Vault Outline

Vault Outline is an Obsidian plugin designed to provide a hierarchical, structured view of your notes based on intentional bulleted links.[cite: 2] It allows users to visualize and manage the relationship between "parent" notes and their "subnotes" through a dedicated sidebar view.[cite: 2]

Key Features

• Dynamic Tree Extraction: The plugin automatically builds an outline by following wikilinks formatted as bullet points.[cite: 2]
• Configurable Link Sources: You can choose where the plugin searches for links:[cite: 2]
  • Comment Blocks: Links hidden inside %% ... %% blocks.[cite: 2]
  • End of Document: Links found in the final list block of a note.[cite: 2]
  • Under Heading: Links located under a specific heading (e.g., "Subnotes").[cite: 2]
• Map-Based Rooting: Notes tagged with #mapa are treated as roots, allowing the outline to maintain context even when navigating through subnotes.[cite: 2]
• Interactive Reorganization:
  • Drag and Drop: Move notes between parents or add new notes to the tree by dragging them directly within the view.[cite: 2]
  • Rearrange Modal: Change the order of subnotes in the parent file using a dedicated UI.[cite: 2]
• Virtual Grouping: Support for virtual nodes that act as organizational headers within the outline without requiring a physical file.[cite: 2]
• Visual Indexing: Notes that are part of an outline tree are decorated with a checkmark icon in the standard Obsidian File Explorer.[cite: 2]
• Metadata Integration: Quickly add indexed flags or specific tags (like Definición) to your notes through commands or context menus.[cite: 2]

How It Works

The plugin's core logic is contained within the src directory, which handles the parsing of note content and the management of the tree state.[cite: 2] When a note is opened, the plugin traverses its links up to a defined maximum depth to render the structure.[cite: 2]

The outline stays in sync with your vault by listening for file modifications and metadata changes, ensuring that renames and link updates are reflected immediately.[cite: 2]

Commands

• Open vault outline: Displays the outline view in the right sidebar.[cite: 2]
• Add indexed flag to active note: Adds indexed: true to the frontmatter.[cite: 2]
• Add tag: Definición to active note: Appends the #Definición tag to the note.[cite: 2]
• Rearrange subnotes of active note: Opens the interface to reorder bulleted links in the current file.[cite: 2]