1.2.0-beta-1

1.2.0-alpha-4
Added migration modal window to help with conversion
2025-08-06 05:46:28 +00:00 · 2021-07-08 22:59:12 +02:00 · 2021-07-07 23:03:36 +02:00 · 2021-07-06 22:16:51 +02:00 · 2021-07-05 21:30:40 +02:00 · 2021-07-04 22:37:04 +02:00
41 changed files with 6621 additions and 7737 deletions
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ I have improved how drawings are embedded! You no longer need an Excalidraw code
  - Find and edit existing drawings in your vault, 
  - Transclude (embed) a drawing into a document, and
  - Export a drawing as PNG or SVG.
+  - Insert vault internal-link into drawing
 - You can also use the **file explorer** in your vault to open existing Excalidraw files. 
 - Use the **ribbon button** to create a new drawing, CTRL+Click to open on a new page.
 - Open settings to set up
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ I have improved how drawings are embedded! You no longer need an Excalidraw code
  - a **Template** by first creating a drawing, customizing it the way you like it, and specifying the file as the template in settings,
  - Excalidraw to **automatically export SVG and/or PNG** files for your drawings, and to keep those in sync with your drawing,
  - default width of embedded drawings 
- You can also ustomize the **size and position of the embedded image** using the `[[image.excalidraw|100]]`, `[[image.excalidraw|100x100]]`, `[[image.excalidraw|100|left]]`, `[[image.excalidraw|right-wrap]]`, formatting options. `[[<filename.excalidraw>|<width>x<height>|<alignment>]]`. You can add your custom alignment via css. Any text that appears in `<alignment>` will be added as style to the SVG element and the wrapper DIV element. Check below and styles.css for more insight.
+- You can also customize the **size and position of the embedded image** using the `[[image.excalidraw|100]]`, `[[image.excalidraw|100x100]]`, `[[image.excalidraw|100|left]]`, `[[image.excalidraw|right-wrap]]`, formatting options. `[[<filename.excalidraw>|<width>x<height>|<alignment>]]`. You can add your custom alignment via css. Any text that appears in `<alignment>` will be added as style to the SVG element and the wrapper DIV element. Check below and styles.css for more insight.
+- Supports hyperlinks e.g. `https://zsolt.blog` and internal links e.g. `[[My file in vault]]` in drawing text. Ctrl/meta + click on a text element.
+  - Square brackets can be omitted if the entire text element is an internal link. i.e. the following two text elements `Check out the [[requirements specification]]!!` and `requirements specification` will both represent a link to `requirements specification.md`.
+  - When files are moved/renamed in your vault, text elements that are recognized links will also get updated. Check corresponding setting.
 - Includes full [Templater](https://silentvoid13.github.io/Templater/) and [Dataview](https://blacksmithgu.github.io/obsidian-dataview/docs/api/intro/) support through ExcalidrawAutomate. Read detailed help + examples: [here](https://zsviczian.github.io/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/)
 - REQUIRES AN OBSIDIAN SYNC SUBSCRIPTION: Temporary hack/workaround to enable Obsidian Sync for Excalidraw files. This enables almost real-time two-way sync for Excalidraw files between your devices. You can draw on your iPad with your pencil, on your Android with your stylus, and the image will be available in Obsidian on your desktop as well and vice versa. 

@@ -54,6 +58,27 @@ Part 6: Intro to Obsidian-Excalidraw: Embedding drawings (2:08)
 [![Part 6: Intro to Obsidian-Excalidraw: Embedding drawings](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14358394/115983954-bbdd6380-a5a4-11eb-9243-f0151451afcd.jpg)](https://youtu.be/JQeJ-Hh-xAI)

