Turn your Obsidian notes into interactive charts in seconds. Place your cursor inside any table, checkbox list, or key:value block — press a shortcut — and a live, auto-refreshing chart is inserted directly into your note.
- **Six chart types** — Bar, Line, Pie, Doughnut, Radar, Polar Area
- **Smart table support** — column picker lets you choose which column is the category axis and which columns are the value series
- **Axis swap** — transpose the data matrix with one click (rows ↔ columns)
- **Horizontal bar** — toggle any bar chart to horizontal orientation
- **Multi-block picker** — when a note has multiple data blocks, a picker shows previews of each so you select exactly what to chart
- **Live auto-refresh** — charts update in real time as you edit the source data; each chart tracks its own source block by ID, so multiple charts in the same note refresh independently
Tables can contain numbers, booleans (`true`/`false`, `yes`/`no`), currency, or percentages — any column whose values can be converted to a number is offered as a value series.
## Usage
### Generating a chart
1. Press **`Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + C`** (or right-click anywhere in the editor → **Generate chart from this note**)
2. If the note has multiple data blocks, a picker appears — click the one you want
3. For tables, choose the **label column** (category axis) and **value columns** (series)
4. Use **⇄ Swap axes** to transpose rows and columns
5. Select a chart type from the tabs; use **↔ H-Bar** for horizontal bars
6. Click **Insert chart** — a `chartspark` block is inserted directly below the source data
### Auto-refresh
Charts re-render automatically when the source data changes. Each chart stores a unique ID and scans backwards from its own position to find its source block — so editing one table only refreshes the chart that belongs to it.
