Obsidian properties in YAML frontmatter (v1.4 - OUT NOW!)

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  • @nicolevdh
    @nicolevdh  Рік тому +52

    This release is out for the public now!
    PLUGINS MENTIONED: Dataview, Templater, Fantasy Calendar, Banners, ExcaliBrain
    THEME: AnupPuccin - ua-cam.com/video/7-SOwxpZQNI/v-deo.html

    • @gfriend1
      @gfriend1 Рік тому

      Hmm. I have Insider Catalyst plan, but it says I'm "up to date" with v1.3.7. I guess I just wait…

    • @T12321
      @T12321 Рік тому +1

      @@gfriend1
      Open Settings.
      In the sidebar, select About.
      Under App, enable Receive insider builds.

    • @gfriend1
      @gfriend1 Рік тому

      @@T12321 Thanks. Didn't realize it was insider only. I'll wait.

    • @sunburnfm
      @sunburnfm Рік тому

      I've been looking high and low for this as everyone is talking about the new properties feature. Now I understand why. Thanks!

  • @rileysheehan
    @rileysheehan Рік тому +88

    This is HUGE! Any Obsidian power user lives and breathes frontmatter. I love the addition of this suite of features to acknowledge and support that. Thanks for the video!

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому +5

      I can't agree more!! I've been really excited for this one!!

  • @macmeister
    @macmeister Рік тому +37

    This is fantastic. Thanks for the sneak peek! I often search for you and my Obsidian issue first simply because you're the most thorough and helpful. Keep up the great work!

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому +2

      Awww, thank you so much for that! Comments like that make my day.

  • @the_Playbook_Analysis
    @the_Playbook_Analysis Місяць тому +1

    Thanks this really helped

  • @GaelyneGasson
    @GaelyneGasson Рік тому +9

    The developers have been doing some amazing things! This one will have so many quality of life changes for me I hesitate to list them all. But no more frontmatter being highlighted when I select 'all' - that's going to save me so much time daily. I write in Obsidian but often need to copy and paste the text elsewhere for submissions, etc. Not having to scroll through my writing each time will be useful. I hope one of the word count plugins I use updates so it no longer includes the frontmatter. That will be another minor annoyance out of my day. I'm so pleased I think I'll go and be an Insider. I won't be trying the 1.4 version just yet, but these folks rock and really deserve the support. Thanks, Nicole - you always explain things so well.

  • @wardroef3354
    @wardroef3354 Рік тому +2

    I had seen the planned Yaml improvements in the Roadmap and I was waiting for it. When my version was updated the first thing I did was looking for a UA-cam video from you because you give the best explanation. Thanx for the great video. Keep up the good work. I started with Obsidian 2,5 years ago and it has been amazing what the two developers have done in this timeframe and how many video's you created.

  • @gabrielguriencu2411
    @gabrielguriencu2411 Рік тому

    Danke!

  • @balrom
    @balrom Рік тому +18

    Finally an amazing addition to the Obsidian core. It would be fantastic if in the future will be implemented a custom navigation tree (in side panels) based on the new property UI.

  • @linkingyourthinking
    @linkingyourthinking Рік тому

    Really appreciate the walkthrough!

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому

      Hey Nick! Thank you! Glad you liked it.

  • @mikejaydavies
    @mikejaydavies Рік тому +6

    This is amazing: I could probably now re-implement the journal style that I settled on in Notion before I fully moved over to Obsidian

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому +5

      Awesome! I'm sure Notion was a definite inspiration for this.

  • @DeviantRides
    @DeviantRides 8 місяців тому

    I'm glad I found this video, I was soooo confused trying to learn Obsidian when this properties table kept popping up but none of the tutorial videos had it!

  • @greenlizard812
    @greenlizard812 Рік тому +1

    Wow, looks like an awesome update. Thank you Nicole for explaining this very clearly. Great video! Just subscribed for more!

