Settings
Add date and time to archived cards
When active, a time stamp will be added to cards when they are archived. This will be added to the beginning of the card, and can be separated from the card's content using the Archive date time separator setting. The date format can be controlled with the Archive date time format setting.
Archive date time format
This will set the format of the archive timestamp. Available formatting options can be found here
Archive date time separator
This will be used to separate the archive timestamp from a card's content.
Setting the separator:
Resulting archived card:
Board header buttons
These settings allow hiding buttons from a Kanban board's header.
Default:
With the "Add a list" button hidden:
Date display format
The date display format is similar to the Date format except that it controls the format of the date shown at the bottom of a card. This date can be hidden using the Hide card display dates setting. Available formatting options can be found here
Setting the date display format:
Creating a card with a date in the current Date format:
By default, the date is hidden from the card text (see: Hide dates in card titles) and displayed using the date display format below:
Date format
Allows specifying the output of the calendar popup. Available formatting options can be found here
YYYY-MM-DD:
ddd, MMM Do, YYYY:
Date trigger
When creating or editing a card, this character—@ by default—or sequence of characters will trigger the calendar popup.
Display card checkbox
This setting enables or disables displaying checkboxes on cards. Command or CTRL clicking on the checkbox will archive the card.
No checkbox (default):
With checkbox:
Hide card display dates
This setting hides display dates (see: Date display format). This setting is designed to be used in conjuction with Hide dates in card titles.
Off:
On:
Hide card display tags
This setting will display any tags within a card's content at the bottom of the card. It can be used in conjunction with Hide tags in card titles for improved organization and aesthetics.
Off:
On:
Hide dates in card titles
Hide dates from the main card text. This setting is designed to be used in conjunction with Hide card display dates. It can also be used to show links to daily notes in the card's text.
Off:
On (default):
Hide tags in card titles
By default, tags will display in a card's main text. This setting allows you to visually remove tags from this text. Tags still remain, but are not displayed. This setting is meant to be used in conjunction with the Hide card display tags setting.
Setting off:
Setting on:
Lane width
This setting controls the width of a Kanban board's columns. By default, the columns are 272 pixels wide.
Changing this setting to 400 will result in:
Link dates to daily notes
When this setting is active, dates and display dates will link to the corresponding daily note.
Linked Page Metadata
This setting allows displaying frontmatter and Dataview metadata of the first page linked within a card. Note, there are Frontmatter limitations & gotchas.
For example, say you have this note in your vault:
---
demo-field: This is a demo frontmatter field
---
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc eu posuere dolor. Proin ut tortor sagittis, auctor est non, varius nibh. Proin varius leo ac convallis dapibus.
inline-field:: This is a demo inline Dataview field that **contains markdown**
Nullam non efficitur ante. Donec convallis nibh ante, eu auctor felis aliquam id.
The metadata keys demo-field and inline-field can then be added under Linked Page Metadata
If the metadata field contains markdown, it must be specified by toggling Field contains markdown
The metadata will then be displayed below the card.
Local vs. global settings
The settings for the Kanban plugin can be set globally, as well as on a per-board basis. Global settings can be found in Settings > Kanban.
Global settings can be overridden on a per-board basis by modifying the board's settings, which can be accessed through the Board header buttons or the More options menu.
Maximum number of archived cards
By default, a Kanban board's archive will grow infinitely. Setting the maximum number of archived cards will cap the archive at the specified number.
For example, if Maximum number of archived cards is set to 100, the archive will never contain more than 100 cards. When the archive reaches its maximum, old cards will be deleted as new cards are added.
New line trigger
By default, enter creates a new card, and shift + enter creates a new line within a card. This can be changed so that enter creates new lines and shift + enter creates new cards.
Note folder
When Create notes from cards, the Note template setting determines the folder in which new notes are created.
Note template
When Create notes from cards, new notes will be pre-populated with the specified note template.
Supported template formats:
Example
With the Obsidian core template plugin active (Settings > Core plugins > Templates) create a new note called Demo Template in your vault containing:
# {{title}}
This file was created on {{date}} {{time}}.
Then select the template in your Kanban board's settings:
Prepend / append new cards
This setting changes where new cards are inserted into a list, and also where the Add a card button is placed. New cards are appended to the list by default.
Append
Prepend
Prepend (compact)
Show relative date
When this setting is active, cards will display the number of days between the current date and the date contained in a card.
Time format
Allows specifying the output of the time selection popup. Available formatting options can be found here
HH:mm:
h:mm a:
Time trigger
When creating or editing a card, this character or sequence of characters—@@ by default—will trigger the time selection popup.
