README.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Track time until important deadlines, events, or milestones with visual progress
 ## How to Use
 
 Create a countdown progress bar by adding a code block with the `countdown-to` language identifier:
-````
+
 ```countdown-to
 title: Project Deadline
 startDate: 2025-03-12
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ infoFormat: {percent}% complete - {remaining} until {end:LLL d, yyyy}
 updateInRealTime: true
 updateIntervalInSeconds: 30
 ```
-````
+
 ### Required Parameters
 
 If no startDate and endDate is provided the countdown will assume the current day. So at the very least the widget requires a start time and end time. If that is the case the countdown will run daily.
@@ -106,34 +106,6 @@ For example:
 
 See the [Luxon formatting reference](https://moment.github.io/luxon/#/formatting?id=table-of-tokens) for all available format tokens.
 
-### Using parameters
-Countdown To is compatible with Obsidian Parameters. To use them you use the same parameters explained in #How to Use but have them prefixed with `countdown-`, for example:
-```
----
-countdown-startDate: 2025-08-31
-countdown-startTime: 19:00
-countdown-endDate: 2025-09-15
-countdown-endTime: 19:00
-countdown-title: Property Title Test
-countdown-color: "#ff5722"
-countdown-type: Line
-countdown-trailColor: "#ff0022"
-countdown-progressType: progress
-countdown-updateInRealTime: true
-countdown-updateIntervalInSeconds: 10
-countdown-infoFormat: "{percent}% complete - {remaining} until {end:LLL d, yyyy}"
-countdown-infoFormatUpcoming: Upcoming {title}
-countdown-onCompleteText: Completed {title}
----
-```
-These parameters can be overriden in a `countdown-to` but they will now be the default value for the file and they don't need to be written in a `countdown-to` block.
-
-````
-  ```countdown-to
-  ```
-````
-Will now work even with no `startDate`
-
 ## Configuration
 
 You can configure default settings for all progress bars in the plugin settings:

manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "countdown-to",
 	"name": "Countdown To",
-	"version": "1.6.0",
+	"version": "1.4.1",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
 	"description": "Create countdown progress bars in your notes",
 	"author": "Gui Cattani",

package-lock.json

@@ -1707,8 +1707,8 @@
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/merge2": {
-			"version": "1.5.0",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/merge2/-/merge2-1.5.0.tgz",
+			"version": "1.4.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/merge2/-/merge2-1.4.1.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha512-8q7VEgMJW4J8tcfVPy8g09NcQwZdbwFEqhe/WZkoIzjn/3TGDwtOCYtXGxA3O8tPzpczCCDgv+P2P5y00ZJOOg==",
 			"dev": true,
 			"license": "MIT",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "obsidian-countdown-to",
-	"version": "1.5.0",
+	"version": "1.4.1",
 	"description": "Create countdown progress bars in your notes",
 	"main": "main.js",
 	"scripts": {

src/countdownToMarkdownRenderChild.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { MarkdownRenderChild, MarkdownPostProcessorContext, TFile } from "obsidian";
+import { MarkdownRenderChild } from "obsidian";
 import CountdownToPlugin from "./main";
 
 import { DateTime, Duration, Interval } from 'luxon';
@@ -8,19 +8,16 @@ export class CountdownToMarkdownRenderChild extends MarkdownRenderChild {
   plugin: CountdownToPlugin;
   source: string;
   id: string;
-  context: MarkdownPostProcessorContext;
   constructor(
     plugin: CountdownToPlugin,
     source: string,
     containerEl: HTMLElement,
-    id: string,
-    context: MarkdownPostProcessorContext
+    id: string
   ) {
     super(containerEl);
     this.plugin = plugin;
     this.id = id;
     this.source = source;
-    this.context = context;
     this.display();
   }
 
@@ -78,18 +75,7 @@ export class CountdownToMarkdownRenderChild extends MarkdownRenderChild {
       const infoEl = containerEl.createDiv({ cls: 'countdown-to-info' });
 
       let bar;
-      const initialbarColor = params.color || this.plugin.settings.defaultBarColor;
-      const isGradient = (params.colorInGradient || this.plugin.settings.defaultColorInGradient.toString()) === 'true';
-      const progressType = params.progressType || this.plugin.settings.defaultProgressType;
-      let barColor: string;
-      if (isGradient) {
-        const startColorParam = params.startColor || this.plugin.settings.defaultStartColor;
-        const endColorParam = params.endColor || this.plugin.settings.defaultEndColor;
-        const isCountdown = progressType.toLowerCase() === 'countdown';
-        barColor = isCountdown ? endColorParam : startColorParam;
-      } else {
-        barColor = initialbarColor;
-      }
+      const barColor = params.color || this.plugin.settings.defaultBarColor;
       const trailColor = params.trailColor || this.plugin.settings.defaultTrailColor;
       const commonOptions = {
         strokeWidth: 4,
@@ -221,8 +207,6 @@ export class CountdownToMarkdownRenderChild extends MarkdownRenderChild {
     } else {
       countdownTo.bar.set(Math.floor(progress * 100) / 100);
     }
-    
-    this.updateBarGradient(countdownTo, progress, params, progressType);
 
     if (progress >= 1) {
       countdownTo.infoEl.setText(
@@ -278,116 +262,10 @@ export class CountdownToMarkdownRenderChild extends MarkdownRenderChild {
     }
   }
 
