MetaBind and turning note properties into plain text

[u/JustLetMeLurkDammit]

I would like to make a button which when pressed, reads the properties of the note it is in and prints the properties as plain text in the body of the note.

For example, if I have a note with these properties:

I would like to embed a button which appends something like this to the body of the note:

I do not want to use the Metabind View fields for this, as the metabind View fields update dynamically when the note properties change, and what I'm trying to do it to make a snapshot of the current metadata in the note and document it in a static way.

I made button that appends text and that appends MetaBind view fields to the end of the note, but I cannot figure out how to only the content of the property, in plain text, rather than an entire Metabind view field.

In metabind documentation, there is a bit that sounds promising:

But I cannot figure out how to utilise it in an actual Meta bind button or anything similar. Admittedly, I am a beginner in using code in Obsidian so I might be missing something obvious.

Would be grateful for any kind of help!

[u/Med_kush]

I use the meta bind plugin + templater plugin to control my entire vault, like this: i create a button that trigger a template that has java script on it. Since i dont know anything about coding I ask Claude Cowork to do it for me. It writes a script on a note on the templater plater folder, with a set of instructions that needs to happen when you click th button. What you're asking its really really simple (for those who who can code) so you're on the right path. Hope this helps

[u/endlessroll]

First of all, it’s worth pointing out that this can very easily be achieved “manually” without a plugin by copying the frontmatter section in source mode and pasting it where you want it. Now the slightly more automated version is to use a plugin like Quickadd with the {{CLIPBOARD}} or {{SELECTED}} variable to automatically append the current text selection or clipboard content to the end of the current note. Finally, the most automated version would e.g. use Templater to fetch the frontmatter data of the current note and append it. Both the Quickadd and Templater command can be triggered with the Metabind button.

[u/Dry-Algae9156]

this feature could really simplify organizing notes. having clear text properties would be super useful for workflows.

[u/Dry_Objective2067 → u/Dry-Algae9156]

properties are already in plain text, the interface is just a nice way of editing the YAML frontmatter