Designed for heavy user of Obsidian Canvas.

This Obsidian plugin enhances Canvas functionality by automatically managing node connections and synchronizing them with note properties.

When you edit in Canvas, the plugin automatically tracks relationships by adding properties named after the canvas file to your notes.

Most importantly, creating edges in Canvas establishes connections visible in the Graph View through markdown links.

• Based on this demo:
  1. Node addition: When a note is added to the canvas, the plugin generates a 'canvas' property with a link to its corresponding canvas file.
  2. Edge addition: Creating an edge in the Canvas generates a link to the target note within a property named after the canvas file (e.g., 'Canvas 1'), where the property name is derived from the canvas file name without its '.canvas' extension.
  3. Node Focusing: Upon clicking a link to a .canvas file from a note, the system automatically focuses and zooms to the associated node in the canvas.

Note 1: All Canvas-related properties will be added when this plugin is enabled, and all properties added by this plugin will be removed upon disabling it.

Note 2: If you delete or rename a .canvas or Markdown file, all associated properties will also be updated.

• Automated Property Synchronization
  • Automatically creates properties in source notes when editing in Canvas
  • Properties are named after the canvas file to track relationships
  • Supports file nodes, nested Canvas files (.canvas), images, PDFs, and any content that can be represented as markdown links
    • Text nodes (cards) are not supported as they cannot be represented as markdown links
• Shortest Path Optimization for node connections
• Bidirectional Link Management between Canvas and note content

• Adjust edges with shortest path
  • Adjusts edges between selected nodes using shortest path
• Delete edges between selected nodes
  • Removes all edges between selected nodes
• Add edges according the links in notes
  • Automatically creates edges between selected nodes based on links within notes
• Remove the property of all nodes in current Canvas
  • Removes properties from all nodes in the current Canvas

• Add edges according the links in notes
  • Automatically establishes connections based on existing markdown links in notes
  • It integrates Adjust edges with shortest path
    • Optimizes edge paths in Canvas for minimal distance
  • Supports all node types (text nodes, group nodes, images, nested Canvases, etc.)

Search for "Enhanced Canvas" in the community plugins and install it. Once enabled, it automatically adds all properties to existing .canvas files.

All contributions are welcome!

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