Expanded hooks API

[brettmitchelldev]

Please select if your request is either something new or an enhancement

• [x] Enhancement of an existing Feature.
• [ ] Request of a new feature.

Please select the area your request applies to. (Multiple selections are Possible. You can leave blank if you're not sure.)

• [x] Workspace - VSCode workspace, vaults, Intellisense/autocomplete, Dendron settings
• [ ] Lookup - Dendron's Lookup Command
• [ ] Views - Dendron Preview, Tree View, Side Panels in the UI
• [ ] Schema - Dendron Schemas
• [ ] Pod - Data import from / export to Dendron
• [ ] Publish - External Site Publish
• [ ] Markdown - Markdown features, such as syntax support and features

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

I really, really like the hooks feature! I use it to dynamically populate new notes in ways that aren't possible with just templates and schemas. Unfortunately, the only hook available right now is onCreate. I'd find it extremely useful to be able to run a bit of code every time I open an existing file.

Describe the solution you'd like

I'd love to see at least an onOpen hook, and possibly others if it is either easy to add them in, or if others feel there are valid use cases for hooks like onDelete, onUpdate, onRefactor, onRename etc.

Describe alternatives you've considered

I believe there are other tools that add programmability to VSCode interactions (Power Tools by e.GO Mobile comes to mind), but I'd like something that interfaces directly with Dendron's note API for access to NoteUtils and the note interface.

[hikchoi]

Glad that you are enjoying the hooks API!

We definitely have plans to expand this to other lifecycle events.

Feel free to chime in on the discussion here: https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron/discussions/680

[brettmitchelldev]

Heh, looks like adding the rocket emoji to your comment re-upped some labels... Sorry about that :laughing:

[hikchoi]

The issue labeler is triggered on edits 😄 perfectly valid case.

[brettmitchelldev]

Ha lol, that makes more sense, it was just perfectly timed with my reaction. I'm using tridactyl on Firefox, probably tried to navigate with a checkbox tab-focused.