The Excalidraw-Obsidian Showcase: 57 key features in just 17 minutes

[@skylerjames3276]

Absolutely insane that some guy took it upon himself to create such an advanced incredible program⋯⋯ and then offers it to any nerd who might find it interesting/useful for free. And continues to add to and make helpful instruction videos to help people get the most out of his passion project. Bravo to you sir, this is exactly what the Internet was made for😊

[@javierandres1181]

Bruh… I'm at min @3:23, and I'm already absolutely overwhelmed with how many things are possible here! I can't thank you enough sir!

[@YuDou-so8pk]

This software is the most powerful plug-in on obsidian. It solves obsidian's original weakness in drawing. This software makes obsidian even more powerful.

[@SnowAndSand13]

I've been looking for something like this for a long time... Thankyou.

[@dereckpiche9637]

Don't know much about your background, but the Obsidian team should definitively hire you and give you a team and more access to the Obsidian core source code such that the integration is made seamless.

[@josselyndubroca2709]

A big THANK YOU for all work accomplished and your availability for the community (I remember having an issue and you replied with a solution so quickly...) Thank you so much as well for the numerous books related to visual thinking and other topics I discovered thanks to you. 😊

[@VisualPKM]

Thank you!

[@matiaspizarro7960]

I'm flabbergasted. When I initially started using your plugin I started creating a personal Wiki to track all of the features... but they were so many that I gave up! You've summarized everything extremely nicely with this video, I can't thank you enough.

[@limario1920]

i just wanna let you know you have helped many people with this, and we appreciate you. thank you for making this :)

[@hanteroes]

The GOAT of visual thinking. Thank you so much for your work!

[@luismolon]

Jesus. This is outstanding. I don't know why I wasn't using this plugin in Obsidian until today.

[@Aramsantze]

Extremely overwhelming. Super great.

[@inforanchezCode]

Let me tell you, it is an incredible tool, the amount of things we can do is impressive, really thank you very much, many blessings

[@Skystone2]

I love your videos, and general information. I first found you about a year ago when I first discovered obsidian. And over the last year, I've been changing my obisidian vaults more times than I'd like to count, and frankly have too many individual vaults.

[@averagetechnologyenojyer]

this is hands down one of the most innovative programs, ever since i started using excalidraw markdown in obsidian i never use anything else, too awesome!

[@danyukhin]

I'm amazed at your consistency. thank you for your work

[@brunops_music]

This is absolutely amazing, your work improves people's lives. Thank you!

[@IKcodeIgorWnek]

Zsolt you are absolutely amazing, thank you for your work! 🤯💪

[@martrom0]

Definitively the best tool, that made me give up Notion, Apple Notes and all the others. Thank you very much Zsolt for that great work! The possibility to link excalidraw drawing that all markdown notes, the flexibility of that tool and its incredible features are really powerful and efficient, if you have patience to learn and master them ! None of the paid tools offer even part of what Obsidian-Excalidraw can do.

[@WatileyZanelatoDondoni]

Man! this is awesome! I discovered Obsidian this month, and now I'm goingo to try to learn how to use it inside my context.

[@vegetaiv9275]

Thank you so much! Excalidraw is an amazing plugin for Obsidian.

[@improveourworld-AHIT]

Amazing tool for Obsidian. What a wonderful contribution he has and is making. I'm excited to have it super charge my already super creativity.

[@jondySauce]

This is exactly what I've been searching for. Immediate kofi subscription. Incredible what you've achieved here.

[@MirzaBicer]

This is unbelievable

[@timclements5496]

An important video to bookmark - thanks Zsolt, brilliant work as usual.

[@VisualPKM]

Thanks Tim, probably even more useful is to bookmark the mindmap. I added the timestamps from the video to each of the branches. excalidraw-obsidian.online/Hobbies/Excalidraw+Blog/Excalidraw+2+Million+Downloads+Mega+Showcase

[@gavada8596]

Great video summary about all the neat features you have made! Thank You!

[@libertyguides]

OMG THIS IS SO GOOD I CAN'T EVEN! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@phraun]

This is fantastic, thank you so much

[@gerydony6531]

I never knew this plugin is super ultra powerful

[@dayantargaryen4129]

INcreíble! muchas gracias por tal contenido!!!

