Plugin: Inline Tag Navigator [v1.2.2, 2024-08-23]

Rando · 2024-04-13T13:18:45.897Z

Tested and working great! The dedicated search panel can now detect the new inline tags within seconds after being written/created in the editor view. Working on wysiwyg editor, too!

Convert Joplin tags to inline tags, works like a treat, too. And it is clean and real fast, as well.

My only gripe at this point would be how to deal with tag with spaces.
This great plugin seems to be blending the two worlds very well (Joplin tags + inline tags). The only strong difference is, though, that one allows spaces (Joplin) and the other don't (inline)... so when converting Joplin tags with spaces into inline tags, some words remain orphaned of their # and of the word that was before them. This is not a huge deal, but then if you keep the plugin's "convert all inline tags to Joplin tags" feature on, that will effectively create new Joplin tags, too.
That would be the only thing I can point out now... for the rest what a great and useful plugin

shikuz · 2024-04-13T14:34:24.300Z

Using spaces within inline tags seems a bit unstable @Rando, but you can try the following experimental settings.

In Settings --> Tag Navigator --> Advanced Settings --> Tag regex enter the following:

(?<=^|\s)(#([^\s#][^#]*\w))

In Settings --> Rich Markdown --> Advanced Settings --> Custom classes JSON enter the following:

[{"name": "rm-tag", "regex": "(?<=^|\\s)(#([^\\s#][^#]*\\w))"}]

Rando · 2024-04-13T14:46:28.219Z

I'll wait a bit to test this out as soon as I have a spare machine (or spare user profile)? As I also wanted to test the latest Joplin pre-release. But I'm not sure when will this be. Also, I wanna be more confident with your plugin as it is (stock), once I know very well how stock behaves, I may dig into the experimental stuff, too.

P.s. Any chance that the highlighted #tag CSS trick may one day find a relevant workaround in wysiwyg, too?

shikuz · 2024-04-14T10:30:29.981Z

Sorry, the WYSIWYG editor is out of scope for me. But I'll accept a PR for this.

sinewave-2097 · 2024-04-21T15:54:50.205Z

Alon, this plugin is really great.
For myself, I don't have a lot of screen real estate. Can you add an option that allows a user that has saved a query in a note, to see the results of that query in either the text below the query or in a new note specified by the query? That would bring everything closer to the concept of a "Smart Folder" that instead of showing pages with searched tags, would show the inline text with the tag. I don't think I've seen that feature anywhere and would be something worth shouting about for Joplin.

shikuz · 2024-04-21T22:54:04.830Z

Not my personal viewing preference, but I can see why this is useful, and I'll consider adding it. Thanks for the idea.

BTW, there is a plugin that already does something similar called Extract Paragraphs.

djsudduth · 2024-04-22T00:35:01.226Z

Thanks for the mention. I need to take a look at this - I've been so busy lately but got some free time this week.

sinewave-2097 · 2024-04-22T00:35:49.522Z

Thank you for the response. The Extract Paragraphs plugin is interesting, but not quite what I'm looking for... I'm hoping for something that functions as a live search, and scans all notebooks in real time. It's like a cross between your plugin and inline todo. Think of Apple Notes or Apple Music's "Smart Folders" but instead of presenting the whole pages with the tags (like other apps do), I'd like the text block to be all on one page. It's really more of a beefed up inline todo plugin but with your smart search for any tag. Maybe because Joplin is not as tag orientated as some other notebook apps (which is good), it's a bit of a stretch... But it would be amazing. Think of having a smart note that is updating with specific tagged paragraphs or list items. WOW!

djsudduth · 2024-04-22T00:40:02.493Z

The extract paragraphs does mostly what you want - can scan through one or all notebooks and only pull out/extract the text blocks that have the the tag all on one page (it's block oriented like Logseq linked references - not the whole page). It's not fully dynamic - but can do what you're saying manually on demand.

sinewave-2097 · 2024-04-22T00:55:49.375Z

Extract Paragraph is a great plugin. Could you save a search and have the search refresh in a defined interval or when the output note is selected? The in-line todo plugin kinda does this but only looks for “@todo”. I don’t think Caleb is actively working on his plugin.

djsudduth · 2024-04-22T01:02:40.723Z

Not sure - but, I'll add it to the backlog to investigate

sinewave-2097 · 2024-04-22T01:05:37.623Z

Thank you!

shikuz · 2024-04-22T04:43:11.850Z

sinewave-2097:

live search, and scans all notebooks in real time.

Indeed, this is what the navigator aims for (in a split view style), but the same information can be displayed in a note. I'm thinking of adding a field to the saved query, e.g. display_in_note, that once its value is true the plugin will update the note with the search results periodically.

What you will lose this way, however, are the editing capabilities of toggling checkboxes and tag editing that the panel provides. The rest will behave the same.

sinewave-2097 · 2024-04-22T05:48:07.692Z

I’m curious to see what you come up with!

shikuz · 2024-04-24T15:13:12.452Z

v0.6.0-v0.6.3

available here for download, or in the Joplin app.

new: search results can be displayed in auto-generated notes
- EDIT: v0.6.1 adds a command to toggle the note view of search results
improve: saved query in JSON format
improve: scroll to exact line

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sinewave-2097 · 2024-04-24T16:17:12.811Z

Can't wait to try it out!

djsudduth · 2024-05-08T19:45:22.911Z

@shikuz - really enjoying your inline tag navigator! Thanks for the awesome tool!

shikuz · 2024-05-10T02:54:07.650Z

v0.7.0

new: mobile app support
- this includes many changes and improvements under the hood, that may also improve the desktop experience.
- all features should be supported. scroll to line works when the editor is open.
new: [x]it! style TODOs (see screenshot)
- it's not a complete implementation, but adds support for the 5 types of checkboxes.
- I first learned about this text format on the Inline TODOs plugin repo, thanks!
new: settings
- Search: Colorize todos in results: toggle custom checkboxes (and [x]it! support) on / off.
- Search: Update inline tags DB after sync
- Search: Periodic update of results display in notes: you may disable this on a Joplin client to avoid conflicts with another client. the same time interval as above applies.
- Search: Show note mentions section and Search: Show results filter section: hide elements on the panel, for a better mobile / small screen experience.
misc improvements
- skip conflict notes
- remove saved query from note when saving an empty query
- respect user sort choice after panel hide
misc fixes
- remove tag command supports tags with special chars
- checkbox toggle next to links and inline code
- avoid updating note when nothing changed
- word-wrapping in search results

Tips on setting tag highlighting in the mobile editor appear here.

Screenshot: [x]it! TODOs

shikuz · 2024-05-11T23:47:06.468Z

v0.7.1

fix: load search filter more robustly and preserve its value when toggling the panel
improve: checkbox style for easier customization
- you may increase the size of checkboxes by entering in the Search: Panel style setting: .itags-search-checkbox { width: 15px; height: 15px; font-size: 15px } (requires restart)

v0.7.2

fix: regression in tag exclusion regex
fix: regression in updating CSS on panel toggle
fix: update tags / notes lists on db update
improve: checkbox + tag spacing style

v0.7.3

new: tag context menu commands Search tag and Extend query (see screenshot)

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shikuz · 2024-05-23T03:48:11.612Z

v0.7.4

various fixes to improve plugin stability and reduce its footprint considerably
new: blocked-task style checkbox - [!] (not officially part of the [x]it! specs)
improve: set a constant level for headings (h3) rendered on the panel
fix: AND logic for empty tags