Custom list character

Table of content

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Demo
• 3. Install the plugin
  • 3.1. Installatin through Obsidian
  • 3.2. Manual installation
  • 3.3. Mobile set up
• 4. Help on the project
• 5. Author

1. Introduction

Custom list character is a simple plugin allowing you to choose which character to use when making bullet lists in Obsidian.

It adds the following features:

• new settings to choose the wanted charater between - (default), * and +
• new hotkey to bind to use the selected character to make or format your bullet lists

2. Demo

1. Choose your character!

   

2. Set your hotkeys:

   

3. Use the new hotkey to make and format your bullet lists like so:

3. Install the plugin

3.1. Installatin through Obsidian

To install the plugin from Obsidian, follow these steps:

1. Open Obsidian
2. Go to Settings > Community plugins
3. Click on Brownse in Community plugins section
4. Search Custom list character
5. Click on the plugin
6. Click on Install
7. Come back to Settings > Community plugins
8. Refresh you plugins and activate Custom list character

3.2. Manual installation

To install the plugin, follow these steps:

1. Download the main.js and the manifest.json from the latest release of the project
   • Alternatively, you can download the custom-list-character.zip that contains the two above files
2. Place the files in <your_vault_path>/.obsidian/plugins/custom-list-character/
3. Open Obsidian
4. Go to Settings > Community plugins
5. Refresh you plugins and activate Custom list character

3.3. Mobile set up

You can also use Custom list character on mobile! To do so, here are the ewtra steps to follow:

1. Install and activate Custom list character
2. Choose the character you want to use in the settings
3. While editing a document:
   1. In your toolbar, click on the icon to edit it ()
   2. Click configure and search for Custom list character
   3. Select Custom list character: Toggle or format bullet list, it will add the command to the toolbar icons
   4. Remove the Toggle bullet list icon () from the toolbar
   5. Add the Custom list character: Toggle or format bullet list icon () to the toolbar

4. Help on the project

Any help is welcome!

If you want to help me improve the plugin, please fork the project and make a pull request. Do not hesitate to ask features.

5. Author

• Lilian POULIQUEN – @lilian-pouliquen on GitHub