 # Release Notes
+## 1.1.10
+- When you CTRL-Click a grouped collection of objects Excalidraw will open the page based on the embedded text.
+- I added a setting to disable the CTRL-click functionality should it interfere with default Excalidraw behavior for you. In my experience double-clicking achieves the same outcome as a CTRL-click on an element in a grouped collection of objects, but if you use the CTRL-click feature to select an element of a group frequently, and find the "CTRL-click to open a link" feature annoying, you can now disable it.
+
+## 1.1.9
+- I modified the behavior of Excalidraw text element links.
+  - CTRL/META + CLICK a text element to open it as a link.
+  - CTRL/META + ALT + CLICK to create the file (if it does not yet exist) and open it
+  - CTRL/META + SHIFT + CLICK to open the file in a new pane
+  - CTRL/META + ALT + SHIFT + CLICK to create the file (if it does not yet exist) and open it in a new pane
+- I added a setting to limit link functionality to `[[valid Obsidian links]]` only. By default, the full text of a text element is treated as a link unless it contains a `[[valid internal link]]`, in which case only the `[[internal link]]` is used. The new setting may be beneficial if you want to avoid unexpected updates to text in your drawings. This may happen if a text element in a drawing accidentally matches a file in your vault, and you happen to rename or move that file. By limiting the link behavior to `[[valid internal links]]` only, these accidental matches can be avoided. This is not frequent but happened to me recently.
+- LaTeX symbol support. I resolved issue [#75](https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/issues/75) by adding a new command palette option ("Insert LaTeX-symbol") to insert an expression containing a LaTeX symbol or a simple formula. Some symbols may not display properly using the "Hand-drawn" font. If that is the case try using the "Normal" or "Code" fonts.
+
+## 1.1.8
+- Improvements to links
+  - You can now use square brackets to denote links. i.e. the text element `Which are my [[favorite books]]?` will be a link to `favorite books.md`.
+  - Square brackets can still be omitted if the entire text element is an internal link. i.e. the following two text elements `Check out the [[requirements specification]]!!` and `requirements specification` will both represent a link to `requirements specification.md`.
+  - When files are moved/renamed in your vault, text elements that are recognized links will also get updated in your drawings.
+  - I added a new command palette option to insert an internal link into a file in your vault to the active drawing. While a drawing is open press ctrl/cmd+p and select `Excalidraw: Insert link to file`.
+- I Added CTRL/CMD + hover quick preview for Excalidraw files
+[![Obsidian-Excalidraw 1.1.8 - Links enhanced](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14358394/120925953-31c40700-c6db-11eb-904d-65300e91815e.jpg)](https://youtu.be/qT_NQAojkzg)

 ## 1.1.6
 [![Obsidian-Excalidraw 1.1.6 - Links](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14358394/119559279-bdb46580-bda2-11eb-88cb-7614dc452034.jpg)](https://youtu.be/FDsMH-aLw_I)
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "obsidian-excalidraw-plugin",
 	"name": "Excalidraw",
-	"version": "1.1.7",
+	"version": "1.1.10",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.11.13",
 	"description": "An Obsidian plugin to edit and view Excalidraw drawings",
 	"author": "Zsolt Viczian",
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "obsidian-excalidraw-plugin",
-  "version": "1.0.4",
+  "version": "1.1.10",
  "description": "This is an Obsidian.md plugin that lets you view and edit Excalidraw drawings",
  "main": "main.js",
  "scripts": {
@@ -11,33 +11,29 @@
  "author": "",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
-    "@excalidraw/excalidraw": "0.8.0",
-    "aakansha-excalidraw": "0.8.0-bec34f2",
-    "react": "17.0.1",
-    "react-dom": "17.0.1",
-    "react-scripts": "4.0.1"
+    "@excalidraw/excalidraw": "^0.8.0",
+    "monkey-around": "^2.2.0",
+    "react": "^17.0.2",
+    "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
+    "react-scripts": "^1.1.5"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
-    "@babel/core": "^7.3.3",
+    "@babel/core": "^7.14.6",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.3.1",
-    "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0",
-    "@rollup/plugin-babel": "5.3.0",
+    "@babel/preset-react": "^7.14.5",
+    "@rollup/plugin-babel": "^5.3.0",
    "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^15.1.0",
-    "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^9.0.0",
-    "@rollup/plugin-typescript": "^6.0.0",
-    "@types/node": "^14.14.2",
-    "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.0",
-    "cross-env": "7.0.3",
-    "nanoid": "3.1.22",
+    "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^13.0.0",
+    "@rollup/plugin-replace": "^2.4.2",
+    "@rollup/plugin-typescript": "^8.2.1",
+    "@types/node": "^15.12.4",
+    "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.8",
+    "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
+    "nanoid": "^3.1.23",
    "obsidian": "https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-api/tarball/master",
-    "postcss": "^8.2.6",
-    "rollup": "2.45.2",
-    "rollup-plugin-copy": "3.4.0",
-    "rollup-plugin-minify": "1.0.3",
-    "rollup-plugin-postcss": "^4.0.0",
-    "rollup-plugin-visualizer": "^5.4.1",
-    "tslib": "^2.0.3",
-    "typescript": "^4.0.3",
-    "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^4.4.1"
+    "rollup": "^2.52.3",
+    "rollup-plugin-visualizer": "^5.5.0",
+    "tslib": "^2.3.0",
+    "typescript": "^4.3.4"
  }
 }
--- a/rollup.config.js
+++ b/rollup.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import typescript from '@rollup/plugin-typescript';
 import { nodeResolve } from '@rollup/plugin-node-resolve';
 import commonjs from '@rollup/plugin-commonjs';
-//import copy from 'rollup-plugin-copy';
 import { env } from "process";
 import babel from '@rollup/plugin-babel';
 import replace from "@rollup/plugin-replace";
--- a/src/ExcalidrawAutomate.ts
+++ b/src/ExcalidrawAutomate.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 import ExcalidrawPlugin from "./main";
 import { 
-  ExcalidrawElement,
  FillStyle,
  StrokeStyle,
  StrokeSharpness,
  FontFamily,
 } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/types/element/types";
-import {customAlphabet} from "nanoid";
 import {
  normalizePath,
-  parseFrontMatterAliases,
  TFile
 } from "obsidian"
-import ExcalidrawView from "./ExcalidrawView"
+import ExcalidrawView from "./ExcalidrawView";
+import { getJSON } from "./ExcalidrawData";
+import { 
+  FRONTMATTER, 
+  nanoid, 
+  JSON_stringify,
+  JSON_parse 
+} from "./constants";

