Displays backlinks for the active document as a hierarchy based on the folder structure of the references.
In the age old folders vs tags debate I lean heavier on physically organizing notes into high level categories of directories. The tag hierarchy display provides a nice overview of tags and how they relate to each other and I wanted something similar that leveraged the directory structure to display backlinks as a tree.
Here's a comparison of the core plugin vs the hierarchical backlinks plugin in action.
This is how the out-of-the-box core backlinks plugin displays backlinks:
This is how this plugin displays backlinks:
- Collapsable tree structure allows you to easily focus on what what is most important
- Clickable links to references
The following commands are available in the Obsidian Command Palett:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Show hierarchical backlinks | Displays the panel in the event it was closed |
npm installnpm run dev