I have improved my Note list plugin and published it. After the installation you could switch to a preview for the note list. [grafik] It will take some time until it appears in the plugin search, but it can also be installed manually. Instructions and download on the git page. [image] …

[image] Wimvan: Just not to forget it, the plugin is named funny in the plugin list under settings: I've already fixed the typo :slight_smile: @jb261 No, I will likely not create such a view [image] tomasz86: Lastly, would it be a problem to make it possible to input 0 for "Note excerpt…

[image] JackGruber: The new note list view can be activated under View > Note list style > Preview. Ah, I swear I looked under the menus and couldn't find it. I would kindly suggest that the plugin be turned on by default after install. After all, we wouldn't be installing the plugin if we d…

That looks very good! By the way if you notice any issue or missing feature in the plugin API feel free to let me know

It looks like the height of the preview is fixed? I have some notes with only a line or two and there is a chunk of empty space in the preview. Would be great if the height matched the content.

[image] whitewall: It looks like the height of the preview is fixed? Yes which can be configured in the settings. This is currently specified for performance reasons on the Joplin side, as all elements have to be processed before they can be displayed. If you have to wait until each element …

I know design decisions are really complicated and can have unanticipated results. But the fact that the note list isn't just an html list has to be one of the strangest things about Joplin. The ability of html elements to shrink to fit their content is such a fundamental principle. I've never under…

As JackGruber mentioned this is for performance reasons. If items can have a dynamic size it means they all need to be rendered so that we know how much space they will take, and so that we can display the scrollbar correctly. Of course if there are millions of notes that would be a problem... So th…

Yeah, I guess I'm not used to scroll bars having to be managed. I don't mean to be unappreciative. And to be clear, I don't understand what is really going on. I'm used to html on web pages where overflow is managed by the browser.

The scrollbar doesn't really have to be managed, but for scrolling and so on to work we need to know the total height of the content. Or we don't - if we just render everything, this is indeed managed automatically, but as mentioned in many cases it would be inefficient so that's why the height is p…

Note list preview plugin

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f4b10 29 December 2023 14:46 18

Thank you, this is exactly what I was searching for.

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Note list preview plugin

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