Joplin Random Note Reloaded
The plugin opens a note at random from your vault, after installing the plugin you can create a custom hotkey that opens a note at random, or use the defualt hotkey Ctrl+Alt+R.
Forked from https://github.com/Kaid00/joplin-random-note.
Table of contents
Installation
- Open Joplin and navigate to
Preferences > Plugins - Search for
Random Note Reloadedand click on install - Restart Joplin to enable the plugin
Uninstall
- Open Joplin and navigate to
Tools > Options > Plugins - Search for the
Random Note Reloadedplugin - Press
Deleteto remove the plugin completely- Alternatively you can also disable the plugin by clicking on the toggle button
- Restart Joplin
Features
- Open random a random note by hotkey, toolbar button or menu
- Exclude notes or notebooks
- Exclude finished todos
- Get random notes from specific notebooks only
Usage
Defualt Hotkey
By default you can use the hotkey Ctrl+Alt+R to open a random note.
Tool bar button
Click on the 🔀 icon to open a random note.
Set Hotkey
- Open Joplin and navigate to
Preferences > Plugins Settings - Select
Random Note Reloaded, you will find the following options -
Show Tool Bar ButtonShows Random Note icon on tool bar for quick shortcut to open random note -
Use Custom HotkeySelect this option if you want to use a custom hotkey to open random notes -
Enter Custom HotkeyEnter your custom Hotkey - Click
Applywhen done, and restart Joplin for changes to take effect
Development
The npm package of the plugin can be found here.
Building the plugin
If you want to build the plugin by your own simply run npm run dist.
Install Built plugin
- Open Joplin Configuration > Plugins section
- Under Advanced Settings, add the plugin path in the Development plugins text field.
- This should be the path to your main plugin directory, i.e.
path/to/your/root/plugin/directory.
Updating the plugin framework
To update the plugin framework, run npm run update.