[@eliassilva7209]

What an amazing tool, thank you very much.

[@curiosidadessalvajes]

very incredible addon thans for share with us, i try link to visual elements, every time i do click in the link openme a new tab how can fix this

[@VisualPKM]

You can use different modifier key combinations. Go to plugin settings, click "Excalidraw appearance and behavior", then scroll down and select "Link Click and Drag&Drop Modifier Keys", then select "Link click behavior", and under "Open in current window" configure the key combination. I could write a long note about why the current setting is the way it is... long story short, for the modifier key to work in Excalidraw when clicking an element, it must include the CTRL key... Happy experimentation!

[@agnichatian]

I'm wondering if we can make the Excalidraw-Obsidian plugin work in offline/self-hosted mode ?

[@VisualPKM]

It is offline. You don't need to self host. Everything runs local in Obsidian

[@wongsimon2387]

Thank you so much

[@micbab-vg2mu]

Great tool - thanks :)

[@sanath_ks]

OMG, how did you do this all? Thank you so much

[@VisualPKM]

Yeah, took 3.5 years... so far, but I am not yet at the end of the journey.

[@TheKr0ckeR]

This tool is just incredible..

[@ronnykhalil]

wow, this tour was immensely helpful~! thank you!

[@cvasanthk]

Congratulations achieving this milestone. You have dedicated lot of effort to keep it on top with your continuous highlight of the many features and the immense possibilities with this plugin. The dual mode is an interesting way to get 2D note and 4D visual note co exist with a seamless switch between the two . I recommend you could consider to do a detailed video to explain this to the larger community.

[@VisualPKM]

Thanks for the suggestion. I will think about case study examples to demonstrate 4D in action

[@fonbok]

This plugin embodies everything I would like. Thank you so much! Could you give me a hint why I don't have an item "Experimental features" in the Options menu ?

[@VisualPKM]

You probably did not set up an openai API key

[@devinplombier]

Merci beaucoup pour ton travail. Thanks for all your video

[@nashid.fr_]

This is insane; Thanks man

[@lucaskim9472]

Excalidraw extension is more than 70% why I need to stick with Obsidian. Thanks for your hard work.

[@josedossantoscarvalhoneto2500]

Hello, how are you? I love this tool and especially the presentation option. However, I have a problem that I would like a solution for. I created a presentation with several frames and then saved the file. Now that I have opened it again, I cannot see the frame boundaries. I wanted to make some adjustments to them, but I cannot see them. Their boundary lines simply do not appear. If I open a new excalidraw, it works normally, but this current file does not work. Is there something I am not doing? Thank you.

[@CrusNB]

Amazing. Thank you, Zsolt.

[@Hyperlooper]

I do not have the "copy markdown link" option in the context menu. I do have the ability to set a hotkey for it, but I'd like to have it show up in the menu possible!

[@VisualPKM]

It only shows up in the menu if an eligible element is selected.

[@peterwassmuth4014]

Totally awesome! Thank you for Sharing! 💯✴

[@rmccool]

Thank you for all your hard work on this!

[@Andrew-7324]

3:14 - How do you changed link with block to content?

[@khanhhuyen8630]

Thank you Is there any way to turn off spell check when I type in excalidraw? (I turned it off in Obsidian)

[@VisualPKM]

not possible at the moment. This would require a feature request. can you open one here so it does not get forgotten? github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/issues

[@khanhhuyen8630]

@@VisualPKM I added my language to spell check and it is partly solved. But I have another problem, I can't scale text paragraph as I do in One Note or Powerpoint, I have to add new line manually to change text block width.

[@khanhhuyen8630]

i fix it, i need to wrap it in container ^^

[@VisualPKM]

@@khanhhuyen8630 You may want to try the "convert selected text elements to sticky notes" script. This script also comes with settings, you can set the background color and the border color of the sticky note to transparent and thus wrap text without the look & feel of a sticky note.

[@topdirect4286]

This is a great way to view an overview.

[@aswahd]

This is insane 🤯 Thank you!

