blur

Light-weight Obsidian.md plugin for creating obfuscated blocks of text.

2 modes:

1. inline
2. block i.e. code fence

3 methods:

1. blur — useful for ==obfuscating==
2. brick — useful for ==redacting==
3. bone — useful for ==wire-framing==

inline

blur

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brick

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bone

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block

blur

```blur
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##### brick

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##### bone

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## results

![screenshot of results in light mode](assets/results-light.png)

![screenshot of results in dark mode](assets/results-dark.png)

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## plugin installation

From Obsidian's settings or preferences:

1. Community Plugins > Browse
2. Search for "blur"

or:

1. download the latest [release archive](https://github.com/gapmiss/blur/releases/download/1.0.0/blur.zip)
2. uncompress the downloaded archive
3. move the `blur` folder to `/path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins/` 
4.  Settings > Community plugins > reload **Installed plugins**
5.  enable plugin

or:

1.  download `main.js`, `manifest.json` & `styles.css`
2.  create a new folder `/path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins/blur`
3.  move all 3 files to `/path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins/blur`
4.  Settings > Community plugins > reload **Installed plugins**
5.  enable plugin

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## customization

Custom `CSS` styles can be applied via the [obsidian-style-settings](https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-style-settings) plugin.

### video demo

<video src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/98914514/241434872-cd7a354b-7f90-44f5-a683-21faa6eee628.mp4" data-canonical-src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/98914514/241434872-cd7a354b-7f90-44f5-a683-21faa6eee628.mp4" controls="controls" muted="muted" style="max-width:100%">
</video>

### effects

1. **blur** — `filter`
2. **brick** —`line-height`, `background-color`, `border-radius`
3. **bone** — `line-height`, `background-color`, `border-radius`
and
4. **editor** — `toggle` to reveal obfuscated text on mouse hover

![screenshot of plugin style-settings](assets/style-settings.png)

##### `CSS` snippet for setting styles

The [obsidian-style-settings](https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-style-settings) plugin is required for the following.

1. create an `obsidian-blur-plugin.css` snippet file with the content below

or

1. download [obsidian-blur-plugin.css](assets/obsidian-blur-plugin.css)

then

2. save file to `/path/to/vault/.obsidian/snippets`
3. enable snippet under *Settings > Appearance > CSS snippets*

```yaml
/* @settings

name: Blur Plugin
id: obsidian-blur
settings:
-
  id: obsidian-blur-hover
  title: Reveal obfuscated text on mouse hover
  type: class-toggle
  default: false
-
  id: obsidian-blur-filter
  title: Blur filter strength
  type: variable-text
  default: 5px
-
  id: obsidian-blur-brick-color
  title: Brick color
  type: variable-themed-color
  format: hsl
  opacity: true
  default-light: 'hsla(220,19%,6%,1)'
  default-dark: 'hsla(220,100%,100%,1)'
-
  id: obsidian-blur-brick-border-radius
  title: Brick border-radius
  type: variable-text
  default: 1px
-
  id: obsidian-blur-brick-line-height
  title: Brick line-height
  type: variable-number-slider
  default: 1
  min: 1
  max: 2
  step: .05
- 
  id: obsidian-blur-bone-color
  title: Bone color
  type: variable-themed-color
  format: hsl
  opacity: true
  default-light: 'hsla(220,19%,6%,1)'
  default-dark: 'hsla(220,100%,100%,1)'
-
  id: obsidian-blur-bone-border-radius
  title: Bone border-radius
  type: variable-text
  default: 1.5em
-
  id: obsidian-blur-bone-line-height
  title: Bone line-height
  type: variable-number-slider
  default: 1
  min: 1
  max: 2
  step: .05
-
*/

development

clone this repo

cd /path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins
git clone https://github.com/gapmiss/blur.git
cd blur

install packages and run

npm i
npm run dev

enable plugin

1. open Settings → Community plugins
2. enable the Blur plugin.