Frontmatter Task Mgmt

Add status icons to your files automatically based on frontmatter status field. The plugin monitors your files in real-time and updates the icons as you change the status in your frontmatter.

See the icons on the obsidian file explorer. good for task management through file.

Features

• Automatically adds status icons based on frontmatter
• Supports multiple status values
• Updates in real-time
• Better to do task management through file and GTD

Screenshots

File Explorer

Settings

Usage

Add a status field to your file's frontmatter:

---
status: todo
---

Or multiple statuses:

---
status: [todo, important]
---

Available Status Icons

Status	Icon	Description
todo	🔲	Task to be done
incomplete	🟡	Work in progress
done	✅	Completed task
canceled	❌	Canceled or abandoned
forwarded	➡️	Forwarded or moved
scheduling	📅	Needs scheduling
question	❓	Needs clarification
important	⚠️	Important item
star	⭐	Starred item
quote	💬	Contains quotes
location	📍	Location-related
bookmark	🔖	Bookmarked information
information	ℹ️	Information note
savings	💰	Finance-related
idea	💡	Ideas or concepts
pros	👍	Positive points
cons	👎	Negative points
fire	🔥	Hot/Urgent
key	🔑	Key information
win	🏆	Achievement
up	⬆️	Increasing/Growing
down	⬇️	Decreasing/Declining

Installation

Community Plugin (Recommended)

1. Open Obsidian Settings
2. Go to Community Plugins and disable Safe Mode
3. Click Browse and search for "Frontmatter Task Mgmt"
4. Install and enable the plugin

Manual Installation

1. Download main.js, styles.css, and manifest.json from the latest release
2. Copy these files to your vault's .obsidian/plugins/frontmatter-status-icons/ directory

Development

Prerequisites

• NodeJS v16 or higher
• npm or yarn

Quick Start

1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Start development build:

   npm run dev

Building

For production build:

 npm run build

Code Quality

Run ESLint to check code quality:

npm run lint

Support

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions:

1. Check the GitHub Issues to see if it's already reported
2. If not, create a new issue with:
   • Obsidian version
   • Plugin version
   • Steps to reproduce
   • Expected vs actual behavior

Requirements

• Obsidian v0.15.0 or higher

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.