  • @moonlightandsunshine6875
    @moonlightandsunshine6875 Рік тому

    Thank you Nicole! finally something to sort details without a bunch of tags texts that does not relate to the content

  • @dk_wala_londa
    @dk_wala_londa 8 місяців тому

    You are inredible Nicole, thank you so much for explaining all this so nicely

  • @MatthewFawcett-np1tz
    @MatthewFawcett-np1tz Рік тому

    You earned this - great job.

  • @msongz
    @msongz Рік тому +3

    After trying the Project plugin, I finally understand how beautiful frontmatter is, can't wait to try 1.4!

  • @andrewmunro671
    @andrewmunro671 Рік тому +1

    Well within the first 12 minutes of your video, I had purchased catalyst, downloaded 1.4 and started migrating from inline properties to frontmatter. Thanks for the awesome walkthrough and thanks to the developers for making software actually worth spending money on.

  • @ccchan1962
    @ccchan1962 Рік тому +1

    I am just new to Obsidian for a month and this is great. I am looking forward for this release!

  • @KrisRipper
    @KrisRipper Рік тому +1

    Oh wow, this is amazing! Upgraded to Catalysts for this feature (and glad I did; totally did not understand how the internal links would have worked and saved myself SO MUCH duplicated effort by paying the money today instead of using the couple of weeks before it comes out to "fix" all my YAML). I also love some features of this even more than properties in Notion, particularly the way the values auto-suggest across the vault, so you can much more easily re-use keys instead of doing relational workarounds, and that you can delete properties *specifically for files that don't need them* without it destroying them everywhere! Use case off the bat: I read some books on recommendations from folks, so I want that noted, but a lot of books I pick up randomly...and now I can just delete that field for those book notes where it isn't relevant. Small thing, but simplifies what I'm looking at. Thanks for making such clear, exciting videos!

  • @reeseli2466
    @reeseli2466 7 місяців тому

    Excellent video. Easy to follow and explained the concepts clearly.

  • @marci.abraham
    @marci.abraham Рік тому

    Wow, this is so good!! Thanks Nicole for sharing the magic!! Can't wait!

  • @fahm8924
    @fahm8924 Рік тому

    I appreciate it, Nicole!. I'm really looking forward to this update. :)

  • @santicanog_
    @santicanog_ Рік тому +1

    Yey Nicole!!!
    Lovely stylish hair 💖 Thanks for this update video, as you may know, all your previous videos were an enormous help to setting up my PKM system, although I'm still struggling with setting goals as you described in the video Regular Reviews /w Periodic Notes. All things considered, it is still a work in progress and I would thank you a lifespan for your insights 🌱

  • @douglasdahlia
    @douglasdahlia Рік тому

    Thanks for this. You are always SO Helpful! hugs.

  • @keeperoflenneth
    @keeperoflenneth Рік тому

    That's so wonderful. Can't wait til we can get this for everybody. Thanks for showing this off! Very hyped.

  • @Shuyinz
    @Shuyinz Рік тому

    I love Obsidian! Can't live without it!

  • @papershark
    @papershark Рік тому

    Thank you so much for this Nicole, you're the best!

  • @elessar60
    @elessar60 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Your videos are really great.

  • @tonyatlas5653
    @tonyatlas5653 Рік тому

    Very detailed explanation. Thank you!

  • @ashbutsecret3997
    @ashbutsecret3997 Рік тому +1

    your hair so pretty here Nicole!! very full and vibrant❤

  • @jarango
    @jarango Рік тому

    Fantastic new feature. Loving how Obsidian is evolving. Thanks for the clear explanation!

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому

      Hey, Jorge! I think so too! Excited about this one.

  • @maurolimaok
    @maurolimaok Рік тому

    Here I am again, once more, but NOW I do understand.
    THANKS, Nicole.

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому +1

      Happy this time was the charm! :)

    • @maurolimaok
      @maurolimaok Рік тому

      @@nicolevdh "Evolution" baby!
      🤣🤣🤣

  • @Krein42
    @Krein42 Рік тому +1

    Loved this feature in Notion and Tiddly, glad to see it come to Obsidian!

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому +1

      Oooh, I loved and used TiddlyWiki for a long time too!

