Nav Arrows

approved

by antoineart

Adds back/forward navigation arrows to the top bar, next to the sidebar collapse button. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.

↓ 185 downloadsUpdated 2mo agoMIT
Install in ObsidianView on GitHub

Nav Arrows

Navigate back and forward with arrows in the top bar, right next to the sidebar collapse button.

Features

  • Navigation arrows always visible regardless of sidebar state
  • Arrows are disabled when there is no back or forward history
  • Matches Obsidian's native icon style

Installation

From Community Plugins

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins
  2. Search for Nav Arrows
  3. Install and enable the plugin

Manual

  1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
  2. Create a folder .obsidian/plugins/nav-arrows/ in your vault
  3. Place the files inside it
  4. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins

Publishing

Community plugins are submitted through the Obsidian Community developer dashboard, not via pull requests to obsidian-releases.

Release flow:

  1. Update version in manifest.json and package.json
  2. Commit and push to main
  3. Create and push a matching tag: git tag 1.x.x && git push origin 1.x.x
  4. GitHub Actions builds, attests, and publishes the release assets

Before tagging, run npm run lint locally.

License

MIT

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