[@mohamedzarif4473]

very dank

Thanks for that amazing tool. ❤

[@shopz3235]

I can't see any mention of Taskbone or OCR under "Miscellaneous Features" in the Excalidraw settings? Is this feature not available anymore or am I just tired and can't find where to enable it..? Edit: Oh I was tired. I found it. Okay off to bed! Thank you so much for making such a wonderful tool. I'm only trying it out today but it seems very powerful. Think I'll be able to handle it? Anyway, I'm a med student (I wondered who your target audience is for the plugin) and don't personally know anyone else who uses Obsidian, hopefully this helps me out!!

[@VisualPKM]

the setting is there, right at the bottom of Misc features.... It is called "Taskbone Optical Character Recognition"

[@jockerj3857]

Hello Zsolt, thank you so much for your beautiful work! Regarding the auto-save function (on desktop) i wanted to say that every time my drawing is saved (for example every 15 seconds) the text that i write with a stylus is interrupted while the saving process takes place (Windows 11, ASUS ROG Flow x16, microsoft pen). So every 15 seconds one would have to erase a crippled line/letter and write it again. Sorry for bad english, just wanted to mention this, maybe there's a solution. Anyways a fantastic plugin that helps me so much with studying :)

[@VisualPKM]

That sounds links a bug as autosave should wait until you are idle and save then. I'll try to replicate and solve... However, under save settings in plugin settings you can set a less frequent autosave. That might help a little

[@jiahao2709]

is there a way to add blank space between some drawing? which is a functionality in Onenote

[@VisualPKM]

Not at this time, but something to consider

[@toppanam611]

Thank you for the wonderful work. Is it possible to make this feature work on the web version of Excalidraw? 04:58 Link to visual elements. In Obsidian, the Link works... but it open a new tab and jump to the linked element, is it possible to make it move to the linked element on the same drawing tab?

[@VisualPKM]

York need to open a feature request with the exvalidraw.com team. I do not manage the web app.

[@toppanam611]

@@VisualPKM In Obsidian, the Link works... but it open a new tab and jump to the linked element, is it possible to make it move to the linked element on the same drawing tab?

[@danielleceleste4791]

Hello Zsolt! Thank you for all your helpful content. I'm crossing my fingers that I'll be able to afford your next workshop. I have a quick question in the meantime. Do you have any troubleshooting pointers for the following situation? In my Obsidian, my excalidraw drawing save to an SVG file every so often unprompted -- I detect it immediately when I open a different excalidraw drawing. The one I was just working on becomes saved additionally as an SVG. I hope I described that clearly enough. I looked unsuccessfully for a switch to toggle it off in settings. Thanks for your help.😃 Danielle

[@VisualPKM]

In plugin settings go to "Embedding Excalidraw into your Notes and Exporting", then select "Export Settings", then click "Auto-export Settings" and turn off "Auto-export SVG". If this is turned off, and the event is still happening, then check your drawing's document properties. Do you by any chance have the "excalidraw-autoexport: svg" fronmatter property? if yes, remove it. If these don't help, then please open an issue on GitHub and share screenshots of your document properties and the mentioned settings section so I can take a look. github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/issues

[@danielleceleste4791]

@@VisualPKM Thank you 🙏🏼 Zsolt! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you and the entire PKM community.

[@dgchitiva]

Best regard I'm a new enthusiast of Obsidian and its main Scalidraw plugin. I have been watching videos of the enormous possibilities of these tools. I want to know how I can obtain these libraries and functionalities to start with PKM exercises, via my first mental maps, and concept maps. But I need to configure my system with general icon libraries for this purpose and have the most complete configuration of these functionalities. In my current configuration of the Scalidraw Plugin I do not find these functionalities available, do I have to make a subscription payment to download and activate them?

[@VisualPKM]

No subscription is required, dough support on ko-fi.com/zsolt is appreciated. Excalidraw in Obsidian has become pretty complex with lots of settings, scripts and features. I recommend starting with the very basics and building from there. I have lots of content on this channel that shows you how to configure and use different features, plus you can join a Discord community from the plugin's splash screen. The community may be another good place to ask questions. This video might help you get started: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3zRgpqJn6-Jq8U

[@dgchitiva]

@@VisualPKM thakns alot

[@stevenlarsen1875]

Works like magic...

