Arcadia Toolbar

Arcadia Toolbar brings a Word-processor-style ribbon to Obsidian: eleven tabs of one-click tools for formatting, tables, citations, slides, navigation, and study work, all sitting above the editor where you expect them. If you came to Obsidian from Word, OneNote, or Google Docs and miss having your tools visible, this plugin closes that gap without changing how your Markdown files are stored.

Desktop only.

Features

Feature	Free	Premium
Home tab: bold, italic, underline, highlight, font and background colors, headings, lists, alignment, indent	Yes	Yes
Insert tab: links, images, embeds, tables, code blocks, callouts, footnotes, symbols, math	Yes	Yes
Data tab: table size picker, templates, add/delete rows, sort, filter, transpose, CSV import and export	Yes	Yes
References tab: Turabian, Chicago, APA, and MLA citations plus bibliography generation	Yes	Yes
Slides tab: slide breaks, layouts, themes, speaker notes (Advanced Slides)	Yes	Yes
View, Navigate, Templates, Canvas, and Review tabs	Yes	Yes
Table of contents sidebar (pinnable, follows the active note)	Yes	Yes
Per-tab visibility toggles in settings	Yes	Yes
Theology tab: scripture blocks, cross-references, commentary and language notes	No	Yes
Scripture hover lookup: Bible text, commentary, or dictionary popups on any reference	No	Yes
AI tools row: generate and fill tables, calculated columns, citation conversion, notes to slides (bring your own API key)	No	Yes

Installation

The Community Plugins listing is pending review. Until it is approved, install with one of these methods:

Manual install (GitHub releases)

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest GitHub release
2. Create the folder .obsidian/plugins/arcadia-toolbar/ inside your vault and copy the three files into it
3. Reload Obsidian, then enable Arcadia Toolbar under Settings > Community plugins

BRAT

1. Install the BRAT plugin
2. In BRAT, choose "Add beta plugin" and enter Arcadia-Studio/obsidian-arcadia-toolbar
3. Enable Arcadia Toolbar under Settings > Community plugins

Quick start

1. Open any Markdown note in editing view. The ribbon appears at the top of the editor pane.
2. Click a tab (Home, Insert, Data, and so on) to switch tool groups. The active tab is remembered.
3. Select text and click a formatting button, or place the cursor and click an insert button.
4. For table tools, place the cursor inside any Markdown table, then use the Data tab.
5. Toggle the table of contents sidebar with the list icon in Obsidian's left ribbon or the "Toggle table of contents" command.

The ribbon hides its editing tabs in reading view and shows a short notice instead. Tabs you never use can be hidden in settings.

Settings reference

Setting	What it does
Ribbon tabs	One toggle per tab (Home, Insert, Theology, View, Navigate, Templates, Canvas, References, Review, Data, Slides)
Pin table of contents on startup	Opens the TOC panel automatically when Obsidian starts
Default translation	Translation label used by scripture blocks (ESV, NIV, KJV, NASB, NLT, CSB, NKJV, RSV)
Hover bible translation	Translation used for Bible text popups (KJV, ASV, BBE, DARBY, WEB, YLT)
Default commentary	Public domain commentary source for hover popups (Barnes, Matthew Henry, Gill, Clarke, JFB, Cambridge)
Default dictionary	Bible dictionary source for hover popups
AI provider	OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, or Microsoft Copilot
API key	Your own AI API key, stored locally in this vault's plugin data
Model	Model selection for the chosen provider
License key	Premium license entry and validation

Pricing

Core features are free. The Theology tab, scripture hover lookup, and the AI tools row require a premium license from arcadia-studio.lemonsqueezy.com.

To activate: Settings > Arcadia Toolbar > License key, then click Validate. Validation is cached, and a grace period keeps premium features working when you are offline.

Support

Questions, bug reports, and feature requests: arcadiastudio77@gmail.com, or open an issue on the GitHub repository.

License

The source code is licensed under the MIT license. A premium license unlocks the premium feature set; it does not change the code license.