-  private updateBarGradient(
-    countdownTo: any,
-    progress: number,
-    params: Record<string, string>,
-    progressType: string
-  ): void {
-    const isGradient =
-      (params.colorInGradient || this.plugin.settings.defaultColorInGradient?.toString()) === "true";
-    if (!isGradient || !countdownTo?.bar) return;
-    const isCountdown = progressType.toLowerCase() === "countdown";
-
-    const startColor = params.startColor || this.plugin.settings.defaultStartColor;
-    const endColor = params.endColor || this.plugin.settings.defaultEndColor;
-    const midColorParam = params.midColor || this.plugin.settings.defaultMidColor;
-    const midColor = this.parseHexColor(midColorParam);
-
-    let colorProgress: number;
-    if (isCountdown) {
-        colorProgress = 1.0 - progress; 
-    } else {
-        colorProgress = Math.floor(progress * 100) / 100;
-    }
-
-    let newColor: string;
-    if (midColor) {
-      if (colorProgress < 0.5) {
-        newColor = this.interpolateColor(startColor, midColorParam, colorProgress * 2);
-      } else {
-        newColor = this.interpolateColor(midColorParam, endColor, (colorProgress - 0.5) * 2);
-      }
-    } else {
-      newColor = this.interpolateColor(startColor, endColor, colorProgress);
-    }
-
-    const barPath = (countdownTo.bar as any)?.path as SVGPathElement;
-    if (barPath) barPath.setAttribute("stroke", newColor);
-  }
-
-  private interpolateColor(color1: string, color2: string, factor: number): string {
-    const c1 = this.parseHexColor(color1);
-    const c2 = this.parseHexColor(color2);
-    if (!c1 || !c2) return color1;
-    const result = c1.map((v, i) => Math.round(v + factor * (c2[i] - v)));
-    return `#${result.map((x) => x.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")).join("")}`;
-  }
-
-  private parseHexColor(hex: string): number[] | null {
-    if (!hex) return null; 
-    const match = hex.trim().replace("#", "").match(/^([0-9a-f]{6})$/i);
-    if (!match) return null;
-    const intVal = parseInt(match[1], 16);
-    return [(intVal >> 16) & 255, (intVal >> 8) & 255, intVal & 255];
-  }  
-
-  getPropertiesFromFrontmatter(): Record<string, string> {
-    const properties: Record<string, string> = {};
-
-    if (!this.context.sourcePath) {
-      return properties;
-    }
-
-    const file = this.plugin.app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(this.context.sourcePath);
-    if (!file || !(file instanceof TFile)) {
-      return properties;
-    }
-
-    const fileCache = this.plugin.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(file);
-    if (!fileCache || !fileCache.frontmatter) {
-      return properties;
-    }
-
-    const frontmatter = fileCache.frontmatter;
-
-    const propertyMapping = [
-      'startDate',
-      'startTime',
-      'endDate',
-      'endTime',
-      'title',
-      'color',
-      'trailColor',
-      'type',
-      'progressType',
-      'updateInRealTime',
-      'updateInterval',
-      'updateIntervalInSeconds',
-      'infoFormat',
-      'infoFormatUpcoming',
-      'onCompleteText',
-      'colorInGradient',
-      'startColor',
-      'endColor',
-      'midColor'
-    ];
-
-    propertyMapping.forEach(prop => {
-      const prefixedKey = `countdown-${prop}`;
-      if (frontmatter[prefixedKey] !== undefined) {
-        properties[prop] = String(frontmatter[prefixedKey]);
-      }
-    });
-
-    return properties;
-  }
-
   parseCountdownToParams(source: string): Record<string, string> {
-    // Start with properties from frontmatter (obsidian metadata) and override with code block parameters
-    const params: Record<string, string> = this.getPropertiesFromFrontmatter();
-
+    const params: Record<string, string> = {};
     const lines = source.trim().split('\n');
+
     lines.forEach(line => {
       const colonIndex = line.indexOf(':');
       if (colonIndex !== -1) {

src/main.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default class CountdownToPlugin extends Plugin {
         id = Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15);
       }
 
-      ctx.addChild(new CountdownToMarkdownRenderChild(this, source, el, id, ctx));
+      ctx.addChild(new CountdownToMarkdownRenderChild(this, source, el, id));
     });
 
     this.addSettingTab(new CountdownToSettingTab(this.app, this));

src/settings.ts

@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ export interface CountdownToSettings {
   defaultInfoFormatUpcoming: string;
   defaultUpdateInRealTime: boolean;
   defaultUpdateIntervalSeconds: number;
-  defaultColorInGradient: boolean;
-  defaultStartColor: string;
-  defaultEndColor: string;
-  defaultMidColor: string;
 }
 
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: CountdownToSettings = {
@@ -30,10 +26,6 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: CountdownToSettings = {
   defaultInfoFormatUpcoming: '{title} is coming up in {remaining}!',
   defaultUpdateInRealTime: false,
   defaultUpdateIntervalSeconds: 1,
-  defaultColorInGradient: false,
-  defaultStartColor: '#ff5722', 
-  defaultEndColor: '#4CAF50',   
-  defaultMidColor: ' ', 
 };
 
 export class CountdownToSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {