README.md

Obsidian-Excalidraw-ymjr

This is a modified version of the obsidian-excalidraw-plugin.

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Based on my specific needs, I made necessary modifications to the obsidian-excalidraw-plugin when custom scripts couldn't fulfill those requirements.

You can find the custom scripts at obsidian-excalidraw-scripts (Uploading...)

You can find the demo obsidian vault at obsidian-excalidraw-example-vault. Here is a demonstration video.

Features

Here are the functionalities that required modifications in order to be implemented.

When combined with custom scripts, it allows for:

• Support for multiple custom fonts simultaneously
• Obsidian tag functionality for elements
• Mouse event hooks
  • Show/hide elements
  • Expand/collapse mind map
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  • Adjust row/column height/width in tables
  • Zoom in/out or mouse scroll to show/hide elements
• Keyboard event hooks
  • Add elements to mind maps
  • Play GIF frame by frame
  • Show/hide individual elements in the current view
• Bold text
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• Indentation of the first line of text in containers
• Gradient for shapes and text
• Shadow for shapes and text
• Layer functionality
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• Fix for wrapping issues with Chinese characters
• Dragging point hook
  • Measurement feature
• Display canvas thumbnail
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• Mouse hover hook
  • Change shadow on mouse hover (callout, buttons)
• Uniform formula size to match font size
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• Reference and navigation to specific parts of an excalidraw canvas
• Play GIF within shapes (not as an iframe)
• Settings
  • Laser pen settings
  • Customize the names of saved attachments
  • Whether to embed font information when exporting SVG.
  • Whether to display all arrow options.
• Fixed element to screen
• Maintain gradients when exporting/embedding SVG.
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• Library grouping & on-demand loading.
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• Drag and stretch a custom-shaped arrow while keeping the arrowhead unchanged.
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• Show and hide detail.
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• Automatic connection feature (right-angle connection, attaching to connection points)
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• Code syntax highlight.
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• Echarts.
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• Eender local md, code, echarts when exporting svg.
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• Calendar element.
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• Flow animation
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• Hightlight link
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You can view the demonstration and more details on

• My Bilibili Space.

Installation and Usage

Precautions

Please make sure to backup your work to ensure that your important content is not lost (such as saving abnormalities caused by insufficient memory).

For example:

• Use git version control.
• Utilize onedrive for cloud synchronization and version control.
• Enable file recovery plugins in the core plugins.

Steps to Follow

1. Install the plugin.
   1. Method 1 (Manual Installation): Place main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css in the plugin directory, such as YourVaultPath\.obsidian\plugins\obsidian-excalidraw-plugin-ymjr.
   2. Method 2 (BRAT Auto Installation):
      1. Install the BRAT script from the community plugins.
      2. In the BRAT plugin settings, click on Add Beta plugin.
      3. In the prompted GitHub repository dialog, enter Bowen-0x00/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin-ymjr.
2. In the Community plugins -> Installed plugins of Obsidian, disable the original Excalidraw and enable obsidian-excalidraw-plugin-ymjr.
3. Use the scripts corresponding to the functionality you need, and place the scripts in the folder specified by Basic -> Excalidraw Automate Script folder in your plugin settings.

Feedback, questions, ideas, problems

Feel free to contact me if:

• You have any issues or questions regarding usage.
• You have suggestions or feedback.
• You want to discuss interesting ideas or new features.

Communication channels can be:

• GitHub issues.
• Email.
• Bilibili comments or private messages.
• My personal contact information (WeChat, QQ).

Say Thank You

If you find the modifications I made helpful to you, feel free to leave comments and messages.

You can also sponsor me a cup of coffee:

• WeChat sponsorship code.

- ko-fi

Thanks

Thanks to zsviczian and other contributors of obsidian-excalidraw-plugin.

Thanks to contributors of excalidraw.