture with quick input and templates
Section titled “Capture with quick input and templates”1.4.7 adds the Templates navigation section and quick input. 1.4.8 moves quick input into independent desktop windows that stay on top by default, adds Obsidian’s Properties editor to drafts, and supports inline formats such as {{date:YYYY-MM-DD}} in templates. 1.4.9 lets you register an existing Markdown file with Set as template.
1.4.10 separates quick input from templates and adds title, folder, card-box, tag, and property controls to each draft, with a rule for titles that already exist: ask, append, or create a numbered note. The toolbar New button also works inside card boxes and adds the new note to the box.
See Quick input and templates.
Phones and tablets
Section titled “Phones and tablets”1.5.1 runs on Android and iOS/iPadOS. Phones show one card column with navigation in a dialog; tablets adapt to the available width. Card menus can insert or copy content into the note you were editing, and source changes follow Obsidian’s back and forward history. Display preferences are stored per device.
1.5.2 shows the current source in the phone’s page header, hides the header and toolbar while you scroll when Auto full screen is on, and keeps phone navigation rows compact.
See Phones and tablets.
More file types and diagram previews
Section titled “More file types and diagram previews”1.4.4 draws Canvas files as small diagrams and shows Excalidraw drawings through their exported SVG; 1.4.5 and 1.4.6 clean those SVG previews and remove the drawing background. 1.4.7 opens drawings made with New Excalidraw file directly in Excalidraw.
1.4.10 adds Show file types — documents only, common formats, or all formats — so images, PDFs, audio, video, and other files can appear as cards. Image thumbnails now also support AVIF, GIF, and SVG. 1.4.9 lets you drag a card into Canvas or Excalidraw as a native file.
See File types and Diagram previews.
Card styles, colors, and icons
Section titled “Card styles, colors, and icons”1.4.7 adds Font size, Density, and Card style: default cards, minimal outline, list, flat, or accent bar. 1.5.1 adds eight theme-adaptive card background colors, set as a default, per card, or for a bulk selection, and custom icons: any Lucide icon, an emoji from the full offline catalogue, or no icon, for navigation entries and cards, with defaults per category.
See Appearance and icons.
Organize by dragging and filter card boxes
Section titled “Organize by dragging and filter card boxes”1.5.2 lets you drop cards onto a folder to move them, a tag to add it, a property value to set it, or a card box to add them; dragging a selected card applies to the whole selection. Tag and property filters now narrow card boxes as well as folders, without changing the box’s rules or members. The navigation header gains an Expand all / Collapse all button, and the Tags section lists every tag in the vault.
See Drag cards onto navigation and Card boxes.
Settings pages
Section titled “Settings pages”1.5.3 splits the settings tab into seven pages: Interface appearance, Cards and previews, Navigation, Opening and dragging, New notes and templates, Quick input, and Default icons. Settings keep their values. See Settings.
Versions in this group
Section titled “Versions in this group”| Version | Main changes |
|---|---|
| 1.4.4 | Canvas diagram previews and Excalidraw SVG previews |
| 1.4.5 | Safer Excalidraw SVG previews |
| 1.4.6 | Excalidraw previews without the drawing background |
| 1.4.7 | Templates and quick input; font size, density, and card style; open new drawings in Excalidraw |
| 1.4.8 | Quick input in independent desktop windows, Properties editing in drafts, inline date and time formats |
| 1.4.9 | Drag cards into Canvas and Excalidraw; register existing files as templates |
| 1.4.10 | Quick input fields and same-title rules, new notes in card boxes, Show file types, more image formats |
| 1.5.1 | Phones and tablets, card background colors, custom icons and emoji picker |
| 1.5.2 | Drag cards onto navigation, filters in card boxes, expand-all toggle, phone header and auto-hide |
| 1.5.3 | Settings split into seven pages |
Earlier: 1.3.5–1.4.3.
Version records
Section titled “Version records”This summary follows the plugin’s version tags and commits from 1.4.4 through 1.5.3. View the original changes. Feature links lead to the current user guides.