Interactive Timeline

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by tulgardinc

View your notes in an interactive timeline.

★ 1 starsUpdated 1mo agoMITDiscovered via Obsidian Unofficial Plugins
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Timeline View

View your notes in relation to each other on an infinte scrollable timeline/canvas.

Timeline

Demo

Configure Multiple Timeline Views

Timeline Settings

Features

  • Infinite canvas with smooth panning and zooming
  • Arbitrary date ranges from 20 billion years BCE to 20 billion years CE
  • Multi-select cards with Shift+click
  • Drag and drop to move cards across layers and time
  • Resize card start/end dates by dragging edges
  • Color coding via frontmatter or context menu
  • Undo/redo for move, resize, and layer-change operations
  • Multiple timelines scoped to folders, with clickable timeline-reference cards

Usage

Creating timeline notes

Add timeline: true, date-start, and date-end to any note's frontmatter:

---
timeline: true
date-start: 2024-03-15
date-end: 2024-06-20
color: blue
---

Date format

Supprots both European and US style dates for normal ranges. For extended ranges: YYYY BCE-MM-DD or -YYYY-MM-DD

Commands

CommandDescription
Open Timeline viewOpen the timeline selector (ribbon icon or command palette)
Undo / RedoUndo/redo the last card move, resize, or layer change
Go to noteFuzzy-find and center on a specific timeline card
View in TimelineJump to the current note's card in the best-matching timeline
Add TimelineAdd a reference card for another timeline

Configuring timelines

Open Settings -> Timeline to create named timelines scoped to specific folders. Each timeline scans its configured folder recursively for notes with timeline: true frontmatter.

License

MIT

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