Dynamic Views

Elegant grid and masonry card views for Bases.

Note

Due to life stuff, I won't be able to dedicate much time to development for the next few months. This project is important to me, and I hope to resume working on it in the future. Will fix critical issues if any arise. Thanks for understanding!

— churnish, April 2026

Features

• Show text previews from first few lines of notes
• Show note images
• Display images as covers, thumbnails, posters, or card backdrops
• Cover slideshow
• Wrap long titles to new line
• Scroll long properties horizontally
• Full screen image viewer
• Immersive full screen scrolling on phone

Extras

• Load cards while scrolling rather than all at once
• Position card images on top, bottom, left or right of text
• Hover across thumbnail to preview other images
• Position property labels above, inline, or hide them
• Display properties stacked or side-by-side
• Interactive checkbox properties
• Select and copy card text
• Configure default view settings
• Open URL card button (↗)
• Shuffle view button
• Open random file button
• Fold sections when grouping by property
• Full keyboard navigation
• Apply CSS snippets to individual views

And numerous other quality‑of‑life improvements over the default Bases card view.

Integrations

• Extensive Style Settings support
• Show YouTube thumbnails
• Show Auto Card Link or Link Embed images
• Reveal files, folders and tags in Notebook Navigator

Perfect for

• Image galleries
• Mood boards
• Media libraries
• Everyday notes
• Web Clipper

Installation

Important

The plugin is in active development — things can break, or change drastically between releases.

Please ensure your files are regularly backed up.

Until Dynamic Views is made available in the plugin directory, to install it:

1. Download and enable the BRAT plugin.
2. Install via BRAT.
3. Select Add plugin.

Install manually

Note: To get updates for Dynamic Views, you will have to check for and install them manually.

1. Download dynamic-views.zip in the Assets of the latest release.
2. Open the vault folder in the system file manager.
3. Navigate to your Obsidian config folder (.obsidian by default, hidden on most OSes).
4. Unzip dynamic-views.zip and place it in the plugins folder.
5. Reload plugins or app.
6. Enable Dynamic Views in Obsidian settings → Community plugins → Installed plugins.

Support

• Found a bug or have a feature request? Open an issue.
• Have a question? Start a discussion.

Credits

The theme in the screenshots is Cupertino.