/obsidian-markmind

A mind map, outline and pdf annotate tool for obsidian,It support mobile and desktop

Obsidian MarkMind

Notice

This is not an open source project but lishid (obsidian developer) can check this code

Feature Comparison

Free Catalyst
Basic mode of MindMap Advanced features in Rich mode of MindMap
Most features in Rich mode of MindMap PDF annotate
List mode Support development
PC and Mobile support PC and Mobile support
Not support Export mindmap as pdf file
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MarkMind

PDF annotator

Introduction

Obsidian MarkMind is a mind map, outline, and PDF annotate tool based on Obsidian API

Features:

  • Links
  • Inline text styles

  • Multiline
    text

  • inline code
  • Katex - $x = {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac} \over 2a}$

Links:

Related:

Creating a MindMap file

  • It contains two modes: Basic and Rich
  • You can create a MindMap file by either:
    • Right clicking a folder and selecting New MindMap Board
    • Add the YAML code by hand:
---

mindmap-plugin: basic (or rich)

---

Modes

Basic

You can use the basic mind map function in conjunction with the outline or table mode. It works similar to the obsidian-enhancing-MindMap plugin. All of these modes are available in rich mode as well

Outline

To access the Outline mode you can either:

  • Click More options on the note and then Open outline
  • Add the YAML code by hand:
---

mindmap-plugin: basic
display-mode: outline

---
MindMap Outline short cuts
Feature Short Cut
New Mind Map CTRL/CMD + P
New Child Node Enter
Indent Tab
Unindent Shift + Tab
Zoom in CTRL/CMD + ] or Double click bullet point
Zoom out CTRL/CMD + [
Zoom in/out CTRL + Mouse wheel
Mind map to center CTRL/CMD + E
Move Up Or Down Node CTRL/CMD + Up/Down
Delete node Delete/Backspace
Edit node Space/Double click node
Undo CTRL/CMD + Z
Redo CTRL/CMD + Y
Expand/Collapse node CTRL/CMD + /
Move node to another node Drag and drop node
Tab node Up/Down/Left/Right
Change MindMap layout Select node, CTRL/CMD + U/D/L/R/M/J/K/T/Q
Delete summary/boundary/related link Delete/Backspace

outline

Table

To access the Table mode you can either:

  • Click More options on the note and then Open as table
  • Add the YAML code by hand:
---

mindmap-plugin: basic
display-mode: table

---

table

Rich

In Rich mode you can use all the functions of basic mode. In addition you can:

  • Add a summary
  • Add a boundary
  • Add a node related link
  • Add a free node

Rich mode markdown format:

---

mindmap-plugin: rich

---

# md 

{JSON Data}

Other functions

  • Exporting MindMap to image
    • Use CTRL + P and click Export to HTML command
  • Getting markdown in rich mode
    • You can find Copy as markdown menu in More options
  • Exporting MindMap to pdf
    • download lasted obsidian,open a mind map in a independ window
    • Use CTRL + P and click Export mindmap as a pdf file command

PDF annotate

  • Highlight text
  • Area annotate
  • Relate MindMap node and annotate

How to use PDF annotate

  1. Download the appropriate PDFJS plugins
  2. Install PDFJS plugin:
    • On Android, create an andriod folder then extract pdfjs folder into it
    • On IOS, create an ios folder, then extract pdfjs folder into it
      • The PDFJS path is set separately and if it does not you can try filza app, it can find the path to Obsidian
    • On PC, extract pdfjs folder to .obsidian folder
      • CTRL/CMD + P, click set up pdfjs plugin path
    • On Mac Command + Shift+ . to show the hidden folder, extract pdfjs folder to .obsidian folder
    • Restart Obsidian
  3. Ensure these folders are present in PDFJS folder (VaultLocation.obsidian\pdfjs):
    • build
    • epub
    • epub.js
    • pdfextrct
    • web
  4. Add the following YAML code to the MindMap document:
---

annotate-target: test/test.PDF
annotate-type: pdf

---
  1. Then you can find Annotate PDF in more options

Screenshot folder for rect annotations

  1. In the MindMap plugin settings you can set a folder path
    • This should be a relative path pointing to your vault folder
  2. Or you can add the folder path in YAML:
---

annotate-target: test/test.PDF
annotate-type: pdf
annotate-image-target: assets/image

---

Short Cuts for annotate

Feature Short Cut
Highlight Yellow CTRL/CMD/ALT + Y
Highlight Green CTRL/CMD/ALT + G
Highlight Blue CTRL/CMD/ALT + B
Highlight Pink CTRL/CMD/ALT + P
Highlight Red CTRL/CMD/ALT + R
Delete annotate CTRL/CMD/ALT + Delete/Backspace

Mind Map and PDF annotate

  1. Open file as MindMap
  2. Use [[]] to reference PDF
  3. Click PDF reference, it will open a PDF reader if the PDF plugin path is correct
  4. Use the PDF annotate function:
    • It will create an annos file in your current folder by default, the annos
    • The annos file stores annotations data in JSON format
    • If you set the Save PDF annotation type as markdown in setting tab, it will create a ${PDF name}-annotate.md file in your current folder
    • Each annotation has an associated quote block with a block reference
      • Please do not modify these blocks

Relating MindMap nodes and annotations

There are three ways to relate mind map node and annotations

  1. Default (Only supports rich mode)
    • Make a PDF annotation
    • Click PDF annotate
    • Edit MindMap node and hit CTRL/CMD + V to relate the node and annotations
    • Click the node PDF annotation and it will will auto copy the id of the annotation to your clipboard
  2. Jumpto protocol obsidian://jump-to-PDF (Supports basic and rich mode)
    • In MindMark settings, set Support protocol to Open
    • This will automatically create a PDF annotation reference link and copy to your clipboard when you click PDF-annotate
    • Paste into markdown file
  3. Use markdown to save PDF annotations (Supports basic and rich mode)
    • You can use [[${md name}#${block reference}]] to associate a quote block with a block reference
    • An obsidian link to an annotation block-reference will, when clicked, open the corresponding file and scroll to the associated highlight
    • If the file is already open in a pane, then the link will cause the existing pane to scroll instead

Importing PDF highlight annotations

  1. You can use CTRL + P and then the change basic to rich mode command
  2. Import highlight annotations from PDF
    • You can find this in the more options menu when opening a PDF
  3. You can also export PDF annotations in the PDF format
    • In the more options menu for the MindMap document
    • You can set the format you want in the MarkMind settings tab
    • The default format is:
Page:{{page}}
Text:{{highlightText}}
Comment:{{comment}}
^{{id}}

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