I have always been envious of the dynamic calendar icon in Wolai, but unfortunately, there are no related widgets in Obsidian. With the help of GPT, I developed a countdown widget.
Due to my weak front-end skills and lack of familiarity with Obsidian's API calls, I managed to piece things together successfully, and I have to admit, I am quite impressed with myself.
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Supports specifying a date for dynamic countdown and count-up calculations, relies on JavaScript code, does not depend on the network, and allows adding specific event names.
- If the specified date is earlier than today's date, it counts up.
- If the specified date is later than today's date, it counts down.
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Supports setting background color for some beautification.
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Configuration supports automatic saving to block attributes in Obsidian, ensuring permanent retention in notes.
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Supports exporting templates for loading configurations, facilitating repeated calls for specific countdown/count-up dates.
- The text is designed to be relatively large, so the widget block is not suitable if resized too small.
- The Color Picker for setting colors does not support pasting colors.
- To ensure that the widget and template can be saved and read block attributes correctly during the initial load, a delay of 500ms is added, resulting in slower display.
If anyone knows how to solve the above issues, please feel free to let me know. Your help is greatly appreciated.
- ChatGPT and Google Gemini: Writing the main code.
- Zuoqiu-Yingyi/widget-query: Learning how to set default width and height for widgets.
- OpaqueGlass/progressBarT-sywidget: Learning how widgets save and load configurations.
Feel free to raise an issue on GitHub or contact me via email.
