[Bug]: It's not working..

[Reno0vacio]

Describe the bug

Simply doesn't work. I installed and enabled it, but it doesn't work in either the "environment" or anywhere else. It simply creates a "quoted block".

Tabout 1.0.0 version Obsidian 1.4.14

Relevant errors (if available)

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Steps to reproduce

Install the plugin..

Expected Behavior

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Addition context

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Operating system

Windows

[Mara-Li]

I have the same issue

[vishae]

When I first installed the plugin, I also noticed that none of the pre-existing rules worked.

But try the following steps:

1. Type placeholder into your document
2. Put the cursor somewhere within the word "placeholder"
3. Run the command “Add Rule for this Environment”.
4. Type "**" in the "Characters" field.
5. Click "Add this Rule"

You will find that tabout now works with the ** ** environment. Repeat that with all the other environments you want to tabout of (eg. [], [[]], strong, em)

Note: Always type some words between the open and closing characters otherwise tabout might use the wrong environment.

[Reno0vacio]

@vishae Thank you, but i tried, and yes.. it works with the ** but that's it.. It doesn't work with any of the other: "", [], [[]], `, symbols..

[vishae]

@Reno0vacio For the "", did you add the other symbols to your rule?

Example.

For the [] and [[]], you need rules that points to "formatting_formatting-link_hmd-barelink_link" and "formatting-link_formatting-link-start" environments respectively.

But it's easier to create those rules using the steps I mentioned above (ie. type [placeholder] in your editor, have the cursor in the world "placeholder" and run the command, “Add Rule for this Environment”)

Let me know how you go.

[TamingTheMammoth]

@vishae, care to share your .obsidian/plugins/tabout/data.json config file? There are so many environments and it’s hard to configure them all.

[Mara-Li]

Will lvoe a sharing file!

[vishae]

@TamingTheMammoth sure data.json

[Homoe-hs]

This is really helpful, thx :D

[notuntoward]

I have the same problem as @Reno0vacio. After I tried @vishae's data.json, it was still the same. Tabout worked only for ** **, and made a quoted block for anything else.

[Sprocketer]

I have the same problem as @Reno0vacio. After I tried @vishae's data.json, it was still the same. Tabout worked only for ** **, and made a quoted block for anything else.

same @vishae - what do your obsidian hotkeys look like?

[vishae]

hey @notuntoward and @Sprocketer, instead of using my data.json file, I suggest you follow the instructions I provided on the 17th Nov and 22nd Nov to build your own rules/data.json.

Environments change when Obsidian updates their code or depending on the theme you're using. As such, my data.json file may not work for you.

As a refresher:

1. Go to the document in Obsidian with the ** ** or " " or whatever you want to tab out of
2. Place your cursor within the ** ** or " " or whatever
3. Activate Command Palette (default hotkey is Cmd/Win+P)
4. Find the Tabout command, "Add Rule for this Environment" and click on it
5. In the "Characters" field, type in ** or " or ) or whatever closing character you want
6. Click "Add this Rule" when you're done

You would need to create one of these for every set of characters (eg. " ", ' ', ( ), [ ], [[ ]]) you want to tab out of. You also need to create a set of those rules for every "environment" you want the rules to activate (explanation of what "environment" is below).

Instead of creating them all in one go, I suggest only creating them as you need.

If you open the Tabout settings, you will see the existing rules you have:

Clicking "Edit" will show you details about the rules:

If you followed the above instructions in just a plain document, most likely your first "environment" is "document". What this means is if you want to tab out of a header in your document, for example: ## This is a header (and I want to tabout of the brackets) then you'll need to put your cursor within the brackets in the header and follow the instructions above. You'll need a separate set of rules for H1, H2, H3 etc.

It may seem like a lot of work, but you'll find you only need to use these for a handful of environments, and you only need to redo this if there's been a major change in Obsidian.

Note 1: This doesn't work for list environments. If you tab in a list, the list would just indent instead of tabbing out. I mean, I would love it if it tabbed out of the () or whatever first and then indent, but the plugin doesn't seem that smart.

Note 2: For the internal links [] [[]], in my post on the 22nd Nov, I mentioned the environments "formatting_formatting-link_hmd-barelink_link" and "formatting-link_formatting-link-start" respectively. Do not use these, as they have changed in Obsidian. Just follow my instructions above to create them, the plugin will automatically discover the environment you need.

[Sprocketer]

@vishae Got it done last night - a bit annoying that you can't set rules for all headers / all indents of unordered lists but it works I guess

[notuntoward]

Thanks, @vishae, for the meticulous tips.