by Justin Parker

Score: 54/100

Description

Category: Note Enhancements

The Rich Foot plugin is a fantastic addition to the Obsidian ecosystem, allowing users to enhance their note-taking experience by providing valuable information at the bottom of each note. With this plugin, you can easily view backlinks, outlinks, and created/modified dates, making it easier to navigate your notes and track changes. The plugin also offers customization options for appearance, border, and links, giving you full control over how your footer looks. Additionally, you can exclude specific folders from displaying the Rich Foot feature, providing a high degree of flexibility in managing your note organization. Overall, Rich Foot is an excellent tool for Obsidian users who want to streamline their note-taking process and make it more efficient.

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Latest Version

1.11.1

6 months ago

Changelog

v1.11.1

Name: Rich Foot – Obsidian Plugin · Obsidian Stats
Rating: 54 (55 reviews)
Author: Justin Parker

📦 Update

Optimized CSS for rending rich foot element at the bottom of notes

v1.11.0

This release represents a complete architectural overhaul of the Rich Foot plugin, implementing modern best practices and significant performance improvements.

✨ Performance Enhancements

Implemented requestAnimationFrame for all visual updates to eliminate page jitter
Optimized MutationObserver usage with RAF-debounced callbacks
Added CSS contain and will-change properties for better rendering performance
Reduced layout thrashing through batched DOM operations
Smart update detection to skip unnecessary re-renders

🏗️ Architecture Improvements

Complete code reorganization with separation of concerns
New modular structure:
- RichFootDataManager: Handles all data fetching and parsing
- RichFootRenderer: Pure rendering logic with optimal DOM operations
- RichFootViewManager: View lifecycle and observer management
Eliminated code duplication across date parsing and link creation
Cleaner, more maintainable codebase with JSDoc documentation

🧹 Cleanup & Stability

Proper resource cleanup using Obsidian's registerEvent exclusively
Improved observer management with automatic disconnection
Data attributes for better element tracking
No more manual event cleanup in onunload (automatic via registration)
Fixed potential memory leaks from orphaned observers

🔧 Compatibility

Enhanced native hover preview integration (works in all modes)
Respects view lifecycle changes more accurately

📊 Code Quality

Comprehensive error handling with try-catch blocks
Modern ES6+ patterns throughout
Clear naming conventions and documentation

🎨 CSS Optimizations

Added GPU-accelerated transforms for animations
Optimized transitions with will-change hints
Layout containment for better performance
Smoother fade-in animations

This update maintains 100% backwards compatibility with all existing settings and configurations while providing a more robust, performant foundation for future enhancements.

See all version on GitHub

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🦶 Rich Foot

Rich Foot is an Obsidian plugin that enhances the footer of your notes by adding backlinks, outlinks, and created/modified dates.

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Features

Adds backlinks to the footer of your notes (links FROM other notes TO this note)
Adds outlinks to the footer of your notes (links FROM this note TO other notes)
Displays created and modified dates for each note
Supports links in frontmatter
Stylish appearance with tag-like links
Highly customizable appearance with opacity and border controls
Option to exclude folder(s) from displaying 🦶 Rich Foot

example

Installation

Open Obsidian and go to Settings
Navigate to Community Plugins and disable Safe Mode
Click on Browse and search for "Rich Foot"
Install the plugin and enable it

Usage

Once installed and enabled, Rich Foot will automatically add the following to the footer of your notes:

Backlinks: Displayed as tags showing which notes link TO this note
Outlinks: Displayed as tags showing which notes this note links TO (disabled by default)
Created Date: Shows when the note was first created
Modified Date: Shows when the note was last modified

Frontmatter Support

Rich Foot also detects links in your note's frontmatter. For example:

---
links:
  - "[[Some Note]]"
  - "[[Another Note]]"
---

Customization

Rich Foot provides several customization options through its settings panel:

Visibility Settings

You can toggle the visibility of each section:

Show/Hide Backlinks
Show/Hide Outlinks (disabled by default)
Show/Hide Dates

Style Settings

Customize the appearance of your Rich Foot:

Border Customization

Border Width: Adjust thickness from 1-10px
Border Style: Choose from various styles (solid, dashed, dotted, double, groove, ridge, inset, outset)
Border Opacity: Control border transparency (0-1)
Border Color: Choose custom color for the border with color picker

Links Customization

Link Border Radius: Adjust the roundness of link corners (0-15px)
Links Opacity: Control transparency of backlinks and outlinks (0-1)
Links Color: Choose custom color for backlinks and outlinks with color picker

Dates Customization

Dates Opacity: Control transparency of created/modified dates (0-1)
Dates Color: Choose custom color for created/modified dates with color picker

Each setting includes a reset button to quickly return to default values.

Excluding Folders

You can prevent Rich Foot from appearing in specific folders:

Go to Obsidian Settings
Navigate to the Rich Foot plugin settings
Use the "Add excluded folder" section to:
- Manually enter a folder path
- Use the "Browse" button to select a folder
- Click "Add" to add it to the exclusion list
Use the "Delete" button next to any folder to remove it from the exclusion list

Notes:

Excluding a folder will hide Rich Foot completely from notes in that folder
Excluded folders also affect all subfolders
Links from notes in excluded folders will still appear in the backlinks of other notes

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