**Created**:: [[2023-01-15 Sunday]] **Link**:: https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg **Duration**:: 4:45 ![Obsidian-Excalidraw 1.8.10 - Quality of Life improvements](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg) # Summary In this video, the presenter discusses the latest release of Excalidraw for Obsidian, which introduces several quality of life improvements. Key features include grouping downloaded scripts for easier access and the addition of a helpful export image dialog. These updates aim to enhance user experience and functionality within the application. # Key Takeaways - New splash screen provides useful links upon opening an empty drawing. - Users can now group downloaded scripts into categories for better organization. - A new export image dialog allows for customizable image exports, including options for padding, scale, and background settings. # Content Hey everyone, the newest release of Excalidraw for Obsidian comes with some quality of life improvements, starting with the splash screen. When you open an empty drawing, you will find some useful links here that I recommend you explore. I think the most important improvement is with the tools panel, which now allows you to group downloaded actions or scripts into groups, making it easier to find them. Let me show you how this works. [* ](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=0) So here, I have my downloaded scripts, and you can see that I already have a group for colors and one for pen magic. Let me show you how to go about this. First of all, you need to find where your downloaded scripts are. You can do that by going to the Excalidraw plugin settings, and here under Excalidraw automate script folder, you can look for Excalidraw scripts, and your downloaded scripts are going to be here in the downloaded folder. So let's open that folder here on the left-hand side. [* ](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=20) If I come here, you can already see that I have my downloaded folder there. Let me increase the size so you can see it better. You can see my downloaded folder here, and let's say I want to create a new group for my text actions. Then I would create a new folder here and I would call this "text actions" like this. Afterward, I would move the items that I want to put in there. For example, "convert selected elements to Sticky Notes," this is it. So I'm going to hold down the ALT key, and I'm going to click on the two files. I need to click on the markdown file and the SVG file. [* ](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=45) Then I have some other scripts here as well. I think the setting "set link alias" is something that I would consider a text function, so I'm going to click here to set the link alias, and also I'm going to choose this "set split text by line." So now I have three scripts I want to move into my new group. I'm going to scroll up here and I'm going to drag this item and scroll up to the text actions. With that, I'm done. So now if you check the script, you can see that the text actions group was created. This way, you can group scripts, and they will still update when there's an update on the internet, so this is all good and very practical. [* ](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=80) The last improvement, or actually the last two improvements, are that I added a set of helpful actions to the hamburger menu here. Within this, you will find also this action—the export image dialog. Now I have this dialog that you can use to configure the image export. You can set the padding, the scale, the theme, and the background if you want. You can save these settings to this document, to this drawing, or if you want to keep the default settings, then you can leave this switch off, and this is only a one-time export setting. You can also choose to embed the scene. This means that when you drop this image into Excalidraw, it will extract the Excalidraw scene and you can continue to edit the drawing. However, if you don't have Excalidraw, then it will still be a PNG. You can choose to save the file to your Vault or to export the file from your Vault. [* ](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=160) Now, note that some of these actions are hidden when you're using this on a mobile or a tablet. For example, export outside your Vault doesn't work on a tablet, but on a desktop, you should see these options, and then you can click the button that you would like to perform. PNG to clipboard will not include the scene because when you paste the image, actually it will include the scene. But when you paste it to Excalidraw, that will not work that way. Now, I'm going to export this PNG file outside My Vault, and then I click export. You can see that my export dialog came up, and this is my downloads folder, so I can save the file to my downloads folder. [* ](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=240) So those are the updates in this newest release of Excalidraw for Obsidian. I hope you will find them useful. Thank you! [* ](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=276) # YouTube Details ## YouTube Description #excalidraw #obsidianmd Timestamps: [00:00](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=0) Intro [00:08](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=8) Splash screen with helpful links and tips [00:16](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=16) Group script in the Obsidian Tools Panel [02:43](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=163) Action shortcuts in the hamburger menu + improved help link [02:53](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=173) Image Export dialog ------- 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: --------- Visual Thinking Workshop: https://www.visual-thinking-workshop.com/ My blog: https://zsolt.blog/ Obsidian: https://obsidian.md Excalidraw-Obsidian 1.8.10 release notes: https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/1.8.10 --------- ## YouTube Transcript [hey everyone the newest release of](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=0) [excalator obsidian comes with some](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=2) [quality of life improvements starting](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=4) [with the splash screen when you open an](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=7) [empty drawing you will find some useful](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=9) [links here that I recommend you to](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=12) [explore I think the most important](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=14) [Improvement is with the tools panel now](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=16) [I allow you to group downloaded actions](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=20) [or scripts into groups so it's easier to](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=24) [find them let me show you how this works](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=26) [so here I have my downloaded scripts and](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=29) [you can see that I already have a group](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=32) [four colors and one for pen magic so let](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=34) [me show you how to go about this first](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=37) [of all you need to find where your](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=40) [downloaded scripts are](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=43) [you can do that by going to excalator](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=45) [plugin settings and here under excalator](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=48) [automate script folder you can look