**Created**:: [[2022-02-27 Sunday]] **Link**:: https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM **Duration**:: 6:21  # Summary In this video, the presenter introduces the new version 1.6.16 of Obsidian Excalidraw, highlighting the key features of the updated tools panel. The tools panel improves user accessibility by providing quick access to commands and scripts, along with new functionality for mobile devices and sticky notes. Additional updates include SVG export with links and fixes for better performance, particularly for Mac users. # Key Takeaways - The new tools panel offers easy access to command palette actions and installed scripts directly from the toolbar. - Users can now resize sticky notes while adjusting the text size by holding down the shift key. - SVG exports now include links, enhancing the functionality of the exported content. - Mobile users can enjoy a full screen mode and improved tooltip access. - There are important performance fixes, especially for Mac users, regarding object dragging. # Content Welcome to this quick demonstration of Obsidian Excalidraw 1.6.16. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=0) The flagship new feature in this version is the tools panel; you can access it by clicking the Obsidian icon in the toolbar. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=2) On the panel, you will find actions from the command palette, the more options menu, and each of your installed scripts from the Excalidraw scripts library will get an icon here. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=6) If you want to run one of the actions, you can simply click on it, like here to search for a text. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=11) The search for text is then executed; it's quite straightforward about handling this panel. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=14) You can see that I can drag the panel wherever I want to put it, and if I single click on the top, then the panel will collapse. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=16) Another single click will open the panel again. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=18) When you're on a mobile device, you should press and hold the top of the panel and then drag; otherwise, you're going to be activating the Obsidian slide-in menus. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=22) By the way, this is also a feature—so if you're using it on a mobile device, you can swipe on the tools panel and that will open up the command palette and the slide-in panels. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=28) Each of the buttons on the panel has a tooltip, and each of the buttons for the scripts has the name of the script. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=38) If you want to see the tooltip on a mobile device, you should long press on the button; then the tooltip will appear. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=40) Also speaking about mobile devices, the new feature is that I have full screen mode now working on a mobile device. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=43) You can activate full screen by pressing this button, and then you can collapse or close full screen with the same button. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=46) To have all of these icons for your scripts, you will need to re-install the scripts from the script library. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=50) All you need to do is click here, open up the script library, and scroll down. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=53) Right now, I have all the scripts installed, but you will see the green buttons here that you can press to re-install the scripts. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=56) So, that's about the tools panel. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=60) The other new feature here is something by the Excalidraw theme, and that is the scaling sticky notes. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=63) Until now, when I had a sticky note and I was scaling it, the text size remained the same and the size of the sticky note changed. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=66) Now, if I hold down the shift key while I resize, you can see that the text size increases with the movement. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=70) The other feature I want to highlight here is the SVG export. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=74) Now, if you create an SVG export, that export is going to include links, enabling you to export image maps as well. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=77) You will notice that I have an integrated release notes window that pops up when you start a new version of Excalidraw. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=80) If you don't want this, you can go to settings and simply disable this feature. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=83) This is the very first feature on the Excalidraw settings tab, and if you want to read the release notes at a later time, you can always open up the tools panel and click on the release notes button, and then the release note window will pop up. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=86) There are a couple of fixes in this release, and I believe there are two important fixes; I think the shift drag is the most important one. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=90) On Mac, I understand that Apple doesn't want you to use the control or command button while dragging because that reserves some Mac-specific features. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=94) Now, you can hold down the shift button and drop the object, and then the image or the file will be embedded. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=96) So, the shift drag solves this problem on Macs. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=98) Additionally, I made some small performance improvements based on the feedback about the search performance. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=100) I think it's not that important to detail out what those changes were. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=104) Finally, if you're a developer and you develop scripts, this feature about the icons is useful: you can see that this script doesn't have an icon, but all of these scripts have. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=106) What you need to do to have an icon for a script is to create an SVG file with exactly the same name as your script but with an SVG extension instead of an MD extension. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=110) For example, add a link to an existing file, and open this is the script itself, and this is the icon—it's a transparent icon. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=113) If you're interested, you can look at the icons from the script store to learn how these icons work. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=115) So, that's my quick summary of the new features in Obsidian Excalidraw 1.6.16. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=118) I hope you like them, and please let me know if you have any feedback or if there are any features that you would like to see developed in the future. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=121) Thank you. [* ](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=124) # YouTube Details ## YouTube Description If you find the plugin and/or my videos helpful, please say thanks by buying me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/zsolt If you'd like to request a feature or report a bug, please raise it on GitHub: https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin If you want to connect, you can reach me (@zsviczian) in the Obsidian Members Group (OMG) on Discord or on Twitter. Links: --------- My blog: https://zsolt.blog/ Obsidian: https://obsidian.md Excalidraw-Obsidian 1.6.16 release notes: https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/1.6.16 ## YouTube Transcript [welcome to this quick demonstration of](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=0) [obsidian x colidro 1.6.16](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=2) [the flagship new feature in this version](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=6) [is the tools panel you can access it by](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=8) [clicking the obsidian icon in the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=11) [toolbar](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=13) [on the panel you will find actions from](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=14) [the command palette from the more](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=16) [options menu and also each of your](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=18) [installed scripts from the x color draw](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=22) [scripts library will get an icon here if](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=24) [you want to run one of the actions you](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=28) [can simply click on it like here to](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=30) [search for a text](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=32) [and](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=34) [the search for text is then executed](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=35) [it's quite straightforward](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=38) [about handling this panel so you can see](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=40) [that i can drag the panel wherever i](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=43) [want to](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=46) [put it as well as if i single click on](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=47) [the top then the panel will collapse](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=50) [and another single click will open the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=53) [panel](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=55) [when you're on a mobile device](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=56) [you should](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=59) [press and hold the top of the panel and](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=61) [then drag otherwise you're going to be](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=64) [activating the obsidian slide-in menus](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=67) [by