This is some hidden knowledge type shit lol. Been on the Obsidian forums and people don't know how to link within the same page and are annoyed that anchors don't work. This is great, thank you!
Thanks for this. I had read about block-linking in the Obsidian documentation, but I couldn't figure it out. Watching you actually do it on screen made all the difference. Being able to connect various parts of single documents is very important to me.
I'm a later comer to the use of Obsedian.. or any type of these tools for this matter. And I have now racked up 100s of hours learning it. The reason that i am adding to the comment is to call out that you have a nice style in the way you explain features; i.e. not only you explain how they work, but also if/how you actually use them or if you don't. Thank you.
I was googling furiously to find this section. Thank you so much for showing the last part with !. It really helped a lot and it was one of the reasons I chose Obsidian based on the view tips and tricks videos, but finally had the chance to use it.
Extremely helpful, I’ve seen this video and Danny Hatcher and LYT, all very helpful, but it’s so hard to remember all these methods and nuances. Thanks again.
Thank you . This is helpful in creating a glossary page for my Class notes and using the ^ to target the term and definition block on the glossary page. It takes a bit of typing to rename the link text but is very helpful until there is a better way discovered.
Very helpful. Was trying to figure out how to show text of the block that I link to. The exclamation mark was a gem! Was using “|” symbol to paste same text.
Still super helpful! Making a timeline for our dnd campaign, and I've been marking how many days in-game our characters have been traveling. Sometimes the days roll over mid-sessions, so this'll be SUPER helpful in conjunction with the timeline plugin so I can pinpoint exactly when in my mess of notes things happen. Cheers!
that's so awesome, I've also tried using Obsidian and Notion for D&D and I think Obsidian is incredible for that purpose, there are some really cool plugins to get creative with. Best of luck and happy D&Ding hahaha
Thanks for your concise and clear explanations ! Just what I needed to understand how block referencing works in Obsidian, compared to Logseq, to integrate Obsidian in my workflow !
Hi Santi, thanks for sharing this information. I noticed you're using an on-screen display app for your keystroke. Can you please share the app? Thanks :)
Thanks, this is one of the themes i made, it's called "Reverie" and my other one is called "wasp" they are both available on the community themes, enjoy them
Came to find out about the things, grateful to you for this for sure. Do I want to pay for a 'course' from you? On the basis of this vid, no. You need to work on your presentation and script writing before you can be a 'teacher'. Every mouse move and click needs to be purposeful. This vid looks like you're winging it. And you have to remember what it was like not to know, so slow down describing key words, keypresses, etc. Add the info as a graphic in post. Don't make your students struggle with the vid having to replay or pause or change the playback speed up or down.
thanks for your feedback. I feel I've improved on this areas on newer videos. Still more room to improve, but would appreciate your feedback on newer videos if you have the chance
Hi Santi, I'm trying to do the same thing, but using bookmarked blocks instead. This would allow me to give titles to the blocks and also order them in folders. The only problem I am having is that I can't find a way to easily create a link to a bookmark. If I drag and drop a bookmark into a note, the link refers to the NOTE the bookmark refers to but not to the actual block. Do you have any idea how to work around that? (I hope I explained my idea clearly enough)
suppose i write this somewhere in a note to access heading 03 of file 1 [[file01#heading03]] then in preview mode it shows something like this : file 1->heading03 but what if I want it to look something like tis in preview mode : Click to Go there and when i click on " Click to go there " it takes me to heading 03 of file 1 how can i achieve this ???
Hey, sorry, it's hard to know what you mean exactly. I'd recommend asking in the obsidian forum forum.obsidian.md/ there you can add screenshots to show what you mean more clearly If you post it there, feel free to comment the link to it here, or tag me there as @santi so that I can take a look at it
@@SantiYounger there you go i hope its more clearer to you this time forum.obsidian.md/t/external-links-hiding-feature-for-backlinks-in-preview-mode/18478?u=rudra_01
Is there a way to link from the original quote to the note containing the block quote? Right now this is only linking the block quote back to the original.
