From r/ObsidianMD 📅 • 📊 17 upvotes • ⭐ 8/10 • 🚀 high
*Analysis generated: Dec 14, 2025*
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Summary
The user is looking for a way to add ‘side notes’ or ‘sticky notes’ linked to specific parts of their main text (e.g., chapters) in Obsidian. They want these notes to appear alongside the main text when selected, similar to comments in LibreOffice, staying separate but linked. They haven’t found a native option or a plugin that provides this specific functionality for chapter-specific side notes.
Key Insights
1. Users desire a visual side-panel annotation system akin to LibreOffice comments, separate from main text but contextually linked.
2. Current Obsidian features (block embeds, callouts) and existing plugins do not fully satisfy the need for dynamically displayed, external side notes.
3. This feature would greatly benefit long-form writing, research, and collaborative editing workflows in Obsidian.
4. There’s a gap in Obsidian’s annotation tools for non-inline, context-aware comments.
Enhancement Suggestions
No enhancement suggestions available
Analysis
The user describes a common need for writers and researchers: the ability to annotate text with linked, external comments or side notes. While Obsidian has block references, transclusions, and various plugins for notes/comments (e.g., Annotator, Comments plugin), the specific UI/UX of ‘appearing next to the chapter when selected’ like LibreOffice comments is a distinct request. This functionality would significantly enhance the writing and reviewing process within Obsidian, especially for longer-form content like chapters or articles. The request points to a gap in how linked annotations are visually presented and managed.
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