aliases:
- User interface/Workspace/Ribbon
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The ribbon functions as a space for common commands within Obsidian.
On desktop, it's located in the left sidebar and remains visible even when the left sidebar is closed.
On mobile, you can access the ribbon by tapping the Menu option ( ) at the bottom right corner of the app when you're not editing a note.
Each action is represented by an icon in the ribbon. Hovering over these icons will display a tooltip, while clicking or tapping them will activate the associated action.
The top set of icons consists of actions added by various plugins, including both core plugins and Community plugins.
The bottom three icons in the ribbon correspond to essential Obsidian system actions:
In the mobile version, the ribbon can serve as a quick access action, which can be configured by following the instructions in the mobile section on customizing the ribbon.
Your customized ribbon layout is remembered across sessions and synchronizes with other devices and the mobile app when app settings, specifically the workspace.json
file, are synchronized.
On the desktop version, you can customize the ribbon as follows:
In the mobile version of Obsidian, you can perform quick access actions, rearrange items, and customize the visibility status of the ribbon menu. To access these customizations, follow these steps:
By default, the quick access option is set to "Open ribbon menu" on a short press. If you choose another option as your quick access:
To change the order of items in the ribbon menu, press and hold the drag-and-drop ( ) button and move the selected item up or down.
You can show or hide items in the ribbon menu using the red remove ( ) or green add (
) buttons to toggle their visibility.