  • @hopesonhigh
    @hopesonhigh 7 місяців тому

    I have a totally unrelated comment, apart from the great content you make, You have such a nice way to speak to your audience. A nice voice and cadence in your speech. I work as a lead QA of voice recordings. Kudos from the UK!

  • @mageprometheus
    @mageprometheus Рік тому

    Thanks, Nicole. I love metadata, like YAML and TOML (Tom's Obvious Minimal Language in Rust). What is great about Obsidian becoming strict and having dropdowns of existing keys and values is I won't need to GREP my vault anymore to keep the frontmatter consistent. It's a massive win for the majority who aren't old-school coders. Love and light.

  • @TeambitDK
    @TeambitDK Рік тому

    God damn it Nicole. You're awesome. Thank you for the great insight

  • @tynanpurdy
    @tynanpurdy Рік тому

    This is wonderful. I just started my vault recently and was having these exact pain points today as I start using properties

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому

      Yay! The team is pretty responsive to issues like that. Glad this came in time for you!

    • @tynanpurdy
      @tynanpurdy Рік тому

      Makes the transition from Notion for my knowledge vault that much easier. I suspect some inspiration was taken…

  • @lpanebr
    @lpanebr Рік тому +1

    It's like a dream come true!

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому +1

      Ikr?? I feel the same way!

  • @JimMendenhall
    @JimMendenhall Рік тому

    Dang it, you're a genius, and so is this new feature!

  • @luisfelipeferreiraribeiro2412

    Loved this video Nicole. Thank you 🎉❤

  • @TristanBailey
    @TristanBailey Рік тому

    🔥hair and good reasons for using new features

  • @fuguefire1886
    @fuguefire1886 Рік тому

    FINALLY! I have been wrangling my frontmatter for too long, can't wait for this to be public!

  • @hugocast
    @hugocast Рік тому

    Love how meta that is! 2:00

  • @giannisozo7928
    @giannisozo7928 Рік тому

    I am irrationally excited for this update. SQUEEEEEEE!!!

  • @alecclews
    @alecclews Рік тому

    Nicely structured and presented. Easy to understand. Looking forward to trying it (surprised that commercial licensees don't get the early access option).

  • @arthropodracer
    @arthropodracer Рік тому

    This is an extremely well-made video. Thank you so much for your clarity and pace. Would you be able to do a tutorial on the Tracker plugin with these updated properties? I'm trying to get my file properties going, including habit tracking in daily notes, but am unable to get Tracker to make visuals.

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому

      Thank you for that! These ones are always difficult to make because I try and time them with the release, so I particularly appreciate that.
      I did play around with Tracker, but honestly? It was too fiddly for me. I think it needs some work to be a bit more usable. I do have an idea for another solution, though, which I need to try out at some point...

  • @SurajKumar-c4g2e
    @SurajKumar-c4g2e Рік тому

    WOW, this is so much similar to notion which is awesome. Now I can implement some of my older formats from Notion.

  • @vandersteentim
    @vandersteentim Рік тому

    OMG. This is huge. This was the only thing missing in obsidian. I cannot explain how happy I am. Thanks to the developers

    • @vandersteentim
      @vandersteentim Рік тому

      And thanks to you Nicole!

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому

      Happy to help! I also love this improvement!

    • @vandersteentim
      @vandersteentim Рік тому

      @@nicolevdh I might actually use tags now since they are now popping up while typing!

  • @anareaty
    @anareaty Рік тому +8

    It looks amazing! I'm especially excited about properties in sidebar.
    But may I ask, can you hide these new properties in live preview? Like you could fold the old yaml block? I don't like the idea of them being visible all the time.

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому

      Hiding properties in live preview

  • @HeyItsGilbertS
    @HeyItsGilbertS Рік тому

    Perfect timing 🎉

  • @djmtype
    @djmtype 8 місяців тому

    16:12 I think the bigger issue is that Obsidian still doesn't support nested keys which has been possible since yaml's inception.

  • @christianroth5181
    @christianroth5181 Рік тому

    Really helpful for me. Danke und Grüße aus Berlin (I know, you speak German 🙂).