I get you, I don't think it's currently possible. For cases like this I use logseq I have a course on it, if you want to check it out courses.santiyounger.com/p/logseq
make sure you are in preview mode when you click on the link. you can go in preview mode with ctrl e or cmd e (if you are in mac) or by clicking in the top right corner If that doesn't work make sure the block was created correctly, and you are in the latest version of obsidian in settings > About > Check For updates
with the latest Obsidian updates, it should only show up when you are editing that line. But apart from that there are no additional ways to hide it unfortunately
@@SantiYounger i mean i have both, but i was referring specifically to the block hashes when you make a reference so you only see the '^' at the referenced area :)
Hello, can someone please help me? I have a unique use case where I am trying to organize many cross-reffernces in a hour long talk I am trying to give, where there are many call back to previous comments, some get reminded 3,4,5,even 8 times as it goes, and I am trying to use Obsidian to make it easier, but not sure exactly how to go about using its features optimally. Example: lets say I am 45 mins into my talk, and it's time to remind the audience of particular points made earlier that really round out and send home the bigger point, I dont want to just copy, copy,copy the same blurbs, because then it gets messy. I want to be able to see at a glance, EXACT blocks (paragraphs) from prior moments all in one page. Not sure I am gauging the value of tags vs links vs block links or how to use blocks links to compliment what my intention is. By the end of the talk, there will be something like over 50 cross-reffernces all tied together in one impressive knot. What do you think would be the best way to achieve this? Thank you
Hey, I get you. I do think this block reference feature in Obsidian would work for that case. But to be honest they are not as easy to use as other apps. For this particular case I highly recommend Logseq or Roam. There you can click `alt/option` drag the block you need to reference into a new section. And it works great that way Hope that helps
@@rickywheels3661I get you. I believe that it's better to adapt to "the right tool for the right job" instead of always trying to force one tool to do it all. In your particular case Roam research or Logseq is what I would use for that project. without having to move everything else out of Obsidian, that's why I use several apps for different purposes Hope that's helpful
@@jahdielmartinez6300 I get you, I have my online course which could help, courses.santiyounger.com/p/obsidian however I haven't covered this particular topic yet, but I do explain markdown and a lot of basic concepts to get comfortable in Obsidian. If not you can ask for help in the obsidian forums, they are really useful Best of luck!
I don't like how the link looks. I should be able to do [Text of link]([[link^1223d]]) and it should work as a link with "Text to link". But it absolutely does not work
if I understood correctly you just need an alias, try this format [[link^123 | Text of Link]] more info here help.obsidian.md/How+to/Add+aliases+to+note
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This is some hidden knowledge type shit lol. Been on the Obsidian forums and people don't know how to link within the same page and are annoyed that anchors don't work. This is great, thank you!
My pleasure, yeah block links are not as popular as normal [[links]] but they can be really useful
@@SantiYounger I just saw this video today and it answered questions that I had and didn't know I had! Thank You!!!
Thanks for this. I had read about block-linking in the Obsidian documentation, but I couldn't figure it out. Watching you actually do it on screen made all the difference. Being able to connect various parts of single documents is very important to me.
I'm a later comer to the use of Obsedian.. or any type of these tools for this matter. And I have now racked up 100s of hours learning it. The reason that i am adding to the comment is to call out that you have a nice style in the way you explain features; i.e. not only you explain how they work, but also if/how you actually use them or if you don't. Thank you.
Thanks a lot for your kind words. Really appreciate that!
Thanks for this! I was finding the official documentation a bit confusing for block links.
Me, too. That bit of the official documentation was not written with an end-user in mind.
Exactly what I am looking for. Thank you for being straight to the point :)
I was googling furiously to find this section. Thank you so much for showing the last part with !. It really helped a lot and it was one of the reasons I chose Obsidian based on the view tips and tricks videos, but finally had the chance to use it.
That's absolutely amazing! I didn't know about it and it opens so many new opportunities now. Thanks a million!
Dude, thank you so much for this explanation. You don't understand how long tried to figure this out. This explanation was just simple and great!!
hey Alex, happy to hear that! thanks for watching
Great tips, Santi! I had been struggling with this trying to reference a specific paragraph in a long note. Thanks for sharing it!
happy to hear it was helpful. Emer good to see you using Obsidian!
Extremely helpful, I’ve seen this video and Danny Hatcher and LYT, all very helpful, but it’s so hard to remember all these methods and nuances. Thanks again.
Thank you . This is helpful in creating a glossary page for my Class notes and using the ^ to target the term and definition block on the glossary page. It takes a bit of typing to rename the link text but is very helpful until there is a better way discovered.
Very helpful. Was trying to figure out how to show text of the block that I link to. The exclamation mark was a gem! Was using “|” symbol to paste same text.
