New Obsidian Plugin: Avoid Chaotic Tag Pane and Highlight Important Tags
During the weekend, I developed a plugin Tag Index for creating a curated list of important tags to serve as meaningful entry points to your knowledge base.
Why Tag Index?
The default Obsidian tag pane can quickly become overwhelming for several reasons:
Tag Overload: As your vault grows, so does your tag list, creating visual chaos and making it difficult to find important tags
External Syncing: When syncing notes from external tools, unnecessary tags can clutter your tag pane
No Prioritization: The default tag pane treats all tags equally, with no way to highlight your most important ones
Limited Entry Points: Methods like the Zettelkasten (slip-box) require clear entry points to your knowledge system, which a cluttered tag pane can't provide
Inefficient Navigation: While you can click tags in the default pane to search for them, this workflow isn't optimized for frequent access
Tag Index solves these problems by giving you a dedicated space for the tags that matter most to you, with improved organization and navigation features.
Features
Tag Index solves the problem of tag overload by giving you a dedicated space for your most important tags:
Curated Tag Collection: Create a personalized list of your most important tags separate from Obsidian's default tag pane
Multiple Addition Methods: Add tags from the editor, default tag pane, or more in the future
Visual Organization: Rearrange tags via intuitive drag and drop
Quick Note Access: Click any tag to instantly see all notes using that tag
Content Preview: Hover over note names to preview their content without opening them
Customizable Behavior: Choose whether new tags are added to the top or bottom of your list
It has now been submitted to the community plugin store and is currently under review. Welcome to test it and provide feedback!