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Hover Reveal for Obsidian

Lets you hide text in your notes and reveal it as a tooltip when hovering over marked elements using [visibleText]{tooltipText} syntax.

Chinese summary

允许在笔记中隐藏文本,通过 [visibleText]{tooltipText} 语法在悬停时以工具提示显示隐藏内容。

Key Use Cases

  • Hiding extended definitions behind keywords
  • Creating interactive spoiler tags
  • Adding supplementary notes or references inline

Pros

  • Simple, intuitive syntax
  • No CSS or coding required
  • Keeps notes clean and readable

Limitations

  • Tooltip appearance is fixed (no styling)
  • Only works in reading/preview mode, not edit mode

Tags

tooltipshoverhidden-textsyntaxinline

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