  • @yellowmeeplereads
    @yellowmeeplereads Рік тому +1

    I finally joined Catalyst to jump on this! Thanks for the video breakdown. So informative.
    So it seems it also breaks MetaEdit (same dev as QuickAdd) which lets you use keyboard shortcut to update yaml without needing to scroll up to top of the note. Hope all the plugins will be updated for Properties soon.

  • @SRG-Learn-Code
    @SRG-Learn-Code Рік тому

    10:35 How do know obsidian that an id field in frontmatter is of numeric type? How does it reflect in the md files?

    • @SRG-Learn-Code
      @SRG-Learn-Code Рік тому

      Oh, so you can search all the properties in the all the files, but then, can you have the same name property in different files with different types? Also, most probably this means there is a file in obsidian internals that follow this, so if you move notes to a different vault you loose or potentially brake the types of the notes.

  • @gitarremitmarkus8834
    @gitarremitmarkus8834 Рік тому

    currently i am using frontmatter only for aliases, but i love that you are now able to hide the properties, and edit them in the side pane. I use inline Yaml at the end of my notes and comment them out (e.g. %%MOC:: ) I prefer it that way at the moment, but let´s see where this is going :)

  • @charlesbonfante9188
    @charlesbonfante9188 Рік тому

    Thank you. Would love a video that shows a workflow where you use the YAML frontmatter in your notes. Just a walkthrough example. I'm not sure how to start?

  • @Ryak1234
    @Ryak1234 Рік тому +1

    Hi Nicole. You show at 7:28 that a link can now be clickable. Does it actually link in the graph view as well? Before, I used to link to other notes but the graph wouldn't recognize it and link them.

  • @adhdraw
    @adhdraw Рік тому +1

    Edited: 1.4.2 added a toggle for "show properties in note", nevermind! Thanks for your update videos!
    original comment:
    Will every note have > Properties at the top in reading mode? Can you hide that like the YAML previously?

  • @thek3nger
    @thek3nger Рік тому +1

    The update made me realize how many typos I made in the frontmatter and my general lack of consistency :D Time to clean it up, I guess. Hello weekend plans!

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому

      IKR? You're definitely not the only one. I wasn't even consistent on casing. More proof that this change was needed!

  • @extrajava9175
    @extrajava9175 Рік тому

    This is mind blowing! I'm especially hyped that they've finally included support for links in frontmatter. I bought a catalyst license specifically because of this update! No more faffing around with metadata-menu! Though I like metadata-menu, it's a bit of a pain to set up and had a lot of complex features and automations that I really don't need

  • @toranshaw4029
    @toranshaw4029 Рік тому +1

    I never really got into using YAML, so maybe this will kick start my interest in using it. 🙂
    Do you happen to know what version of YAML Obsidian is using? I went onto the official YAML site but there were so many different options to choose frome!

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому

      I'm not entirely sure which version they're using, actually, and it doesn't seem to say that on the help site either... I guess the new UI will help with some of that ambiguity!

  • @Solstice42
    @Solstice42 Рік тому

    I did have one issue that I found with legacy notes that had front matter… For some reason I had a blank row before my --- and that blank row prevented the new front matter editor from recognizing the animal code. I'm having to go back and remove the blank line from every single note… The origin root cause was a template for my daily journal that had the extra blank line. Bottom line: no blank rows at the top of each note.

  • @ViianaCodes
    @ViianaCodes 8 місяців тому

    Hi! Fellow UA-camr here! At 12:53 you have a cool edit with math equations on the screen. How did you do it?

  • @TheBeeL616
    @TheBeeL616 11 місяців тому +1

    Did they remove the "time" property type? Cause now I see only 'Date & Time' type

  • @lpanades
    @lpanades 6 місяців тому

    What about to creat a Taxonomy model for your fields? It is the best way to retain consistance about field types, names, uses and constrains.

