Joplin Persistent Editor Layout

Persistent Editor Layout is a plugin to extend the UX of Joplin's desktop application.

It allows to persist the editor layout for each note separately with custom tags.

> :warning: CAUTION - Requires Joplin v1.8.2 or newer

Features

- Persist the editor layout (editor / split view / viewer / rich text) for each note separately
- Ability to specify custom tags to force a specific layout
- Persisted layout is synced across (desktop) devices, if the plugin is installed

Installation

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- Open Joplin and navigate to Tools > Options > Plugins
- Search for the plugin name and press install
- Restart Joplin to enable the plugin

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- Download the latest released JPL package (*.jpl) from here
- Open Joplin and navigate to Tools > Options > Plugins
- Press Install plugin and select the previously downloaded jpl file
- Confirm selection
- Restart Joplin to enable the plugin

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- Open Joplin and navigate to Tools > Options > Plugins
- Search for the plugin name and press Delete to remove the plugin completely
- Alternatively you can also disable the plugin by clicking on the toggle button
- Restart Joplin

Usage

To persist the layout for a note follow these steps:

1. Specify the tags for which a specific layout should be used.

- To do this, go to the plugin's settings/options page and add the tags to the settings.

- An example configuration could like this:

!layout-tags-config

1. Make sure that the correct value is selected in View > Layout button sequence.

- To be able to use the layout switching correctly, this setting must be set accordingly. Otherwise the editor layout might not be switched to the expected one.

- For example: If a tag is specified in option Tags for editor layout mode: Rendered Markdown viewer and least one note uses it, the setting must also contain Viewer.

1. Add the appropriate tags to the notes. If not already done.

- When the selected note is changed, the editor layout is switched.

- If none of the selected note's tags matches a specified layout tag, the default layout from the option Default editor layout is used.

- If nothing is selected as default editor layout, the currently active editor layout will be kept.

- If more than one tag is specified for a note, the first matching one is used.

Commands

This plugin does not provide any commands.

User options

This plugin adds provides user options which can be changed via Tools > Options > Persistent Layout (Windows App).

Feedback

- :question: Need help?
- Ask a question on the Joplin Forum
- :bulb: An idea to improve or enhance the plugin?
- Start a new discussion on the Forum or upvote popular feature requests
- :bug: Found a bug?
- Check the Forum if anyone else already reported the same issue. Otherwise report it by yourself.

Support

You like this plugin as much as I do and it improves your daily work with Joplin?

Then I would be very happy if you buy me a :beer: or :coffee: via PayPal :wink:

Contributing

Contributions to this plugin are most welcome. Feel free to open a pull request or an issue.
Make sure to use conventional commit messages if you're creating a pull request.

Development

The npm package of the plugin can be found here.

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If you want to build the plugin by your own simply run npm run dist.

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To update the plugin framework, run npm run update.

Changes

See CHANGELOG for details.

License

Copyright (c) 2021 Benjamin Seifert

MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.