Center Text — Obsidian Plugin

A simple Obsidian plugin that centers all text in your notes and lets you control how wide the text column is.

Features

• Toggle text centering on and off
• Slider to control the maximum text width (20–100%)
• Works in both reading view and live preview
• Settings persist across restarts

Installation

1. Copy the plugin folder into your vault at .obsidian/plugins/center-text/
2. Run npm install then npm run build to compile
3. In Obsidian go to Settings → Community plugins and enable Center text

Usage

There are three ways to toggle centering:

Method	How
Ribbon icon	Select the align-center icon in the left sidebar
Command palette	Ctrl/Cmd+P → "Toggle"
Settings	Settings → Center text → flip the switch

To adjust the text width, go to Settings → Center text and drag the Maximum text width slider.

Hotkeys

No default hotkeys are set to avoid conflicts. You can assign your own in Settings → Hotkeys by searching for "center":

• Toggle
• Increase text width
• Decrease text width

Development

npm install       # install dependencies
npm run dev       # watch mode — rebuilds on save
npm run build     # one-off production build