Obsidian Outliner

Work with your lists like in Workflowy or RoamResearch

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Compatible with Obsidian Zoom plugin.

Demo

How to install

From within Obsidian

You can activate this plugin within Obsidian by doing the following:

• Open Settings > Third-party plugin
• Make sure Safe mode is off
• Click Browse community plugins
• Search for "Outliner"
• Click Install
• Once installed, close the community plugins window and activate the newly installed plugin

Manual installation

Download main.js, manifest.json, styles.css from the latest release and put them into <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-outliner folder.

How to use

Try to create a deeply structured list and move items by pressing the hotkeys described below.

Features

Improve the style of your lists

If you liked the styles from the demo above, you can enable them in the plugin settings tab.

Disclaimer: Styles are only compatible with built-in Obsidian themes and may not be compatible with other themes. Circle bullets only work well with spaces or four-space tabs. Indentation lines only work well with tab size 4.

Setting	Default value
Improve the style of your lists	false
Hide the warning about four-space tabs	false

Move lists back and forth

Move lists with children wherever you want without breaking the structure.

Command	Default hotkey (Windows/Linux)	Default hotkey (MacOS)
Move list and sublists up	CtrlShift↑	CommandShift↑
Move list and sublists down	CtrlShift↓	CommandShift↓
Indent the list and sublists	Tab	Tab
Outdent the list and sublists	ShiftTab	ShiftTab

Stick the cursor to the content

Don't let the cursor move to the bullet position. Affects cursor movement, text deletion, text selection.

Setting	Default value
Stick the cursor to the content	true

Enhance the Enter key

Make the Enter key behave the same as other outliners:

• Enter outdents list item if it's empty.
• Enter creates new line on children level if there are any children.
• Shift-Enter creates a new note line.

More info

Setting	Default value
Enhance the Enter key	true

Fold and unfold your lists

Command	Default hotkey (Windows/Linux)	Default hotkey (MacOS)
Fold the list	Ctrl↑	Command↑
Unfold the list	Ctrl↓	Command↓

Enhance the CtrlA or CmdA behavior

Press the hotkey once to select the current list item. Press the hotkey twice to select the entire list.

Setting	Default value
Enhance the Ctrl+A or Cmd+A behavior	true

Debug mode

Open DevTools (Command+Option+I or Control+Shift+I) to copy the debug logs.

Setting	Default value
Debug mode	false

Unsupported (yet) features

• Manipulation with multiple lines
• Numbered lists

Pricing

This plugin is free for everyone, however, if you would like to thank me or help with further development, you can donate in one of the following ways:

Patrons & Supporters

I want to say thank you to the people who support me, I really appreciate it!

• Lucas D
• Philipp K.
• Daniel B.
• Mat Rhein (@mat_rhein7)
• Ollie Lovell
• more patrons and anonymous supporters