Thanks! I was looking exactly for this
Just what I desperately needed! I could not find an answer till now!
very helpful. super specific. no blathering. thank you so much.
Thanks for the awesome message, glad you found it helpful. Epic profile photo btw, super cool!
It took me quite a while to make it work but I am really happy I was able to manage it at last. Thanks Santi!
Ohhh wow... that's mind blowing! Thanks for the tips, Santi!
Thanks Mike! thanks for watching
Still super helpful! Making a timeline for our dnd campaign, and I've been marking how many days in-game our characters have been traveling. Sometimes the days roll over mid-sessions, so this'll be SUPER helpful in conjunction with the timeline plugin so I can pinpoint exactly when in my mess of notes things happen. Cheers!
that's so awesome, I've also tried using Obsidian and Notion for D&D and I think Obsidian is incredible for that purpose, there are some really cool plugins to get creative with.
Best of luck and happy D&Ding hahaha
Really appreciate this! I was in the middle of adding a note and needed this exact functionality.
Thanks for your concise and clear explanations ! Just what I needed to understand how block referencing works in Obsidian, compared to Logseq, to integrate Obsidian in my workflow !
Thanks for the tips, I am really enjoying Obsidian now.
happy to hear that Edgar, enjoy it!
so taymn cool , Thanks for this awesome tutorial ❤❤
Hi Santi, thanks for sharing this information. I noticed you're using an on-screen display app for your keystroke. Can you please share the app? Thanks :)
Thanks man 🙌 just what I was looking for
The same way, in linking your Excalidraw image previews into your notes, just add exclamation mark before the double brackets
Excelente... era isso que eu queria aprender fazer nos meus textos e não sabia. Muito útil.
thank you dude. That's all I want to say
Glad you liked it, thanks for the nice comment
Awesome man, thanks for this!! So useful!
glad you enjoyed it!!
Thanks a lot for the small tutorial, dude!
It was really helpful! :D
thank you soooo much!!!
subscribed.
Thank you for this..
Your obsidian theme looks pretty good, could you share the theme link? Thanks!
Thanks, this is one of the themes i made, it's called "Reverie" and my other one is called "wasp" they are both available on the community themes, enjoy them
Came to find out about the things, grateful to you for this for sure.
Do I want to pay for a 'course' from you? On the basis of this vid, no. You need to work on your presentation and script writing before you can be a 'teacher'.
Every mouse move and click needs to be purposeful. This vid looks like you're winging it.
And you have to remember what it was like not to know, so slow down describing key words, keypresses, etc. Add the info as a graphic in post.
Don't make your students struggle with the vid having to replay or pause or change the playback speed up or down.
thanks for your feedback. I feel I've improved on this areas on newer videos. Still more room to improve, but would appreciate your feedback on newer videos if you have the chance
@@SantiYounger (That was a very gracious reply, Santi. You're someone who accepts constructive criticism very well. Good example to me!)
@@Charlie-hd5vy Thank you Charlie appreciate those kind words a lot
Really helpfull thanks man.
Hi Santi,
I'm trying to do the same thing, but using bookmarked blocks instead.
This would allow me to give titles to the blocks and also order them in folders.
The only problem I am having is that I can't find a way to easily create a link to a bookmark. If I drag and drop a bookmark into a note, the link refers to the NOTE the bookmark refers to but not to the actual block.
Do you have any idea how to work around that?
(I hope I explained my idea clearly enough)
How to embed a specific section on a note use: *![[link#^line]]*
suppose i write this somewhere in a note to access heading 03 of file 1 [[file01#heading03]]
then in preview mode it shows something like this : file 1->heading03
but what if I want it to look something like tis in preview mode :
Click to Go there
and when i click on " Click to go there " it takes me to heading 03 of file 1
how can i achieve this ???
Hey, sorry, it's hard to know what you mean exactly. I'd recommend asking in the obsidian forum forum.obsidian.md/
there you can add screenshots to show what you mean more clearly
If you post it there, feel free to comment the link to it here, or tag me there as @santi so that I can take a look at it
@@SantiYounger there you go i hope its more clearer to you this time
forum.obsidian.md/t/external-links-hiding-feature-for-backlinks-in-preview-mode/18478?u=rudra_01
Hey thanks, This was really helpful
my pleasure, happy to help
Amazing!
