This plugin will search files using Obsidian search functionality and then paste result. The output can be customized using template feature.
- If you have previous versions of plugin - remove them
- You need Obsidian v0.9.7+
- Get Latest release
- Extract files and place them to your vault's plugins folder:
<vault>/.obsidian/plugins/ - Reload Obsidian
- If prompted about Safe Mode, you can disable safe mode and enable the plugin. Otherwise head to Settings, third-party plugins, make sure safe mode is off and enable the plugin from there.
- Type
{{SEARCH_QUERY}}in your note whereSEARCH_QUERYa text which you want to search. Examples:{{My Note}},{{tag:#tag}}. - Put a cursor on that line
- Open command palette and find
Text {{expand}}:commands (you can attach hotkeys in settings menu)
It should wrap the {{ }} line and add notes which was found below.
You can call command in a {{ }} line to update results.
Once {{ }} line wrapped you can use template functionality to extend output.
- Put template below the SEARCH_QUERY line
- Put a cursor inside code block with a templete
- Open command palette (
Ctrl+P) and findText {{expand}}:commands (you can attach hotkeys in settings menu)
To create a list:
```expander
{{Expander}}
- [[$filename]]
```
or to create a table:
```expander
{{Expander}}
^|Filename|Content|
^|---|---|
|$filename|$lines|
```
Syntax looks like that:
expander {{Expander}} ^This is a header This line will be repeated for each file Also, [[$filename]] <- this will be a link >This is a footer
- Line prepended with
^is a header. It will be added at the top of the list - Line prepended with
>is a footer. It will be added at the bottom of the list - Line with no special symbol at start will be repeated for each file. Also, all special sequences will be replaced.
$filename- return a basename of a file$letters,$lines- return the full content of the file$letters:10- return 10 letters from the file. 10 could be replaced on any number$lines:10- return 10 lines from the file. 10 could be replaced on any number$ext- return extension of the file$created$size