for](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=52) [excali draw scripts and your downloaded](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=54) [scripts are going to be here in the](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=57) [downloaded folder so let's open that](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=59) [folder here on the left hand side so if](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=63) [I come here you can already see that I](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=65) [have my downloaded folder there let me](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=69) [increase the size so you can see it](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=71) [better you can see my downloaded folder](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=74) [here and let's say I want to create a](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=77) [new group for my text actions then I](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=79) [would create a new folder here and I](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=83) [would call this text actions like this](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=85) [and then I would move the items that I](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=89) [want to put in there so for example](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=93) [convert selected elements to Sticky](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=94) [Notes](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=97) [this is it so I'm going to hold down the](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=99) [ALT key and I'm going to click on the](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=101) [two files so I need to click on the](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=104) [markdown file and on the SVG file and](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=107) [then I have some other scripts here as](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=110) [well I think the settling Alias is](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=112) [something that I would consider a text](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=116) [function so I'm going to click here set](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=118) [link alias](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=121) [and also I'm going to choose this set](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=123) [split text by line so now I have three](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=126) [scripts I want to move into my new group](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=129) [so I'm going to scroll up here and I'm](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=132) [going to drag this item and scroll up to](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=134) [the text actions and with that I'm done](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=138) [so now if you check the script you can](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=141) [see that the text actions group was](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=145) [created and this way you can group](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=148) [scripts and they will still update when](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=150) [there's an update on the internet so](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=154) [this is all good and I think very](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=156) [practical](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=158) [and then the last Improvement or](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=160) [actually the last two improvements are](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=163) [that I added a set of helpful actions to](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=165) [the hamburger menu here](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=169) [and within this you will find also this](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=172) [action the export image dialog and now I](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=175) [have this dialog that you can use to](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=179) [configure the image export you can set](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=183) [the padding the scale the theme the](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=186) [background if you want you can save](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=189) [these settings to this document to this](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=191) [drawing or if you want to keep the](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=195) [default settings then you can leave this](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=198) [switch off and then this is only a](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=200) [one-time export settings you can also](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=202) [choose to embed the scene this means](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=205) [that when you drop this image into](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=208) [excalator excellent row will extract the](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=211) [excaled row scene and you can continue](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=214) [to edit the drawing but if you don't](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=217) [have excalator then it still is going to](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=219) [be a PNG and you can choose to save the](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=221) [file to your Vault or to export the file](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=224) [from your Vault now note that some of](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=227) [these actions are hidden when you're](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=230) [using this on a mobile or a tablet](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=232) [because for example export outside your](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=234) [Vault doesn't work on a tablet but on a](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=237) [desktop hope you will see these](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=240) [and then you can click the button that](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=242) [you would like to perform](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=245) [PNG to clipboard will not include the](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=247) [scene because when you paste the image](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=250) [actually it will include the scene but](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=252) [when you paste it to excoli draw that](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=255) [will not work that way but now I'm going](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=257) [to export this PNG file outside My Vault](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=262) [and then I click export you can see that](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=265) [my export dialog came up and this is my](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=268) [downloads folder so I can save the file](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=271) [to my downloads folder](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=273) [so those are the updates in this newest](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=276) [release of excalator obsidian I hope you](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=279) [will find them useful thank you](https://youtu.be/wTtaXmRJ7wg?t=281)