Canvas Notes — Joplin Plugin

A Joplin plugin that turns a note into an interactive canvas: note and task cards, links between them, free-form layout, and auto-saving to SVG.

Features

• Create a Canvas Note with a single command (Tools → Canvas Notes → Create Canvas Note).
• Visual editor with note/task cards and connections between them.
• Drag & drop, context menu, toolbar, fit-to-content.
• Cards linked to existing Joplin notes (opening, "in trash" state, broken link handling).
• Localization (EN/RU), picked up from the Joplin global locale setting.
• Canvas state stored as an embedded SVG resource of the note.

Requirements

Joplin 3.5 or newer.

Installation

From Joplin: Tools → Options → Plugins → search for Calendar Notes.

Manual: Tools → Options → Plugins → Install from file → select the .jpl file.

Usage

1. Tools → Canvas Notes → Create Canvas Note — creates a new canvas note.
2. For an existing note already recognized as a canvas: Tools → Canvas Notes → Open Canvas Editor.
3. The editor opens automatically for notes whose body is detected as a canvas.

Do not edit the body of a Canvas Note manually in the markdown editor — this will break the embedded SVG resource that stores the canvas state.

License

MIT © Eugene Lesnov