  • @roncanfil
    @roncanfil Рік тому

    3:20 is there a way to reuse the options for the "multi select field" so they can be used in other files? Thinking of "Obsidian Types" instead of using a template file to define those values

  • @CourtneyR_dev
    @CourtneyR_dev Рік тому

    3:23 Is this available on iOS?

  • @ruiyanshi2837
    @ruiyanshi2837 8 місяців тому

    Question: How to add multiple internal links in the related property

  • @travisdefluiter
    @travisdefluiter Рік тому

    Thanks for the great video and helpful explanation! Does this change the way we query properties/YAML data via a dataview query? Or do I just follow your last video "How to use the Obsidian Dataview plugin"

  • @xm_tech
    @xm_tech Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing. I love the properties. But I found an issue after updating Obsidian. Most of the YAML metadata did not convert to properties for some reason. After digging much and testing I realized that those YAML metadata did not start right at the first line of the note. Hence they were hidden and only visible in Source Mode. Switching to Live mode didn't show anything. After removing the spaces then only the metadata converted to properties.

  • @clair_high
    @clair_high Рік тому +4

    I recently moved from Evernote to Obsidian and I could never figure out how I wanted to use things like these property fields. Tags was a big one. I have waffled on whether or not I wanted the tags in the frontmatter or inline. Frontmatter tags weren’t clickable and now they are! I am digging it. I wish the display for the properties was a little more compact, but we can probably tweak that with a bit of CSS.

    • @OttoVanluchene
      @OttoVanluchene Рік тому +1

      That is another nice thing about properties that it's way easier to edit with CSS since it has proper css classes.

  • @samuelitooooo
    @samuelitooooo Рік тому

    This + the new Importer plugin that supports Notion (and more) = *chef's kiss*
    I've put a bunch of my database collections back into Notion because it's just easier to keep them consistent. Will definitely try having them in Obsidian again when 1.4 comes out.
    (Yes, I've been using Obsidian in the meantime for spontaneous notes and other notes that don't need to be in a database.)

  • @zgliu8018
    @zgliu8018 Рік тому +2

    Hi, thanks for the video. If you are comfortable with regex (which imo is a great tool to learn for refactoring text files in general), you might be able to batch reformat properties with the regex replace plugin.

  • @oussamaayadi9240
    @oussamaayadi9240 11 місяців тому

    thank you !

  • @prelumni
    @prelumni Рік тому

    Wonderful Nicole. Thank you. I cannot change types in frontmatter - is this a problem you have encountered?

    • @prelumni
      @prelumni Рік тому

      Fun fact: If you use uppercase for the fields, you cannot update field-type.

  • @uryaar7216
    @uryaar7216 Рік тому

    This is great. The lack of autocompletion in front matter made me keep the tags out of it, in order to have consistency.
    Is there an easy way I can now move the tags of old notes into the front matter as properties?

  • @TrevorMayBaseball
    @TrevorMayBaseball Рік тому

    Wonderful video! Quick question, Did anything change with the YAML syntax from before? On updating to 1.4.1, all of my YAML templates are now showing errors and tracker will no longer parse.

  • @mali8389
    @mali8389 Рік тому

    i need this NOW ! ! ! :)

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому

      You can get it now by signing up for the early access tier. :)

  • @BrettTheresaBoe
    @BrettTheresaBoe Рік тому

    What's the best way to find inconsistencies in previous notes? use a dataview query? Thanks for the video!!

  • @RolandHesz
    @RolandHesz Рік тому +1

    Did you find a way to hide the properties when looking at the notes?
    It can take up a lot of space and the way I use frontmatter they are not relevant when reading the note.

  • @JoelRdz
    @JoelRdz Рік тому

    Can't wait for this update! In your property system what are the differences between "topics", "tags" and "related" properties?

  • @veezp
    @veezp Рік тому

    What plugin is that new bottom status bar??

  • @CryptoDarktrader
    @CryptoDarktrader Рік тому

    Hello, I really like your content, and that's why I would like to know what you think of an application called capacities that seems to be a fusion of notion and obsidian. Maybe the change would be interesting or better to stay with obsidian?