 declare type ConnectionPoint = "top"|"bottom"|"left"|"right";

@@ -39,31 +43,32 @@ export interface ExcalidrawAutomate extends Window {
      endArrowHead: string;
    }
    canvas: {theme: string, viewBackgroundColor: string};
-    setFillStyle: Function;
-    setStrokeStyle: Function;
-    setStrokeSharpness: Function;
-    setFontFamily: Function;
-    setTheme: Function;
-    addRect: Function;
-    addDiamond: Function;
-    addEllipse: Function;
-    addText: Function;
-    addLine: Function;
-    addArrow: Function;
-    connectObjects: Function;
-    addToGroup: Function;
-    toClipboard: Function;
-    create: Function;
-    createPNG: Function;
-    createSVG: Function;
-    clear: Function;
-    reset: Function;
+    setFillStyle(val:number): void;
+    setStrokeStyle(val:number): void;
+    setStrokeSharpness(val:number): void;
+    setFontFamily(val:number): void;
+    setTheme(val:number): void;
+    addToGroup(objectIds:[]):void;
+    toClipboard(templatePath?:string): void;
+    create(params?:{filename: string, foldername:string, templatePath:string, onNewPane: boolean}):Promise<void>;
+    createSVG(templatePath?:string):Promise<SVGSVGElement>;
+    createPNG(templatePath?:string):Promise<any>;
+    addRect(topX:number, topY:number, width:number, height:number):string;
+    addDiamond(topX:number, topY:number, width:number, height:number):string;
+    addEllipse(topX:number, topY:number, width:number, height:number):string;
+    addText(topX:number, topY:number, text:string, formatting?:{width:number, height:number,textAlign: string, verticalAlign:string, box: boolean, boxPadding: number}):string;
+    addLine(points: [[x:number,y:number]]):void;
+    addArrow(points: [[x:number,y:number]],formatting?:{startArrowHead:string,endArrowHead:string,startObjectId:string,endObjectId:string}):void ;
+    connectObjects(objectA: string, connectionA: ConnectionPoint, objectB: string, connectionB: ConnectionPoint, formatting?:{numberOfPoints: number,startArrowHead:string,endArrowHead:string, padding: number}):void;
+    clear(): void;
+    reset(): void;
+    isExcalidrawFile(f:TFile): boolean;  
  };
 }

