GridExplorer

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This is a grid view plugin designed for Obsidian, aimed at providing a more intuitive way to browse and manage your notes and folders.

Features

• Grid View: Displays your notes and folders in a grid format for quick browsing.
• Folder Mode: Shows notes in a folder structure, supporting entry into subfolders.
• Bookmark Mode: Allows quick access to notes in your bookmarks.
• Search Results Mode: Displays Obsidian's search results.
• Backlinks Mode: Shows notes that link to the current note.
• Outgoing Links Mode: Shows outgoing links from the current note, including media files.
• All Files Mode: Lists all files in the vault.
• Recent Files Mode: Lists the n most recently modified files.
• Random Files Mode: Randomly lists n files.
• Custom Sorting: Supports various sorting methods, including by name, modification time, random sorting, and per-folder custom sorting.
• Settings Options: Allows customization of grid item width and default sorting method.
• Multilingual Support: Currently supports English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese.

Installation

Find "GridExplorer" in the Community plugins through the Obsidian app.

Usage

• Click the grid icon in the toolbar to open the grid view.
• Use the right-click menu to select "Open in Grid View" on a folder.
• Use command to view the current note in the grid view (If there is no active note currently, open the root directory).
• In the grid view, you can click on notes to open them or click on folders to enter them.

Folder Notes

Create a folder note by using the right-click menu on a folder. After creation, you'll see an icon on the folder, and you can set the folder's sorting method in the note's Metadata.

---
sort: name-desc
color: red
---

Available sorting methods:

• name-asc
• name-desc
• mtime-desc
• mtime-asc
• ctime-desc
• ctime-asc
• random

Available colors:

• red
• orange
• yellow
• green
• cyan
• blue
• purple
• pink

CSS Class: .ge-grid-item.ge-foldernote

Settings

In the plugin's settings page, you can:

• Set folders to ignore.
• Choose the default sorting method.
• Adjust the width, height, and other appearance settings of grid items.
• Set whether to display images and videos.
• Configure various display mode toggles.
• Set whether to reuse an existing grid view and the opening position of the grid view.

Contribution

If you have any suggestions or encounter issues, feel free to raise issues or submit pull requests.

License

This plugin follows the MIT License.