Short callouts are useful for brief lines of information that should appear close to the preceding paragraph.
Download the short-callout.css snippet and save it to .obsidian/snippets/
in your vault. Activate the snippet under Settings > Appearance > CSS Snippets
.
Short callouts follow the normal syntax for callouts and are characterized by the fact that their type identifier ends with a colon (:).
I like to use them for source references.
> [!book-copy:] See also
> HIBBELER, Russell C., 2023. _Mechanics of Materials, SI Edition_.
Also useful as simple headers for project notes.
> [!project:]
> **id**: shortco | **category**: Obsidian | **status**: 🔥
Some useful default types are already predefined:
> [!source:]
> Lorem Ipsum
> [!quote:]
> Lorem Ipsum
> [!book-copy:]
> Lorem Ipsum
> [!project:]
> Lorem Ipsum
In order to customize icons, colors and type identifiers just edit the snippet or - even simpler - use the awesome Callout Manager plugin.
As they are normal callouts, they can also be folded using the + -
syntax.
> [!quote:]- Quotation from
> *Joseph von Eichendorff: Werke., Bd. 1, München 1970 ff., S. 184-185.*
> [!quote:]+ Quotation from
> *Joseph von Eichendorff: Werke., Bd. 1, München 1970 ff., S. 184-185.*