Sidebar Notes

Pair every note with a synced sidebar note for summaries or extraneous notes.

Sidebar Notes adds a panel to Obsidian's right sidebar where you can write free-form notes that are linked to whichever note you have open. Switch between notes and the sidebar content follows along. Everything is stored in your note's frontmatter under the sidebarNote key, so your side notes travel with the file.

Usage

1. Open a note.
2. Click the columns icon in the ribbon (or run the Show side notes command).
3. Start typing in the sidebar panel -- your text is saved automatically.

When you switch to a different note the sidebar updates to show that note's side note.

Settings

Setting	Description	Default
Open sidebar automatically	Open the side note panel whenever a Markdown note is focused	On

Desktop only

This plugin is desktop-only. It will not load on Obsidian mobile.

Manual installation

1. Download main.js, styles.css, and manifest.json from the latest release.
2. Create a folder at <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/sidebar-notes/.
3. Copy the three files into that folder.
4. Restart Obsidian and enable the plugin in Settings > Community plugins.