Obsidian Path Finder Plugin

Install

BRAT

1. Install Obsidian42-BRAT plugin.
2. Click Add new beta plugin and fill in jerrywcy/obsidian-path-finder.
3. Activate plugin.

Manually

1. Download obsidian-path-finder.zip from Releases.
2. Decompress the .zip file and put the folder obsidian-path-finder under path-to-your-vault/.obsidian/plugins/.
3. Activate plugin(Maybe require refreshing).

Feature

Find shortest path between two files

From: The file to start from. Use full path from vault root to the file.

To: The file to end with. Use full path from vault root to the file.

Find all paths between files as graph

From: The file to start from. Use full path from vault root to the file.

To: The file to end with. Use full path from vault root to the file.

Length: The maximum length of all paths. Often a path that is too long can be meaningless, so length limitation may be necessary. Set 0 to show all paths regardless of length. Setting length to 0 may lead to Obsidian crushing due to mass amount of nodes rendering if your vault is too big, so use at your own risk.

Paths shown in the floating panel will be sorted from the shortest to the longest. Each path will be calculated on button click, so no need to worry about crushing.

Find all paths

From: The file to start from. Use full path from vault root to the file.

To: The file to end with. Use full path from vault root to the file.

Length: The maximum length of all paths. Set 0 to show all paths regardless of length.

Paths will be sorted from the shortest to the longest. Each path will be calculated on button click, so no need to worry about crushing.

Attribution

• genericTextSuggester.ts and suggest.ts are taken from phibr0/obsidian-dictionary.
• d3ForceGraphWithLabels.tsis taken and adapted from examples in d3Gallery with their links below:
  • https://observablehq.com/@d3/force-directed-graph
  • https://observablehq.com/@d3/force-directed-graph-canvas
  • https://observablehq.com/@d3/mobile-patent-suits
  • https://observablehq.com/@d3/sticky-force-layout
  • https://observablehq.com/@d3/zoom
  • https://observablehq.com/@d3/temporal-force-directed-graph
  • These examples above follow ISC License with the copyright message below:
    • Copyright 2021 Observable, Inc.
    • Released under the ISC license.