# Base Board **Base Board** is an interactive, property-driven Kanban board view for [Obsidian Bases](https://obsidian.md). It allows you to organize your notes into visual columns based on any property in your frontmatter, providing a seamless drag-and-drop experience for managing tasks and structured data.  ## Key Features - **Property-Based Columns**: Instantly generate columns from any frontmatter property. - **Intuitive Drag & Drop**: Move cards between columns to update their properties automatically, and reorder cards within a column. - **Inline Power**: Rename cards or column titles directly on the board. - **Native Editing Modal**: Open any card into a fully-functional Obsidian editor floating directly over your workspace. - **Rich Cards**: View key metadata fields as chips on each card for a quick overview. - **Configurable Card Title**: Set `cardTitleProperty: note.title` in your `.base` file to use a frontmatter property (e.g. `title`) as the card heading instead of the filename. - **Tags**: Color-coded tag chips on cards with a clickable filter bar to narrow the board by tag. - **Hover Preview**: Native note previews on hover (uses the **Page preview** core plugin). - **One-Click Creation**: Add new notes directly to a specific column without leaving the board view. - **Data First**: All changes are written directly to your Markdown files. ## Usage Open the **Command palette** (`Ctrl/Cmd + P`) and run **"Base Board: Create new board"**. Enter a name, choose a folder, and the plugin will scaffold everything for you — a `.base` file, a tasks folder, and sample task notes. The board opens automatically. ### Card Navigation & Selection By default, card interaction respects native Obsidian conventions: * **Click:** Open the card's note in the active tab / pane. * **Ctrl/Cmd + Click:** Open the note in a new tab. * **Ctrl/Cmd + Alt + Click** (or **Cmd + Option + Click** on macOS): Open the note to the side in a split pane. * **Alt / Option + Click:** Toggle selection of a card (for bulk actions or dragging). * **Shift + Click:** Select a range of cards. You can customize the default click behavior (e.g. to always open in a floating modal, split pane, or new tab) via the board toolbar under the view options menu. ## Installation ### From Obsidian Community Plugins Search for **Base Board** in the Obsidian Community Plugins browser and click **Install**, or view the plugin directly on the [Obsidian Community Plugins directory](https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/base-board). ### Using BRAT 1. Install the [BRAT](https://github.com/TfTHacker/obsidian42-brat) plugin. 2. Go to **Settings → BRAT → Add Beta Plugin**. 3. Enter `mderazon/obsidian-base-board` and click **Add Plugin**. ## Development 1. Clone this repo. 2. Run `npm install`. 3. Run `npm run dev` to start the build process in watch mode. ## License This plugin is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).