/obsidian-print-preview

A plugin to help theme designers debug "export to pdf" issues by allowing them to inspect the print results

Primary LanguageJavaScriptGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Obsidian Print Preview

This plugin helps theme designers debug export to pdf issues by allowing them to inspect the print results

Features

plugin demo

Instructions

  • Export to PDF as you normally would
  • After export, the rendered print window will show up overlaid on top of your workspace
  • You can now use the Dev Tools inspector to check the styling of the printed content
  • To dismiss the print window, left click anywhere in the workspace

FAQ

  • My PDF doesn't look like the print preview
    • Make sure to set "Emulate CSS media type" to "print" in chrome (see the demo video for details)
  • I dismissed the print preview and now my Obisidian screen is blank
    • Make sure to turn "Emulate CSS media type" back to "no emulation" as the default Obsidian theme hides all UI elements in print media mode.

Not currently supported

  • Viewing the preview prior to PDF creation
    • The preview will only be visible after export has completed.
  • Downscale support
    • Currently the preview will show at 100% despite the % specified in the downscale setting

Manually installing the plugin

  • Copy over main.js, styles.css, manifest.json to your vault VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-print-preview/.