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

foto16 · 2024-02-07T00:29:20.193Z

Thanks, got it. One can then use the single note option to avoid the html color issue by only converting ordinary markdown files.

shikuz · 2024-02-25T10:23:10.788Z

v0.2.0

a new (inline) tag search system via a dedicated panel (YouTube demo).

updated the original post.

Medullitus · 2024-02-25T12:53:52.939Z

Hello,

I installed the plugin. First of all, thank you for the recommendation, and creating a YouTube video for it is truly great.

Unfortunately, the plugin didn't work for my tags. I don't know why, but it shows irrelevant tags with names that don't belong to me. Additionally, the plugin opens not just one but two windows side by side, which is problematic in terms of space. You can find the screenshot attached.

Addition: Also, the box where tags are written is very narrow and cannot be expanded.

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shikuz · 2024-02-25T23:48:15.750Z

Medullitus:

it shows irrelevant tags with names that don't belong to me

foto16:

I find is that for web clippings with html codes, such at "color:#8c0000," the plugin converts "8c0000" into tags. So I wind up with hundreds of new tags.

I see that this is a recurring problem, so I added to v0.2.1 a setting to ignore HTML notes (it is on by default). Hopefully this will clean up your list of tags. This version should become available to download in the next hour.

However, what I'd like to verify is that even if there are extra tags that you don't recognise, inline tags that appear in your text are detected by the plugin. Example: At the end of this sentence there is an inline-tag. #tag

Medullitus:

the plugin opens not just one but two windows side by side, which is problematic in terms of space.

The panels have different purposes. One for navigating between inline tags in the currently open note (I keep this on by default), and one for searching (which I only open when I want to search for tags). You can hide or show these panels by going to the Tools menu, the Tag Navigator sub-menu, and selecting Toggle inline tags search panel or Toggle inline tags navigation panel.

I don't know of a way in Joplin to set the panel width in advance (this happens with other plugins as well), but you can select from the View menu the option to Change application layout which allows you to organize all Joplin panels, stack them on top of one another, or change their width.

Medullitus:

the box where tags are written is very narrow and cannot be expanded.

Note that you can search for tags if you start typing in the Filter tags... text box, and that the tag list can be scrolled to view all tags.

Medullitus · 2024-02-26T00:17:40.756Z

Thanks for the detailed explanations!

shikuz · 2024-02-27T13:59:45.159Z

v0.2.2

new: saved searches
- you can now save search queries in notes
- each note can contain a single query
- once a note is opened, if it has an embedded query the results will appear in the tag search panel
- you may use notes as "search bookmarks" (for example, using the Favorites plugin), or you may store relevant search queries next to the content of regular notes (e.g., project notes)
- these saved searches will sync with the notes

Isaac · 2024-02-27T15:11:57.840Z

When using joplin to store many code blocks it's getting difficult in combination with your plugin, isn't?

(all my code with hash tags, all the inline images with markdown # as first char,... everything is found? Is it correct?)

shikuz · 2024-02-27T23:44:55.776Z

Fair enough. Personally, I don't mind the extra tags (I use the filter to select them anyway), and prefer being able to find the tags I'm interested in also in code blocks.

You have 3 options in the latest v0.2.3 to handle this:

Ignore tags that appear in code blocks: this is on by default and will solve your issue.
Ignore tags that don't appear at least X times in your notes: e.g., if a tag appears only once maybe it's a false detection.
Use a different definition for tags: e.g., use @ instead of #, or any other format of your choosing.

shikuz · 2024-03-17T10:46:48.504Z

v0.3.0

new: tag by notes
- search for links or [[wikilinks] to notes that appear in paragraphs
- you may display backlinks to the current note
new: tag inheritance
- child outline items inherit tags from their parent items
improve: search filters
- multiple-word filter: search each word independently, or a complete "quoted phrase"
- search any combination of the note title and the paragraph text
various style improvements and fixes

shikuz · 2024-03-25T13:32:49.847Z

v0.4.0

new: tag context menu, with Add, Rename & Remove commands (see image below)
new: loadQuery command for saved search queries
new: CodeMirror 6 supportv(thanks @personalizedrefriger for the help)
improve: apply tag inheritance to note mentions / links
improve: tag parser

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shikuz · 2024-04-08T15:14:00.256Z

Note that using the Rich Markdown plugin (version ≥ 0.14) you can highlight tags in the Markdown editor. To do so follow the instructions below.

In Joplin settings --> Rich Markdown --> Advanced Settings --> Custom classes JSON enter:

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

In Joplin settings --> Appearance --> Custom stylesheet for Joplin-wide app styles add the following to the style sheet:

div.CodeMirror .cm-rm-tag {
    background-color: #7698b3;
    color: white !important;
    padding: 0em 0.2em;
    border-radius: 0.5em;
    display: inline;
}

shikuz · 2024-04-13T12:25:26.442Z

v0.5.0

new: commands to convert Joplin tags to inline tags
new: auto refresh of inline tags in the currently edited note

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!