Blank Callout

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
    1. How To Use / Basic Syntax
  2. Additional Controls
    1. No Margin Option

Overview

Blank Callout layout is just to provide an invisible container (or div). It is useful in many scenarios such as:

  • Creating floating picture with extensive caption
  • Creating side note without callout decoratives (like the background color and so on)
  • Invisible container for embedded images for a dashboard design
  • Invisible container to render things in Live Preview which normally need Reading View like List Columns/Grid/Card

How To Use / Basic Syntax

Insert a custom callout [!blank-container] or [!blank]. Here’s an example markdown. Write your content within the callout (Obsidian automatically add > when you press “Enter” key)

## Header

Main paragraph content

> [!blank-container]
> - list 1 #mcl/list-column
> - list 2
> - list 3
> - list 4

Next paragraph content

Sometimes, it may be easier to write the content first without the callout (because editing in callout is like editing in Obsidian Source Mode). Once you done with your content, select the entire text/block you want to include, Ctrl/Cmd P and select “Insert callout”. Replace the callout type to [!blank-container] or [!blank]

Additional Controls

No Margin Option

By default, Blank Callout still inherit the default margin and padding defined by Obsidian. To make it seamless with the note (in term of alignment, especially when doing List Column/Grid/Card for Live Preview) you can specify the no-margin option in the callout-metadata i.e. [!blank-container|no-margin]

Here’s an example markdown

## Header

Main paragraph content

> [!blank-container|no-margin]
> - list 1 #mcl/list-column
> - list 2
> - list 3
> - list 4

Next paragraph content