New Tab Default Page

Obsidian plugin to open a note of your choice or the Quick Switcher when creating a new tab, like in the browser.

[!IMPORTANT] This plugin is in maintenance mode, since I am not using it anymore myself. No new features will be added, including support for other plugins. It will remain available for anyone who wants to use it, but I suggest using one of the many more advanced plugins with similar functionality, such as far more, such as Obsidian Homepage.

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📽️ YouTube Demo of the plugin

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• Examples for Default New Tab Pages
• Usage
• Advanced Examples
  • Random Quote
• Installation
• Donate
• Thanks

Examples for Default New Tab Pages

• your homepage note
• your daily note
• a scratchpad note
• trigger a quick switcher
• an image
• a random quote
• …

Usage

1. Set the note to open in new tabs in the plugin settings.
2. Set the mode in which the note should open.
3. Open a new tab.

Note
Closing your last tab also opens the new tab page.

Advanced Examples

Random Quote

To have a random quote on every new tab, you can use dataview and paste the following code as a dataviewjs-codeblock in a note.

const quote = JSON.parse(await request("https://api.quotable.io/random"));
dv.span(`> "${quote.content}"  \n> <div style="text-align:end; color:var(--text-muted); font-weight: 600; font-size:90%;">– ${quote.author}</div>`);

Then, enter the path of the note in the New Tab Default Page settings, and select Reading Mode. Now every new note will display a random quote.

Submit your own idea

Have a cool idea of your own? Feel free to make a PR to this README and submit your own idea.

Installation

Available in Obsidian's Community Plugin Browser via: Settings → Community Plugins → Browse → Search for "New Tab Default Page"

Donate

Thanks

Thanks to @pjeby and various people from the #plugin-dev channel for helping me out.