CHANGELOG.md

Obsidian Meta Bind Changelog

1.1.3

New Features

• Added the option to specify custom regexp flags for the regexp replace in note button action #372
• Other metadata fields can now be referenced in the update metadata button action via getMetadata(bindTarget) #358

Bug Fixes

• Fixed being unable to interact with some input fields in live preview mode on android #339

1.1.2

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug with inline buttons in meta-bind code blocks causing infinite loops and thus not displaying #348

1.1.1

Changes

• Better error messages especially for button configs
• Renamed the Enable JS Input Fields setting to Enable JavaScript and it now also affects button actions that run JavaScript

Bug Fixes

• Fix settings save-load-loop when the same vault open multiple times #311
• Fix the button to add a row to the meta bind table saying "add column" instead of "add row" #331
• Fix inline buttons with icons not being correctly vertically aligned #308
• Fix missing error message when using JS View fields but not having the corresponding setting enabled #334

1.1.0

Changes

• Added syntax highlighting for JS View Fields
• Added option to hide JS View Fields
• Button actions now accept links as file paths [#297]](mProjectsCode#297)
• Renamed the FAQ to Playground [#293]](mProjectsCode#293)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed templaterCreateNote Button Action always opening the created note [#298]](mProjectsCode#298)
• Fixed not being able to click input fields inside of callouts in LP [#291]](mProjectsCode#291)

1.0.4

Changes

• Slightly improved the syncing algorithm and reduced the amount of unnecessary updates

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some issues with the replaceSelf button action not replacing the correct lines when the button was moved by some change in the part of the note above the button
• Fixed some unusable API functions for creating meta bind tables, as the required arguments weren't possible to create just using the API

1.0.3

Bug Fixes

• Fixed list type inputs interpreting null as [null], now null is treated as an empty list #280

1.0.2

Bug Fixes

• Fixed button templates not being saved correctly #277

1.0.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some issues with the button builder and the button template settings #276

1.0.0

New Features

• Added new input field imageListSuggester, a list variant of the imageSuggester input field #193
• Added new input field dateTime, a combined date and time input field, using the native obsidian data time input #193
• Added new input field argument multiLine to add multi line support to the list input field #232
• Added new input field argument allowOther to allow non suggester values to the suggester, listSuggester and inlineListSuggester input fields #234
• Added new view field ìmage to display images in the note, it functions similar to the link view field #246
• Added new view field argument class to all view fields to add custom classes to the view field, similar to the class input field argument #260
• Added new button action createNote to create a new note #206
• Added new button action replaceInNote to replace lines in the note of the button #206
• Added new button action regexpReplaceInNote to replace run a regular expression replace in the note of the button #206
• Added new button action insertIntoNote to insert text at a specified line in the note of the button #206
• Added new button action replaceSelf to replace the button with a string or templater template #206
• Added new button action inlineJS to run a JavaScript snippet
• Added the option to add icons to buttons #273
• Added a command to easily copy command IDs to the clipboard #247
• Added support for reordering in all list type input fields
• Added support for editing in some list type input fields

Changes

• BREAKING Completely reworked the plugins JavaScript API
• Restyled the following input fields: list, listSuggester, inlineList, inlineListSuggester, imageSuggester, imageListSuggester, select and multiSelect to be more in line with Obsidian's design
• Changed the date and time input fields to use the native obsidian date and time inputs
• Added the ability for the open button action to open the link in a new tab
• Added the button config and args as available variables in the JS button action #242
• Added view field examples into the FAQ #186
• Major restructuring of the plugin codebase to allow for easier development on the publish version of the plugin

Bug Fixes

• Fixed FAQ not opening #230
• Fixed an issue with settings reverting when using a sync service #235
• Fixed in issue where the plugin would sometimes incorrectly complain about duplicate button ids

0.12.5

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the Button Builder throwing an error when closed #224

0.12.4

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with JS View Fields not correctly handling the lifecycle of rendered markdown #222

0.12.3

Bug Fixes

• Fixed templater create note button action not working #221

0.12.2

Bug Fixes

• Fixed not cloning the metadata object given by the Obsidian API

Changes

• A lot of internal changes while working on the publish plugin. This should not change anything for users.

