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 Mode: Customize the displayed file content using Dataview query syntax.
• 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.

Supported File Formats

Image Formats

• jpg / jpeg
• png
• gif
• webp
• avif
• bmp
• svg

Video Formats

• mp4
• webm
• mov
• avi
• mkv
• ogv

Audio Formats

• flac
• m4a
• mp3
• ogg
• wav
• 3gp

Document Formats

• md (Markdown)
• pdf
• canvas
• base

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

Mode/Feature	CSS Class
Custom Mode	.ge-mode-custom
Folder Mode	.ge-mode-folder
Bookmarks	.ge-mode-bookmarks
Search	.ge-mode-search
Backlinks	.ge-mode-backlinks
Outgoing Links	.ge-mode-outgoinglinks
All Files	.ge-mode-all-files
Recent Files	.ge-mode-recent-files
Random Files	.ge-mode-random-note
Tasks	.ge-mode-tasks
Folder Notes	.ge-foldernote
Pinned Items	.ge-pinned

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.