the way this is also a feature](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=70) [so if you're using it on a mobile device](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=73) [you can swipe on the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=76) [tools panel and that is going to open up](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=79) [the command palette and the slide in](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=81) [panels](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=83) [each of the buttons on the panel has a](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=86) [tooltip also each of the buttons for the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=89) [scripts has the name of the script](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=92) [if you want to see the tooltip on a](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=95) [mobile device then you should long press](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=98) [on the button and by long pressing the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=102) [button at the bottom of the screen the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=104) [tooltip will appear so you have access](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=107) [to the tooltips on your mobile device as](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=110) [well](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=113) [also speaking about mobile devices](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=115) [the new feature is that i have](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=118) [full screen mode now working on a mobile](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=122) [device you can activate full screen](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=124) [by pressing this button and then you can](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=127) [collapse or close full screen with the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=130) [same button](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=132) [to have all of these icons for your](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=135) [scripts you will need to](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=138) [re-install the scripts from the script](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=140) [library so all you need to do is you'll](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=142) [need to click here open up the script](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=145) [library and scroll down right now i have](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=147) [all the scripts installed but you will](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=150) [see the green buttons here that you can](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=152) [press to re-install the scripts](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=155) [so that's about the tools panel the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=163) [other new feature here is something by](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=166) [the x call it raw theme and that is the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=168) [scaling sticky notes so until now when i](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=171) [had a sticky note and i was scaling it](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=175) [then the text size remained the same and](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=177) [the size of the sticky note changed](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=180) [now if i hold down the shift while i](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=183) [resize then you can see](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=186) [that the text](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=188) [increases or the text size increases](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=190) [with the movement](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=193) [the other feature i want to highlight](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=196) [here](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=198) [is the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=199) [svg export so now if you create an svg](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=200) [export](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=204) [then that export](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=205) [is going to include](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=207) [links](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=209) [in the export so you can export image](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=210) [maps](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=213) [as well you will notice](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=214) [that i have an integrated release notes](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=216) [window that pops up when you start a new](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=219) [version of xcode](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=222) [raw](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=224) [if you don't want this you can go to](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=226) [settings and you can simply disable this](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=228) [feature this is the very first](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=231) [feature on the xcode raw settings tab](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=234) [and also if you want to read the release](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=238) [notes at a later time you can always](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=241) [open up the tools panel and here you can](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=243) [click on the release notes button and](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=246) [then the release note window will pop up](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=249) [and then there are a couple of fixes in](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=254) [this release](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=256) [and there are two](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=257) [important fixes i think the shift drag](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=259) [is the most important one so](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=262) [on mac i understand that apple doesn't](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=265) [want](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=269) [you to use the control button or the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=270) [command button while dragging because](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=273) [that's reserves for some mac specific](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=275) [feature so now you can also hold down](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=278) [the shift button and drop the object and](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=281) [then the image is going to be or the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=284) [file is going to be embedded so now the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=287) [shift drag](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=290) [solves this problem on macs](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=291) [and as well i did some small performance](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=294) [improvement i had some feedback about](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=298) [the search performance so i made some](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=300) [changes to the file format i think it is](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=303) [not that important to detail out what](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=305) [that was](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=309) [and finally i just want to let you know](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=311) [if you're a developer and you develop](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=313) [scripts](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=316) [the way the](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=317) [icons work here so you can see that this](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=318) [i this script](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=321) [doesn't have an icon but all of these](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=323) [scripts have so what you need to do to](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=325) [have an icon for a script is to have an](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=328) [svg file with exactly the same name as](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=331) [your script but with an svg extension](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=334) [instead of an md extension so for](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=338) [example add link to existing file and](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=341) [open this is the script itself and this](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=344) [is the icon it's a transparent icon and](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=348) [i think if you're interested you can](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=352) [look at the icons from the script store](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=355) [to learn how these icons work](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=358) [so that's my quick summary](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=361) [of the new features in obsidian x call](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=363) [it raw](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=366) [1.6.16](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=368) [i hope you like them](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=369) [and please let me know if you have any](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=371) [feedback or if there are any features](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=374) [that you would like to develop](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=376) [in the future](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=378) [thank you](https://youtu.be/gMIKXyhS-dM?t=379)