Obsidian Meta Bind Plugin

This plugin can create input fields inside your notes and bind them to metadata fields.

New docs

I am currently working on new docs for this plugin. https://mprojectscode.github.io/obsidian-meta-bind-plugin-docs

How to use

To create an input field you have to write an inline code block or normal code block starting with INPUT. Then in square brackets the type of input field, in round brackets arguments and finally behind a colon the metadata field to bind to.

Examples:

INPUT[toggle] will create an unbound toggle
INPUT[slider:rating] will create a slider bound to the metadata field rating of this note
INPUT[text:task#completedOn] will create a text input bound to the metadata field completedOn of the note with the name task

The plugin also allows further customization with arguments. So the complete syntax looks like this:

INPUT[input_type(argument_name(argument_value), argument_name_2, ...):file_name_or_path#metadata_field]

For more examples see the exampleVault folder.

Input field types

slider a slider from 0 to 100 (custom ranges can be set using minValue and maxValue, see below)
toggle a toggle element
text a text field
text_area a bigger text field
select a select input field, only for code blocks
multi_select a multi-select input field, only for code blocks
date a date input field
date_picker a date picker

Arguments

class(class_name) adds a css class to the input field
addLabels only for slider, adds labels for the min and max values
minValue(value) only for slider, sets the min value
maxValue(value) only for slider, sets the max value
option(value) only for (multi-)selects, adds an option to the select
title(value) only for (multi-)selects, adds a title to the select input
alignRight only for date picker, aligns the date picker popup to the right of the input field

How to install

You can eiter download it directly through Obsidian's plugin page or you can manually download the zip archive from the latest release here on GitHub.
After downloading, extract the archive into the .obsidian/plugins folder in your vault.

The folder structure should look like this:

[path to your vault]  
|_ .obsidian  
   |_ plugins  
      |_ obsidian-meta-bind-plugin  
         |_ main.js  
         |_ manifest.json  
         |_ styles.css

Problems, unexpected behavior or improvement suggestions?

You are more than welcome to open an issue on GitHub.

The sync seems laggy

This is intentional. To reduce the load on your hard drive the plugin ony syncs about 5 times a second. There is a setting to change the sync interval, but I don't recommend changing it.

Contributions

Thank you for wanting to contribute to this project.

Contributions are always welcome. If you have an idea, feel free to open a feature request under the issue tab or even create a pull request.

jcangas/obsidian-meta-bind-plugin