All notable changes to the Pixel Banner plugin will be documented in this file.
- Color Picker Reset button for Folder Images tab (only applies if Inline Titles are enabled in Obsidian Settings)
- Display the correct color in the Color Picker for Inline Titles when the control is reset
- Color Picker for Inline Titles
- Only applied if Inline Titles are enabled in Obsidian Settings:
Appearance>Show inline title
- Can be defined on the General, Custom Field Names, and Folder Images tabs
- Only applied if Inline Titles are enabled in Obsidian Settings:
- Fixed overaggressive banner API refresh when editor content changed
- Fixed Pexels API key test
- Option to Hide Pixel Banner property fields from displaying when in Reading Mode
- Option to Hide the Property Section from displaying in Reading Mode if the only fields are Pixel Banner fields
- Event listener to update banner when note frontmatter is updated via Obsidian's Property Menu
- Banner image not updating when image is replaced
- Banner image overlapping with note content
- Banner image impacting absolute-positioned and floated elements
- Unsplash API support
- Flickr API support
- Random API provider selection
- fix Note properties z-index
- Fix z-index issue with banner image
- Fix issue when Note elements have "css float" applied (content being pushed down)
- Content Start and Y Position inheritance issues
- Fixed issue where the Pin and Refresh Icons would sometimes display on notes without banners
- Fixed caching issue where banners from notes viewed previously would display on new/other notes
- Added command palette commands for Pin and Refresh actions
- Commands are contextually available based on current note and settings
- Added Fuzzy Suggest Modal for Folder Selection when Pinning a Banner Image
- Pin and Refresh Icons are now semi-transparent unless hovered over as to not be too distracting
- Removed Pin and Refresh Icons from showing in Embedded Notes
- Added a Refresh Icon that appears next to the pin icon for random API images
- Click the refresh icon (🔄) to instantly fetch a new random image
- Enable/Disable the Refresh Icon in Settings (dependent on Pin Icon being enabled)
- Scroll the pin icon with note content
- When "Pinning" an image, the plugin now waits for potential a rename/move of the file to the local vault before updating the note frontmatter
- "Pinnings" now correctly updates note frontmatter to use local image when saving if the note didn't already have a banner field
- Note frontmatter now updated to allow for keywords separated by commas when using API (allowing for more random variety per note)
Folder Imageskeywords input now supports multiple keywords separated by commas (allowing for more random variety per folder)
- Issue where a defined "Folder Images" path of root
/was not being respected
- Description message in settings not appearing correctly
- Pin Icon Feature: Save API images to your vault
- Click the pin icon (📌) to save random banner images locally
- Choose custom filenames when saving
- Automatically updates note frontmatter to use local image
- Configure save location in settings
- Orphaned Pins Cleanup: New utility to remove unused pinned images
- Clean up button in settings
- Safely moves unused images to trash
- Checks all custom banner field names
- API Test Buttons: Added "Test API" buttons for both Pexels and Pixabay API keys
- Instantly verify if your API keys are valid
- Visual feedback with success/failure notifications
- Prevents invalid API key submissions
- Settings UI: Fixed issue with callout text visibility when inputs have focus
- Border Radius: Customize the corner radius of banner images (0-100 pixels; default 17)
- Global default setting
- Folder-specific override
- Per-note override via frontmatter
- New custom field names for border radius
- Updated examples to showcase border radius options
- Banner Height: Customize the height of banner images (100-2500 pixels; default 350)
- Global default setting
- Folder-specific override
- Per-note override via frontmatter
- Banner Fade Effect: Control the fade transparency (-1500 to 100)
- Global default setting
- Folder-specific override
- Per-note override via frontmatter
- New custom field names for banner height and fade effect
- Updated settings interface with slider controls for fade effect
- Direct Children Only option for Folder Images
- Enable this option to apply the banner settings only to the direct children of the specified folder, excluding subfolders.
- Improved settings UI with better organization of controls
- Enhanced visual feedback for settings changes
- Updated examples to showcase new banner height and fade options
- Fixed issue where banner image was not being displayed if it was an interal link not wrapped in quotes
- Fixed issue where the banner image z-index was overlapping the properties block
- Fixed issue with Obsidian's virtual DOM removing the banner image and causing image flicker
- Multiple custom field names: Users can now define multiple names for each frontmatter field
- Comma-separated field name definitions in settings
- Validation to prevent duplicate field names across all settings
- Validation to prevent spaces within individual field names
- Enhanced settings UI with clearer instructions for multiple field names
- Updated examples in the settings tab to randomly showcase different field name options
- Custom field names are now stored as arrays instead of single strings
- Improved validation feedback when entering invalid field names
- Updated documentation to reflect multiple field name support
- Rebrand to Pixel Banner
- Add support for Pixabay API
- Save and switch between API providers in settings
- Add Banner Image Display options: cover, contain, and auto
- Allow Image Repeat when "contain" is selected
- Updated settings interface
- Fixed issue where banner images were not being displayed in embedded notes
- Content Start Position: Allow users to set a custom start position for content below the banner image
- New setting in the plugin configuration for Content Start Position
- Frontmatter field
content-start-positionto override the global setting on a per-note basis - Added compatibility with Obsidian's lasted version release 1.7.2+ (deferred views)
- Embedding notes with banner images is currently not supported, but will be in a future release
- Folder-specific banner images: Set default banner images for entire folders
- Folder selection dialog: Improved UX for selecting folder paths in settings
- Automatic settings application: Changes in settings are now immediately applied to all open notes
- Reset button for default keywords: Added ability to reset default keywords to original values
- Improved settings layout: Reorganized settings for better clarity and ease of use
- Enhanced API key description: Clarified when the Pexels API key is required
- Updated default keywords: Expanded the list of default keywords for more variety
- Improved input field layouts: API key and Default keywords inputs now span full width
- Cache invalidation: Resolved issues with cached images not updating when settings changed
- Custom field names feature: Users can now customize the frontmatter field names for the banner and Y-position.
- New settings in the plugin configuration to set custom field names.
- Reset buttons for each custom field name setting.
- Validation to ensure custom field names are unique.
- Updated the
updateBannerandhandleMetadataChangemethods to work with custom field names. - Improved documentation in README.md to explain the new custom field names feature.
- Added new properties to the
DEFAULT_SETTINGSobject for custom field names. - Modified the
PexelsBannerSettingTabclass to include new settings for custom field names. - Implemented validation logic to prevent duplicate field names.
- Support for local images from the vault.
- Support for Obsidian internal links to images.
- Improved error handling and logging.
- Initial release of the Pixel Banner plugin.
- Fetch and display banner images from Pexels based on keywords.
- Support for direct image URLs.
- Customizable image size and orientation.
- Adjustable vertical position of the banner image.
- Default keywords for when no specific keyword is provided.