[@je4a301]

hey, I'm so grateful for all the work you have done with excalidraw in obsidian. I have got a small question: In excalidraw, I use links to navigate between different concept maps made with excalidraw. Right now, when I click on a link, it opens the other excalidraw file in a new tab. How can I change it so that it switches to the other excalidraw file in the same tab instead?

[@VisualPKM]

There is a big modifier key overview table in the plugin readme. I recommend reviewing that. github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin On Mac us the modifier keys SHIFT+CMD when clicking the link. You can change/check the defaults in plugin settings: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpC0Z5Ssf6yijas

[@YannyKo13]

Hi Zsolt! Is it possible to share the contents from the excalidraw via URL link? Like I want to share it to others via link...

[@VisualPKM]

In short: no. You can export it as an image and share that. Or you can copy/paste your drawing to excalidraw.com and save the drawing to a link (but the free Excalidraw service will only support drawings smaller than 1MB including all embeds). When exporting to an images you can select to embed the scene, this means people can drop the image to Excalidraw and it will convert into an editable drawing. You might find this interesting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXjNYZSOo8eArM0

[@alonsogarcia2580]

how can i download the mind map? Or where i can find examples of downloadable open share mind maps made with obsidian-Excalidraw?

[@emersoncavides9844]

i have problems when i try to put a video in my drawing. It doesn´t appear the video, just a link. I tried with ctrl, shift and alt but it doesn't work.

[@VisualPKM]

local video or video from the web? for local, use the Insert Any File option or use the Web Embed tool from the more tools dropdown (More tools is the menu that has the AI badge) if it is a youtube video, then simply copy the embed link to the clipboard and paste it to Excalidraw.

[@lancesfutebolisticos9459]

Is it possible to add another Excalidraw file inside Excalidraw? As far as I know, you can only import with "As Image", and I would like to import as "as embedded" so that I can make changes to this other Excalidraw file

[@VisualPKM]

Correct. You cannot edit in place... But you can always open it in another tab, make changes, and the changes are going to take effect everywhere where the file has been added.

[@harryc1660]

Is Excalidraw usable in another application other than Obsidian because I believe it is not in 'markup' language so if Obsidian went down for example in what other application could use all maps and diagrams and files with the graphics etc?

[@VisualPKM]

It is. The drawing JSON can be loaded to excalidraw.com, also if longevity is a key concern, in settings you can enable autoexport of drawings to PNG or SVG every time you save.

[@kurshadqaya1684]

Amazing!

[@optimized-j5w]

Will Back of the Notes be embeddable in the Future? And to export them, if you understand what i mean. The more I research your Excalidraw the more fascinated I am. You're doing awesome work, I'm speechless.

[@VisualPKM]

Block Embedding is already supported. You can reference a block in a text element, and you can click the top left of embeddables to zoom to a block. Also you can create a new embeddable with a block reference link from scratch with the embeddable tool under the more tools menu in the top toolbar. Finally you can modify the embeddable link in Markdown view of the Excalidraw file. And of course block reference works the other way around as well. Referencing a visual block from your drawing in a Markdown note or another drawing

[@Ju00789]

Hi, I’ve just discovered this channel. To be honnest, i did not realized the potential of Obsidian when i tried it a few month ago and keep using TheBrain. I see now how powerfull it is. One question however: I’m stuck trying to reproduce what is shown on this video because I do not have the icons on the right (the pizza for example) in the excaliraw windows in Obsidian. I work on IPad. Did I missed someting ?

[@VisualPKM]

those are downloaded scripts pinned to the sidebar. see this for more information: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmmxm6Ntj72Ml8ksi=eWdeqO13m9PkAPSY&t=57

[@Ju00789]

Thank you for your answer and amazing work. I found your excalidraw obsidian looking at solutions for mind mapping with students. I tried many things you may know: heptabase, traverse, muse. But nothing as powerful as excalidawbsidian. I’m trying to figure out how it works to be able to use it in teaching context.