  • @neverendingsummer44
    @neverendingsummer44 Рік тому

    Really like the new front after it enforce consistency for dates and list type yaml. Plus it looks neater and sleeker. Waiting for the mobile app to be updated as well! ;)

  • @a.awm4
    @a.awm4 Рік тому +1

    I’ve been using callouts cause they looked neater for ages gonna have to figure out a smart way to reformat 1000 notes but happy about the change.

    • @nicolevdh
      @nicolevdh  Рік тому +2

      I'm sort of in the same boat, except I was using comments! I think I'm just going to leave them as is and just change the templates so that new notes are fixed going forward.

  • @markharris8617
    @markharris8617 3 місяці тому

    Very helpful.
    In Obsidian (MacOS) 1.7.3, Templater code in a template's frontmatter field value throws an error when creating a new note that uses the template. What has changed to cause this and what are the settings to enable use of Templater code in frontmatter?

  • @ServantStatusMinistries
    @ServantStatusMinistries Рік тому

    Well I should have already done this before now but I’m gonna get an insider build. I need this like yesterday!!!!

  • @Lunyaaaa
    @Lunyaaaa Рік тому

    This is amazing! I wish I could do Notion-like database views without finicky plugins, but I'll take it. If they do a revamp of tables I can finally drop Notion.

  • @marekkrzysztofiak2583
    @marekkrzysztofiak2583 Рік тому

    this is a day we've been looking forward to for 2,5 years. btw the end of Notion is closer and closer...

  • @bartvandyck1629
    @bartvandyck1629 Рік тому

    Did you find a way to have a property type "Last modified" and have it show last update date of the file? I used it a lot to identify stale/old notes.

  • @josephfkennedy5464
    @josephfkennedy5464 Рік тому

    Another great video Nicole. I have a question. Have you tried the plugin DataLoom? And can you do a tutorial for us in the future, Thanks.

  • @mil3761
    @mil3761 Рік тому

    Really good video, thank you. How do you reference dates in a note so they are usable? E.g. say you have a single note that makes reference to a few dates. You then want to see something like a calendar view which shows all the referenced dates on each day of the calendar. Is that possible and what's the best way for that?

  • @giovannigraziani80
    @giovannigraziani80 Рік тому

    Hi Nicole, by chance, have you already had the opportunity to test the compatibility of the metadata menu plugin with the new insider version of Obsidian 1.4? Are compatible?

  • @user46475
    @user46475 Рік тому

    Thank you for the video, but how to show YAML frontmatter in obsidian publish?

  • @pixelion8
    @pixelion8 Рік тому

    Hello, thank you for these very clear explanations! 😄 Is it possible to create a note in which we call a specific property (from an other note)? For example, I have two notes: one containing a story and the other a character (the mountain troll) with his characteristics (in properties). For instance, strength: 24 points.
    In the story, I would like to write : "a mountain troll appears, you remember that the witch of the forest told you that it has a strength of . Will you engage the battle ?." This would allow me to manage my character sheet and make modifications that will instantly reflect in my story, like changing his strength.
    It would be cool if we could do something like : ( [[montain troll]] - [strength:value] ) and have the result "24 points".

  • @Mr4lettres
    @Mr4lettres Рік тому

    Thank you so much Nicole for the discovery, big change are coming, i don’t know what to think about this change, it looks to close from notion for me.
    I like obsidian for his third part plug’in, it’s like Cooking with secret ingrédients, thanks to you i found so many reciepes, i will wait before using templater, lucky me, I`m just a beginner in the obsidian sandbox ;)

  • @Aimsport-video
    @Aimsport-video Рік тому

    Fantastic video. Now we need a real schema for structured types, including mandatory field designators. So an entity like a person or client or piece of inventory can have consistent info

  • @user-mfsc-2024
    @user-mfsc-2024 Рік тому

    How about an image property used for book, movie poster, CD cover album ?

  • @veezp
    @veezp Рік тому

    How did you get some files to show up in colors in the find menu?

  • @veezp
    @veezp Рік тому

    What do the box with numbers mean on the links and on the upper right corners of each note?