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Summary

The article reviews four Obsidian plugins: Tab Switcher, Set In Obsidian, Pending Notes, and Translate, each offering unique productivity enhancements for Obsidian users.

Abstract

In the latest edition of the Obsidian Plugin Review, the author introduces four new plugins designed to enhance the Obsidian user experience. The Obsidian Tab Switcher plugin streamlines tab management by allowing users to switch between open tabs through a dedicated switcher accessed via the command palette or a hotkey. The Set In Obsidian Plugin is a time planning tool that integrates time stamps into list items, providing various views such as day, week, and month to visualize scheduled events. The Obsidian Pending Notes plugin helps manage orphan links by listing them for easy creation of the corresponding notes. Lastly, the Obsidian Translate plugin offers translation capabilities with a selection of ten translation services, including those that don't require an API key or sign-up.

Opinions

  • The author positively views the Tab Switcher plugin for its ability to improve multitasking within Obsidian by providing a quick way to switch between tabs.
  • The Set In Obsidian Plugin is presented as a valuable tool for time management, with the added benefit of recurring event scheduling.
  • The Pending Notes plugin is seen as a useful feature for maintaining a well-organized note system by identifying and facilitating the creation of missing notes linked within the user's content.
  • The Obsidian Translate plugin is highlighted for its versatility, offering multiple translation services and commands that enhance the user's ability to work with multilingual content.

Obsidian Plugin Review — A Tab Switcher, A Time Planner, An Orphan Links View, and A Powerful Translator

Introducing new Obsidian plugins

In this edition of my Obsidian Plugin Review, I’m going to show you a couple more Obsidian plugins: Obsidian Tab Switcher, Set In Obsidian Plugin, Obsidian Pending Notes, and Obsidian Translate.

Obsidian Tab Switcher

This plugin allows you to quickly switch between open tabs. Just open the command paletteand run Tab Switcher: Open Switcher For Tabs, or set up an hotkey for quicker access, and you’ll get a tab switch window, including a hotkey for each tab.

Tab Switcher. Image by Nuno Campos

Set In Obsidian Plugin

This plugin allows you to insert time stamps in list items, and show them on a list/day/week/month view.

- [x] `2022-12-27T14:00 PT3H` all day event (14:00 to 24:00) ✅ 2022-12-27
- `2022-12-28T14:00` all day event (14:00 to 24:00)
- `2022-12-29T14:00 PT2H` event from 14:00 and lasts 2 hours
- [ ] `2022-12-30 2022-12-31` event from 30th december 24:00 to 31th december 24:00
Adding time stamps to list items or tasks. Image by Nuno Campos
Day view. Image by Nuno Campos
List view. Image by Nuno Campos
Week view. Image by Nuno Campos
Month view. Image by Nuno Campos

You can also set recurring events:

- `2023-01-01 every 3 days` test happens every 3 days
Recurring event. Image by Nuno Campos

Obsidian Pending Notes

This plugin provides an easy view of links that you created on your notes, which do not link anywhere yet. Just open the command paletteand click Pending notes: Open pending notes list.

Opening pending notes list. Image by Nuno Campos

The list of pending notes will show on the right sidebar. Now, just click the link and it will create and open the new note.

Pending Notes list. Image by Nuno Campos

Obsidian Translate

This plugin provides a couple of commands to translate text, allowing you to choose from 10 different translation services, including free services that do not require sign-up or API keys (Bergamot, Libre Translate, and Lingva Translate).

Obsidian Translate’s available services. Image by Nuno Campos
Obsidian Translate’s available commands. Image by Nuno Campos
Translating to a new note. Image by Nuno Campos
Detecting selected text language. Image by Nuno Campos
Quickly translating. Image by Nuno Campos

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