[@Ju00789]

Hello, I’ve been testing excalidraw for 1 month now. I have a few questions / remarks that I’d like to share with you and community. Is there any place where people discuss about excalidraw ?

[@atankent]

hye...this is so overwhelming, but how to put all the shortcut on the toolbars? is there any link to refer?

[@VisualPKM]

There are two types of shortcuts in the toolbar: - custom pens, those need to be enabled in plugin settings under "non-excalidraw.com supported features" - script shortcuts. This only works for installed scripts from the Excalidraw script store. If you long press on the script in the obsidian tools panel inside Excalidraw it will pin/unpin the script. You need to hold for 1 second.

[@renan00almeida]

Impressive

[@YannyKo13]

Hi Zsolt! May I ask if I can export contents from my canvas to exaclidraw?

[@VisualPKM]

Export import is theoretically possible, but not implemented. This could be done as an Exvalidraw script.

[@YannyKo13]

Ayt, thank you... Just happened to place note cards and mind maps ahead before in Canvas, as I was not versed yet in Excalidraw. Now, I felt like I have to re-do it again. I just wondered if it's possible... 😅

[@VisualPKM]

@@YannyKo13 It is certainly possible, I would think it is not even that difficult - only I don't have any motivation to build it since I have nothing in canvas to convert.

[@YannyKo13]

@@VisualPKM Hahaha, makes sense! Well, thank you for your response though, I really appreciate it. Loved your contents man! It really changed the way I use Excalidraw in just a week

[@bruce6944]

In Excalidraw, I cannot right click an image to get menu options. Every time I do this, it automatically opens the image in a new tab

[@VisualPKM]

This is Excalidraw-Obsidian, right? Are you by any chance in view mode? Have you modified modifier key settings? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpC0Z5Ssf6yijas

[@bruce6944]

@@VisualPKM Thanks Zsolt! Yes, in view mode on Obsidian Excalidraw. I saw another video of yours where you mention it is supposed to do that. I looked through the modifiers and did not see one to override this. But found I can use two fingers for right click on Mac instead. Would be good if I could override the ctrl click in the future but not critical.

[@warren2010]

Whenever I click a text element, and then right-click and choose the 'convert to file...' function, the resulting text of the element becomes tiny and blurry. How can I retain the look and feel of a text element even AFTER having converted it to a file please? Thanks.

[@VisualPKM]

I tried it just now. It seems to work as expected on my side. Please open an issue here and include a few screenshots so I understand what you are seeing. github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/issues When you convert a text element to a file, the look and feel will inevitably change. The text element will become a markdown embed. The sizing of the embedded element is the standard size, because 1) typically text elements are smaller, thus having the embed resized to that size would render the embed unusable, and 2) because I make the assumption that the reason you are converting it to a file is to edit it and add markdown content to it.

[@warren2010]

@@VisualPKM But when you drag an existing note to an Excalidraw map, the resulting element IS to my expectations. But if you convert a text element (that does NOT exist as a note yet) to a note, the resuling element is different to how an existing note would appear! I will open open an issue in GitHub. Thanks again!!

[@warren2010]

@@VisualPKM Thanks, I have opened a new issue in GitHub.

[@majorpunster113]

It would have been great if these instructions were linked in each section of the mind map! I'll deep dive some of these features soon. I took notesn

[@VisualPKM]

Good suggestion. I updated the mindmap. Now it includes the links to sections. excalidraw-obsidian.online/Hobbies/Excalidraw+Blog/Excalidraw+2+Million+Downloads+Mega+Showcase

[@warren2010]

@@VisualPKM Amazing!!!

[@akaOzzyy]

"The Insert link to file" doesn't work. I checked it on the main machine and the virtual one. Obidian v.1.6.5 Excalidraw v.2.2.8

[@VisualPKM]

Has been fixed. Update tto 2.2.9

[@toppanam611]

In Obsidian, the Link works... but it open a new tab and jump to the linked element, is it possible to make it move to the linked element on the same drawing tab?

