observablehq
Feature request: My own snippets / cells collection
I want to better use cells across notebooks. Without knowing a lot about how the cells work or how to import.
Describe the solution you'd like
I have a cell I want to reuse. I drag the cell over to the right onto a clipboard or "saved cells" icon. Or I choose "save cell" in a dropdown menu on the cell. Now that cell is available to any other notebook I can edit. The cell could be from any notebook that allows cells to be shared. Not just my own.
Now I go into another notebook. I click on the clipboard icon and see a list of all the cells I've "stored". I drag one into my notebook and it gets included / embedded just like if I had done it manually. Or I choose "add cell" from the "+" menu and choose a cell I saved.
Describe alternatives you've considered right now you have to know a lot about Observable to understand that you even CAN do this
Additional context Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.
Right now you can simply "copy import":
The ask may be to add "save import to 'my cells'" where 'my cells' is a named collection of cells. In another notebook you can then just "paste" right now, but the ask would be now to have a "add import from 'my cells'" which brings up a dropdown of addable cells. Clicking one does what 'paste' would do right now - puts the import code into a cell.
