Dynamic Views

Elegant grid and masonry card views for Bases.

Features

• Display note images as thumbnails, covers, posters, or card backdrops
• Slide through images
• Open images in full screen
• Show text previews from note content
• Wrap long titles
• Scroll long properties horizontally
• Hide menus when scrolling on phone
• Customize everything

Extras

• Position card images on top, bottom, left or right of text
• Position property names above, inline, or hide them
• Display properties stacked or side-by-side
• Select and copy card text
• Configure default view settings
• Fold sections when grouping by property
• Interactive checkbox properties
• Full keyboard navigation
• “Open URL ↗” card button
• “Open random file” and “Shuffle view” ribbon buttons
• Apply CSS snippets to individual views

And numerous other quality‑of‑life improvements over the default Bases card view.

Integrations

• Reveal files, folders and tags in Notebook Navigator
• Show YouTube thumbnails
• Show Auto Card Link or Link Embed images

Perfect for

• Image galleries
• Mood boards
• Media libraries
• Everyday notes
• Web Clipper

Installation

NOTE: The plugin is in beta — things can break, or change drastically between releases. Please ensure your vault is regularly backed up.

Until Dynamic Views appears in the plugin directory, to install it:

1. Download and enable the BRAT plugin.
2. Install via BRAT.
3. Select “Add plugin”.

Install manually

Note: To get updates for Dynamic Views, you will have to check for and install them manually.

1. Download manifest.json, main.js and styles.css from the Assets of the latest release.
2. Open the vault folder in the system file manager.
3. Navigate to your Obsidian config folder (.obsidian by default, hidden on most OSes).
4. Navigate to the plugins folder.
5. Create a folder titled dynamic-views.
6. Place the three files you downloaded in the new folder.
7. Reload plugins or app.
8. Enable Dynamic Views in Obsidian settings → Community plugins → Installed plugins.

Support

• Have a question? Start a discussion.
• Have a feature request or found a bug? Open an issue.
• Contributors welcome.

Credits

The theme in the screenshots is Cupertino.