Feedback and suggestions plugin version >= 5.0.0

[merlinuwe]

          Please check **plugin version 5.0.0**. Yes, it is a major update (upgrade). Some important new features and design adjustments.

Dashboard view:

• New Recently opened group list has been added. This list will display your recently opened files. To see a file in the list, simply close its tab or open another file.

merlinuwe: Great idea, a useful supplement.

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Navigator view:

• Preview files on hover (holding the Ctrl or Command key). The preview window will show the file name and path. Hover the preview window and it will show 3 options to open the content.

merlinuwe: Can you add the feature to open the path in Obsidians file explorer? For example in a context-menu to "show in folder" and "show file in file explorer":

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• New context menu item: Show preview. You can also preview the note/file without using the modifier key.

merlinuwe: Good, gives more flexibility.

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• Drag preview window: Move the preview window to your preferred position. Subsequent previews will open in the same spot, minimizing distractions. If you open the dashboard navigator window again, the preview will return to the default position (according to the file).

merlinuwe: ok

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• Frontmatter modal and File Properties modals size and design adjustments. You can now directly open the selected file with the new "Open" button.

• File properties window: Size will display file size in bytes, KB, or MB.

• Enhanced file extension search: Find files precisely by their extension (e.g., .png, .md). Search results are limited to files with the exact extension.

I hope you enjoy.

merlinuwe: I highly enjoy ;-)

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[drbap]

Thanks for the feedback =). I will see what I can do about some of your suggestions.

[drbap]

I will comment more on the post in the other issue.

[drbap]

Please check plugin version 5.1.1. Now preview window is resizable (you have to drag it by the top part, like usual windows).

Preview window improvements:

• Resizable.
• Open buttons always visible.
• Close button
• New design (hover will trigger left border of the titlebar to indicate that it is the top part to drag). The mouse cursor will also change.

Let me know if it is working better now.

All the best

[merlinuwe]

Resizable: Works perfect: The vertical scrollbar disappears when the width of the note is extended. The text wrap works.

Open buttons always visible: Yes, a better user experience.

Close button: Yes, also a better user experience.

New design: Yes, I see the pink color at the left side while entering the note with the mouse. I also see a cross cursor icon. Both are useful.

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Copying only with a part of the note possible

When I only mark some text of the note, I can copy it to the clipboard with or context menu. But this does not work when I first do to mark the whole note content.

This must have something to do with the contents at the start of the note. Links to other notes are one of the causes.

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The results of Obsidian queries are not shown.

These are the results:

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A link to the documentation of the "intuitive advanced search" would be useful. Perhaps right from the search bar with a ? icon.

https://github.com/drbap/dashboard-navigator-for-obsidian?tab=readme-ov-file#intuitive-advanced-search

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This could also be shown at the bottom of the list:

(When one scrolls down in a long list, he may have not remembered how many sites are following. He also has to scroll up to see the next site(s),)

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[drbap]

Please check plugin version 5.2.0. I had to redesign the pagination bar, the table headers are now fixed and will follow the scroll. Well here is the changelog:

• Navigator View:
  • Improved Table Headers: Table headers now remain fixed while scrolling, improving readability and navigation.
  • Improved Page Results/Pagination Bar: Easily navigate through search results by scrolling (they now remain fixed while scrolling). Quickly switch between pages and also locate the column table headers.
• Preview Window:
  • Fixed Titlebar: The titlebar now stays fixed at the top of the preview window, providing easy access to controls even when scrolling long notes. You can now easily close the preview window and access the 3 open file buttons eliminating the need to scroll to the top of the window.

Hopefully it is better and more enjoyable to use now.

All the best

[drbap]

This could also be shown at the bottom of the list:

(When one scrolls down in a long list, he may have not remembered how many sites are following. He also has to scroll up to see the next site(s),)

Hopefully this was solved in v5.2.0.

[drbap]

Please check plugin version 5.2.1. Here is the changelog:

• Improvement: Simplified root folder search. Previously, you needed to use // to search for files in the root folder. Now, you can directly use /. To exclude files from the root folder, use !/.

• Fixed: PDF files preview (hover + Ctrl key and Show previewcontext menu).

• Fixed: Display of embedded queries. You can now easily view query results directly in the dashboard navigator preview. Example: ```query tag:#todo```.

All the best

[merlinuwe]

First feedback:

Yes, using / instead of // is more intuitive to the user.

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pdf is showing, but it often first shows the file smaller before it shows the correct size of the pdf. Can you reproduce? (If not, do you know how to simply make a short video of my screen?)

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Displaying of embedded queries does not work for me.

[drbap]

The results of Obsidian queries are not shown.

These are the results:

Thanks for the feedback. These embedded queries in the preview hover. Not typed in the search input field.

I will check the PDF issue. It is working ok here for me. Maybe it is a renderer optimization depending on the size of the PDF, but I will check it out again.

[drbap]

Please let me know if these embedded queries are working ok (you have many queries of this type in one note). I am referring to this type of query (inside the note).

```query tag: #tag ```

[merlinuwe]

Please let me know if these embedded queries are working ok (you have many queries of this type in one note). I am referring to this type of query (inside the note).

```query tag: #tag ```

Ah, yes, works. Very good. (And I can use the links of these queries output.)

[drbap]

If it is working well, I think the plugin is ready to finish implementing that feature of embedding its query results. I wasn't happy using that // for the root folder, now it is more intuitive using / for the root folder.

The PDF preview will have to be more polished (but it wasn't working in the previous version of the plugin), I don't plan on making a full PDF viewer, maybe improve it more in the next updates. It's just a quick preview of the PDF, so the user can open it in a new window or tab. But inside the preview, the user can still read and check the PDF pages.

All the best

[drbap]

Thanks for the feedback and testing! Much appreciated. I am glad the embedded queries are working ok (in the preview).

[drbap]

Plugin version 5.3.0 supports colored tags (Tags column and File properties window). Please let me know if it is working well for you.

This functionality will depend if the theme supports colored tags or if the user is using a CSS snippet to color specific tags.

Some improvements -> tag column too (when adding tags via frontmatter).

All the best

[drbap]

Added a Thanks section to the README file to acknowledge the contributions of everyone who has helped improve this plugin. I'm grateful for all the suggestions and feature requests. I'll do my best to implement as many as possible in future updates.

All the best