0.12.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the button id collision triggering when it shouldn't #207
• Fixed a minor memory leak in the button manager
• Fixed an error being thrown when deleting or renaming a note

0.12.0

New Features

• Added options to insert example input and view fields, as well as buttons, from the editor context menu #179
• Added the option to control if a note should be opened in a new tab to the open button action #178
• Added button templates that can be edited from the plugin settings

Changes

• Improved validation errors for buttons and the API
• Removed deprecated input fields that had names in snake_case. Use the camelCase variants instead. The snake_case variants were deprecated since version 0.6.0.
• Reworked the UI for the input field template modal
• Made substantial internal changes to the way the plugin handles metadata
• Changed the plugin name to Meta Bind to comply with the new Obsidian plugin naming requirements
• Removed some unnecessary console logs to comply with the Obsidian plugin guidelines

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the stepSize argument causing floating point errors under specific conditions when used with the progressBar input #180
• Fixed parsing errors not showing in the input field template modal
• Fixed button id collisions #187
• Fixed buttons not unloading on file rename or delete #187
• Fixed not being able to scroll the editor input field #161
• Fixed the editor input field overflowing #190

0.11.0

New Features

• Meta Bind Buttons can now update metadata (implements #160)
• CSS Classes can now be added to Meta Bind Buttons
• A tooltip that is different from the label can now be added to Meta Bind Buttons (implements #170)
• The useLinks argument for suggester like input fields now supports the partial value. (implements #151)

Changes

• The computed value of math view fields will now be saved as a number if it is a number

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a multitude of small issues related to unloading and the button builder

0.10.2

Changes

• Updated dependencies to JS Engine 0.1.0

0.10.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug with suggesters using Dataview not opening the suggester modal #159

0.10.0

New Features

• Meta Bind Buttons: Create buttons inside your notes that can trigger actions on click. A spiritual successor to the discontinued Buttons Plugin.
• Syntax Highlighting: Meta Bind now has syntax highlighting for all its syntaxes in source mode and in live preview.
• Multiple Bind Target Storage Types: You can not choose to store intermediate inputs or view field outputs in memory. That way they won't clutter your frontmatter.

Changes

• The way to reference scope in the Meta Bind Table has changed from ^.property to scope^property.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug related to null and default values of input fields #148

0.9.0

New Features

• Meta Bind Embed, a way to embed a note (Note B) in another note (Note A) and have all the input fields think they are part of note A

Changes

• Improved the handling of nested metadata a lot, fixing #52 in the process
• A lot more input fields will now recognize links and render them as links #141
• You can now unselect an element in the select input field by clicking on it again #145

Bug Fixes

• Style fixes for Obsidian 1.5.0
• Fixed a bug with the meta bind table
• Fixed a multitude of bugs relating to how input fields handle frontmatter values that are invalid for that input field, thanks to a lot of new automated tests

0.8.0

New Features

• The in plugin offline FAQ/Help Page now includes a preview of all available input fields
• New view field type link
  • displays a link to the note specified in the metadata
  • works with lists of notes
  • works with external URLs
• The imageSuggester will now find all images in your vault if the string passed to optionQuery is empty like this optionQuery("")

Breaking Changes

• removed setting migrations for settings from plugin versions earlier than 0.6.0
• migrated the JS View Field to use JS Engine
  • the docs will include a migration guide soon

Bug Fixes

• Fixed metadata cache does not update on file rename or delete #142
  • now all Input and View Fields bound to the renamed or deleted note will unload

