IMPORTANT NOTE - As of September 2022 this plugin is Deprecated and no longer under Development

See details here: https://github.com/GitMurf/obsidian-drag-and-drop-blocks/issues/36#issuecomment-1251469845

Drag and Drop Blocks plugin Overview

This is a plugin for Obsidian (https://obsidian.md).

Drag and Drop Blocks for actions such as moving and copying blocks, as well as creating block references by dragging.

*Note: Anywhere the term "block" is referenced it is synonymous with a "line" of text, a bullet in a list, a Header section, or a Markdown "block" of text.

Instructions

Requirements

How to use

• Drag block (no modifier) = move block
• Alt/Option + Drag = create a block reference
• Shift + Drag = copy the block
• Alt + Shift + Drag = copy the text of the block and also add a alias link back to the source block

Demo

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Features

• Copy a block
• Move a block
• Create a block reference
• Copy text and include an alias link back to the source block
• Copy search results by dragging results into your notes
• Create block reference by dragging search results into your notes while holding Alt

Details

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General Obsidian Documentation

Manually installing the plugin

• Copy over main.js, styles.css, manifest.json to your vault VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/your-plugin-id/.

API Documentation

See https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-api

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