@quartz-community/canvas-page

A page type plugin that renders JSON Canvas (.canvas) files as interactive, pannable and zoomable canvas pages. Supports the full JSON Canvas 1.0 spec, including text nodes with Markdown rendering, file nodes that link to other pages, link nodes for external URLs, group nodes for visual organization, and edges between nodes rendered as SVG paths with optional labels, arrow markers, and colors.

Installation

npx quartz plugin add github:quartz-community/canvas-page

Usage

plugins:
  - source: github:quartz-community/canvas-page
    enabled: true

For advanced use cases, you can override in TypeScript:

import * as ExternalPlugin from "./.quartz/plugins";

ExternalPlugin.CanvasPage({
  enableInteraction: true,
  defaultFullscreen: false,
});

Features

• Text nodes: Render Markdown content including headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, lists, links, and code blocks via GFM support.
• File nodes: Link to other pages in your vault with popover previews on hover.
• Link nodes: Reference external URLs.
• Group nodes: Visual grouping containers with optional labels and background colors.
• Edges: SVG connections between nodes with optional labels, arrow markers, and colors. Supports all four sides and both preset colors (1–6) and custom hex colors.
• Fullscreen mode: Toggle button to expand the canvas to fill the viewport. Configurable default via defaultFullscreen.
• Preset colors: Six preset colors (red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, purple) plus custom hex colors for nodes and edges.

Configuration

Option	Type	Default	Description
enableInteraction	boolean	true	Whether to enable pan and zoom interaction on the canvas.
initialZoom	number	1	The initial zoom level when the canvas is first displayed.
minZoom	number	0.1	The minimum zoom level allowed when zooming out.
maxZoom	number	5	The maximum zoom level allowed when zooming in.
defaultFullscreen	boolean	false	Whether canvas pages default to fullscreen mode.

Documentation

See the Quartz documentation for more information.

License

MIT