Is there a way to link from the original quote to the note containing the block quote? Right now this is only linking the block quote back to the original.
I get you, I don't think it's currently possible. For cases like this I use logseq
I have a course on it, if you want to check it out
courses.santiyounger.com/p/logseq
@@SantiYounger Thank you!!
Ty
thanks bro
Shout out to the helicopter in the background
Hahaha yeah, it was going back and forth for hours, so I thought it earned a shout out!
TIP : If you don't wana have weird identification numbers you use | at the end and type a custom name
When I click on the link, it does not go into that link . It just highlights the text instead of going into the ‘block” what should I do ?
make sure you are in preview mode when you click on the link. you can go in preview mode with ctrl e or cmd e (if you are in mac) or by clicking in the top right corner
If that doesn't work make sure the block was created correctly, and you are in the latest version of obsidian in settings > About > Check For updates
Thank you! I went into preview mode . That did the trick! Mac user
@@latoyasmith3581 awesome happy to help
Is there a way to hide the unique number or no?
with the latest Obsidian updates, it should only show up when you are editing that line. But apart from that there are no additional ways to hide it unfortunately
Blocks is awesome, do you have the CSS for clutter free mode to hide the hashes? i like not seeing them :)
definetly man, they are amazing indeed! yeah, you mean the css for hiding headings #, or the one for hiding the blocks syntax?
@@SantiYounger i mean i have both, but i was referring specifically to the block hashes when you make a reference so you only see the '^' at the referenced area :)
@@BryanJenks got you! Yeah I saw it somewhere but didn't add it to my obsidian.css do you have the link to that one?
@@SantiYounger here it is! discord.com/channels/686053708261228577/716028884885307432/769267134114037871
@@BryanJenks awesome thanks man!!
Can you change the text that appears on the link? instead of showing the whole title, just show "entrepreneur" for example.
^ symbol is called a caret
thanks, you are right!!
Hello, can someone please help me? I have a unique use case where I am trying to organize many cross-reffernces in a hour long talk I am trying to give, where there are many call back to previous comments, some get reminded 3,4,5,even 8 times as it goes, and I am trying to use Obsidian to make it easier, but not sure exactly how to go about using its features optimally.
Example: lets say I am 45 mins into my talk, and it's time to remind the audience of particular points made earlier that really round out and send home the bigger point, I dont want to just copy, copy,copy the same blurbs, because then it gets messy. I want to be able to see at a glance, EXACT blocks (paragraphs) from prior moments all in one page.
Not sure I am gauging the value of tags vs links vs block links or how to use blocks links to compliment what my intention is. By the end of the talk, there will be something like over 50 cross-reffernces all tied together in one impressive knot. What do you think would be the best way to achieve this? Thank you
Hey, I get you. I do think this block reference feature in Obsidian would work for that case. But to be honest they are not as easy to use as other apps. For this particular case I highly recommend Logseq or Roam. There you can click `alt/option` drag the block you need to reference into a new section. And it works great that way
Hope that helps
@@SantiYounger wasn't expecting to hear "use something else" haha, but ok, thank you.
@@rickywheels3661I get you. I believe that it's better to adapt to "the right tool for the right job" instead of always trying to force one tool to do it all.
In your particular case Roam research or Logseq is what I would use for that project. without having to move everything else out of Obsidian, that's why I use several apps for different purposes
Hope that's helpful
Don't you know how to change the colors of nodes in Obsidian?
Is there a way to link multiple blocks in one link and typing an alias with it?
Hey I don't think that's currently possible to be honest
@@SantiYounger thanks for replying so quick! Would it be possible to link several blocks within the same note though?
@@jahdielmartinez6300 hey my pleasure, yeah that it totally possible
@@SantiYounger I can’t figure out how! I’m new to obsidian and the markdown world.
@@jahdielmartinez6300 I get you, I have my online course which could help,
courses.santiyounger.com/p/obsidian
however I haven't covered this particular topic yet, but I do explain markdown and a lot of basic concepts to get comfortable in Obsidian.
If not you can ask for help in the obsidian forums, they are really useful
Best of luck!
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I don't like how the link looks. I should be able to do [Text of link]([[link^1223d]]) and it should work as a link with "Text to link". But it absolutely does not work
if I understood correctly you just need an alias, try this format [[link^123 | Text of Link]] more info here help.obsidian.md/How+to/Add+aliases+to+note
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