[@VisualPKM]

I don't clearly understand your question... but there is a big modifier key overview table in the plugin readme. I recommend reviewing that. github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin If I understand you correctly, this is likely the answer: On Mac us the modifier keys SHIFT+CMD when clicking the link. You can change/check the defaults in plugin settings: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpC0Z5Ssf6yijas

[@ganimez5898]

Holy Cow, what an awesome video! Didnt realize i can embed drawings in my normal Notes.

[@VisualPKM]

Not covered in the video, but there are command palette actions that let you create and immediately embed a drawing into your note. Type "Create embed" in the command palette search (CTRL+P).

[@greeffer]

Wow! 🤯 Excalidraw-Obsidian is more OP than vanilla Excalidraw! 💥

[@VisualPKM]

Yeah, I build everything into the plugin that I couldn't convince the Excalidraw team to implement :)

[@AndrewRodda]

Please fix the pen interface, the screen cursor is invisible when using a pen tablet, (Wacom). Every other tool displays a cursor, but not the pen. Mouse shows the cursor, but not when using a pen.

[@VisualPKM]

go to settings "Excalidraw Appearance and Behavior" and enable "Show (+) crosshair in pen mode.

[@AndrewRodda]

@@VisualPKM OMG! Thank you so much. AMAZING

[@ramiboy_y2049]

Pls, is there a compilation for what features are not available for mobile obsidian users?

[@VisualPKM]

There isn't. Most features should work on Mobile, apart from those that access Obsidian features not available on mobile: - drag and drop - access to the file structure outside of the Vault - popout windows ... the rest should work.

[@lonsdalesystems]

The link to the mindmap is rejected by my virus scanner which says it contains URL:Blacklist

[@VisualPKM]

What virus scanner are you using? Could it be that your ISP (or corporate IT) depending on where you are trying to access the site from is applying a blanket blocking for .online websites. You can try this link, though this will redirect to the .online address as well. publish.obsidian.md/excalidraw Not much I can do, you can try accessing the site from a different ISP (e.g. from your phone).

[@cachaça_baby]

This is genius

[@Nooneknows-d1m]

I love your work, just really wish that writing was more seamless. I wish handwriting was like Noteful, has a more natural feel. I like handwriting notes and use my iPad for that.

[@VisualPKM]

I totally understand. Excalidraw is a vector illustration tool. Vector tools are not ideal for handwriting...

[@adamgrey268]

I spent the longest time trying to find these features in Excalidraw on the web only to realize this isn't Excalidraw on the web.

[@VisualPKM]

Yes, these features are only available in Obsidian

[@lektor0815]

🤯

[@SU3D3]

# Concept-Oriented Language #Concept-Oriented Language [[Concept-oriented programming language]] A point mass extends a geometric point. A **perceptron pattern** extends a geometric point. An **automaton** extends the **perceptron**. A **neuron** extends the **automaton**. The term “extends” is used to maintain the same structure as OOP class extension. I’ve also used the term “perceptron pattern” to describe how a perceptron operates in a different domain than a geometric point, while still building upon the concept of extension. ## AI Compiler The LLM, in essence, is a Natural Language Compiler. It will compile down to code that will run completely in memory i.e. RAM, and will rely on typical CPU arithmetic & logic units eliminating the need for custom bare-metal processors.

[@hocuk_u_pyka]

13:49

[@Hi-sc1dw]

To beyond and infinity

[@ashishalex10]

you sound like Tim Cook !!

[@berbank]

404 on that link to the mind map.

[@VisualPKM]

ups, yes, I moved the file, I will update the link. Here's the new link: excalidraw-obsidian.online/Hobbies/Excalidraw+Blog/WIKI/01+Getting+Started/Excalidraw+2+Million+Downloads+Mega+Showcase

[@en25minutes]

@@VisualPKMHi Zsolt, thx for this great plugin. I have a 404 trying to get the mindmap. I am redirected to a page that has a video and an image is that it ? Appreciate your help, thanks.

[@VisualPKM]

@@en25minutes excalidraw-obsidian.online/WIKI/01+Getting+Started/Excalidraw+2+Million+Downloads+Mega+Showcase

[@seesmof]

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[@shudupper]

The ultimate feature would be a normal font

[@VisualPKM]

What do you mean by normal font? You can add your local font ( albeit only one at this time)