0.7.2

Changes

• some style tweaks to the image suggester
• image suggester now finds images in sub folder
• image suggester modal is now searchable
• new input field type inlineListSuggester
• new input field type inlineList

0.7.1

New Features

• new command to open the docs
• new command to open an offline in plugin FAQ
• new setting to display null as empty in text view fields

Changes

• made error messages more readable and added links to documentation in some places

Bug Fixes

• fixed: Square brackets are not allowed in view fields #136
• fixed: Lists don't display correctly inside of text view fields #132
• fixed: bind target frontmatter ident parser fails to parse ident with non ascii letters #119

0.7.0

Breaking Changes

• Renamed all CSS variables to start with mb- for consistency

New Features

• View Fields can now render as plain text or as markdown e.g.
  • VIEW[{a} * {b}] or VIEW[{a} * {b}][math] this does math as before
  • VIEW[this is plain text][text] this renders as plain text
  • VIEW[this is **markdown**][text(renderMarkdown)] this renders as markdown
  • VIEW[this is hidden][text(hidden)] this does not render, useful for computations that save their value
• View Fields can now save their computed value to another frontmatter property
  • VIEW[{a} * {b}][math:c] will save a * b in c
• Meta Bind Table, a way to build an expandable table from an array of objects where each cell is an input or view field
  • currently only accessible via the JavaScript API
• New Input Field type listSuggester a list where new items are added with a suggester
• New argument for suggester, useLinks(true | false) that can be used to turn off the usage of links
• New stepSize argument for slider and progressBar, thanks @dbarenholz
• New limit argument for text and textArea, thanks @dbarenholz

Changes

• Rewrote all Input Fields to fix Input Fields sometimes overriding frontmatter when changing the frontmatter manually in edit mode

0.6.3

Bug Fixes

• fixed inline select not treating numbers and booleans as numbers and booleans, but as strings

0.6.1

Bug Fixes

• fixed a bug with the settings migration causing the settings to be deleted

0.6.0

New Features

• list input field
• defaultValue input field argument
  • lets you define a custom default value for an input field
  • works on any input field
• placeholder input field argument
  • lets you define a placeholder value to be displayed in the input field, if no value is set
  • works on the following input fields text, textArea, number and list
• specific folders can now be excluded in the setting, excluding means that the plugin will not show input or view fields in these folders
• the option argument now allows for a name and a value, e.g. option(value, displayName)
• numbers and booleans will now be recognized and treated as such
  • e.g. option(5, 5 Stars) will set the metadata to the number 5 instead of the string '5'
  • e.g. offValue(0) will set the metadata to the number 0 instead of the string '0'

Changes

• new parser for input fields, view fields and bind targets
  • input fields now display way better error messages
  • I tried not to introduce breaking changes, but some might have slipped through
  • this is also why the update took so long
• new API to create input field using code (e.g. using dataviewJS or JS Engine)
  • this is a breaking change
• deprecated some input fields that had names in snake_case for camelCase names

Bug Fixes

• fixed a bug with the metadata cache when the frontmatter was invalid
• fixed a bug with view fields that caused an error when referencing metadata from another file
• fixedtoggle with offValue sometimes showing the wrong toggle state

0.5.1

Minor Changes

• added a setting to disable JS View Fields

0.5.0

New Features

• Live Preview support (thanks to koala on discord for helping me with this)
• Obsidian Publish support (docs page coming soon, thanks to Sigrunixia on discord for letting me test on her publish account)
• View Fields, a way to reactively display your metadata using mathjs
• Inline Select input field (more or less a dropdown select)
• Progress Bar input field (a bigger full note width slider)
• On and Off Value arguments for the Toggle input field (specify custom on and off values for the toggle)
• new error handling system that supports warnings

Minor Changes

• added timed cache retention to the plugins on demand metadata cache

Bug Fixes

• fixed a bug with the metadata cache needlessly updating the frontmatter
• fixed some mistakes in the docs

0.4.X

No changelog available.