Desktop Sidebar Gestures

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by Jared

Directional desktop swipe gestures for opening and closing Obsidian sidebars. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.

★ 2 stars↓ 96 downloadsUpdated 2mo agoMIT
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Desktop Sidebar Gestures

Directional desktop swipe gestures for opening and closing the left and right sidebars.

This plugin adds horizontal swipe gestures on desktop:

  • Swipe right: close the right sidebar if it is open, otherwise open the left sidebar if it has content.
  • Swipe left: close the left sidebar if it is open, otherwise open the right sidebar if it has content.

Installation

From within the app:

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins and turn off Restricted mode.
  2. Select Browse, search for Desktop Sidebar Gestures, and select Install.
  3. Select Enable.

Manual install:

  1. Download main.js and manifest.json from the latest release.
  2. Copy them into <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/desktop-sidebar-gestures/.
  3. Reload the app, then enable the plugin under Settings → Community plugins.

Usage

Once enabled, swipe horizontally on your trackpad anywhere in the app:

  • Swipe right — closes the right sidebar if open, otherwise opens the left sidebar.
  • Swipe left — closes the left sidebar if open, otherwise opens the right sidebar.

Empty or unavailable sidebars do not open on swipe. There is nothing to configure.

Notes

  • Empty or unavailable sidebars do not open on swipe.
  • The plugin uses internal wheel heuristics rather than native OS swipe APIs, so two-finger horizontal swipes are what trigger it.

Development

  • Symlink this repo into your vault's plugins directory for faster iteration.
  • Reload community plugins after each change.

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