Dropdown Vars

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by Majid Khonji

Dropdowns in Reading and Live Preview; sync to frontmatter or inline Dataview.

Updated 2mo agoMITDiscovered via Obsidian Unofficial Plugins
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Obsidian Dropdown Vars Plugin

Easily create interactive dropdowns in your notes and optionally sync their values to Dataview inline fields.

Features

  • Dropdowns with syntax: {Status: A | B | ^C}
  • Click to open and select a value; caret ^ marks the selected option
  • Optionally sync selection to Dataview inline field: (Status::C)
  • Dropdown renders as Status ▾ in Live Preview when Dataview sync is enabled
  • Only one inline field per dropdown, always updated
  • Compatible with Dataview queries: = this.Status

Usage

  1. Write a dropdown token in your note: 
    {Status: Todo | ^In Progress | Done}
  2. Enable "Persist to inline Dataview" in plugin settings to sync selection: 
    {Status: Todo | ^In Progress | Done} (Status::In Progress)
  3. Use Dataview inline queries: 
    Status: `= this.Status`

Settings

  • Persist to frontmatter: Save selection to YAML frontmatter
  • Persist to inline Dataview: Add inline field after dropdown token

License

MIT

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