1.4.0 New Feature: Properties - eviltoast

Obsidian 1.4.0 is currently in early access and it introduces Properties!

This is a game changer for me! I’ve had to use Dataview and other plug-ins to achieve something similar, so I look forward to the native support.

  • InfiniteFlow@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Is this just a new way to use/render the YAML metadata or something different?

    If so, it is great to be able to have live links, tags, etc. inside the block. Not too sure about the editor, though. It seems to increase the disconnect with what I think is one of the big selling points of Obsidian: notes are just .md files. The properties editor feels like something different, not part of the note’s text…

  • haulyard@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Could you elaborate? I only just started using dataview to list meetings I’ve had with people, under a page for that person directly. It’s finicky though (probably an issue with me) and wonder if this will make it easier.

    • dakerDraws@pawb.socialOP
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      1 year ago

      Sure, I do something similar. I have a note for a person and I have a note for a recurring meeting. In a recurring meeting I have a Dataview field called Host.

      #Meeting
      This is my meeting note
      
      Host:: [[John Doe]] 
      

      In a Person note, I have a section for meetings the person hosts. I use Dataview to search for the Host field and see of it matches the current Person note.

      #Person
      This is John Doe's note.
      
      # Meetings
      
      dataview
      table without ID file.link AS "Meeting"
      from #Meeting
      where contains(Host, this.file.link)
      
      

      The new Properties feature sounds like it’ll be what Dataview fields are. Except now it’ll be in a native interface where I can easily change the information about the note.

  • Zak8022@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Sweet! I’ve been using Notion lately for a work project that fit very well with Notion’s collaborative databases. But in doing that it made me want Properties for my personal Obsidian notes.