 declare let window: ExcalidrawAutomate;
-const nanoid = customAlphabet('1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ',8);
-export function initExcalidrawAutomate(plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin) {
+
+export async function initExcalidrawAutomate(plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin) {
  window.ExcalidrawAutomate = {
    plugin: plugin,
    elementIds: [],
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ export function initExcalidrawAutomate(plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin) {
        elements.push(this.elementsDict[this.elementIds[i]]);
      }
      navigator.clipboard.writeText(
-        JSON.stringify({
+        JSON_stringify({
          "type":"excalidraw/clipboard",
          "elements": elements,
      }));
@@ -170,10 +175,11 @@ export function initExcalidrawAutomate(plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin) {
        elements.push(this.elementsDict[this.elementIds[i]]);
      }
      plugin.createDrawing(
-        params?.filename ? params.filename + '.excalidraw' : this.plugin.getNextDefaultFilename(),
+        params?.filename ? params.filename + '.excalidraw.md' : this.plugin.getNextDefaultFilename(),
        params?.onNewPane ? params.onNewPane : false,
        params?.foldername ? params.foldername : this.plugin.settings.folder,
-        JSON.stringify({
+        FRONTMATTER + exportSceneToMD(
+        JSON_stringify({
          type: "excalidraw",
          version: 2,
          source: "https://excalidraw.com",
@@ -196,17 +202,17 @@ export function initExcalidrawAutomate(plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin) {
            currentItemEndArrowhead: template? template.appState.currentItemEndArrowhead : this.style.endArrowHead,
            currentItemLinearStrokeSharpness: template? template.appState.currentItemLinearStrokeSharpness : this.style.strokeSharpness,
          }
-        })
+        }))
      );  
    },
-    async createSVG(templatePath?:string) {
+    async createSVG(templatePath?:string):Promise<SVGSVGElement> {
      const template = templatePath ? (await getTemplate(templatePath)) : null;
      let elements = template ? template.elements : [];
      for (let i=0;i<this.elementIds.length;i++) {
        elements.push(this.elementsDict[this.elementIds[i]]);
      }
      return ExcalidrawView.getSVG(
-        JSON.stringify({
+        JSON_stringify({
          "type": "excalidraw",
          "version": 2,
          "source": "https://excalidraw.com",
@@ -229,7 +235,7 @@ export function initExcalidrawAutomate(plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin) {
        elements.push(this.elementsDict[this.elementIds[i]]);
      }
      return ExcalidrawView.getPNG(
-        JSON.stringify({
+        JSON_stringify({
          "type": "excalidraw",
          "version": 2,
          "source": "https://excalidraw.com",
@@ -265,7 +271,7 @@ export function initExcalidrawAutomate(plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin) {
    },
    addText(topX:number, topY:number, text:string, formatting?:{width:number, height:number,textAlign: string, verticalAlign:string, box: boolean, boxPadding: number}):string {
      const id = nanoid();    
-      const {w, h, baseline} = measureText(text);
+      const {w, h, baseline} = measureText(text, this.style.fontSize,this.style.fontFamily);
      const width = formatting?.width ? formatting.width : w;
      const height = formatting?.height ? formatting.height : h;
      this.elementIds.push(id);
@@ -371,8 +377,12 @@ export function initExcalidrawAutomate(plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin) {
      this.canvas.theme = "light";
      this.canvas.viewBackgroundColor="#FFFFFF";
    },
+    isExcalidrawFile(f:TFile) {
+      return this.plugin.isExcalidrawFile(f);
+    }
+  
  };
-  initFonts();
+  await initFonts();
 }

 export function destroyExcalidrawAutomate() {
@@ -431,22 +441,17 @@ function getFontFamily(id:number) {
 }

 async function initFonts () {
-  for (let i=0;i<3;i++) {
-    await (document as any).fonts.load(
-      window.ExcalidrawAutomate.style.fontSize.toString()+'px ' +
-      getFontFamily(window.ExcalidrawAutomate.style.fontFamily)
-    );
+  for (let i=1;i<=3;i++) {
+    await (document as any).fonts.load('20px ' + getFontFamily(i));
  }
 }

-function measureText (newText:string) {
+export function measureText (newText:string, fontSize:number, fontFamily:number) {
  const line = document.createElement("div");
  const body = document.body;
  line.style.position = "absolute";
  line.style.whiteSpace = "pre";
-  line.style.font = window.ExcalidrawAutomate.style.fontSize.toString()+'px ' +
-                    getFontFamily(window.ExcalidrawAutomate.style.fontFamily);
-//  await (document as any).fonts.load(line.style.font);
+  line.style.font = fontSize.toString()+'px ' + getFontFamily(fontFamily);
  body.appendChild(line);
  line.innerText = newText
    .split("\n")
@@ -475,7 +480,7 @@ async function getTemplate(fileWithPath: string):Promise<{elements: any,appState
  const file = vault.getAbstractFileByPath(normalizePath(fileWithPath));
  if(file && file instanceof TFile) {
    const data = await vault.read(file);
-    const excalidrawData = JSON.parse(data);
+    const excalidrawData = JSON_parse(getJSON(data));
    return {
      elements: excalidrawData.elements,
      appState: excalidrawData.appState,  
@@ -486,3 +491,28 @@ async function getTemplate(fileWithPath: string):Promise<{elements: any,appState
    appState: {},
  }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Extracts the text elements from an Excalidraw scene into a string of ids as headers followed by the text contents
+ * @param {string} data - Excalidraw scene JSON string
+ * @returns {string} - Text starting with the "# Text Elements" header and followed by each "## id-value" and text
+ */
+ export function exportSceneToMD(data:string): string {
+  if(!data) return "";
+  const excalidrawData = JSON_parse(data);
+  const textElements = excalidrawData.elements?.filter((el:any)=> el.type=="text")
+  let outString = '# Text Elements\n';
+  let id:string;
+  for (const te of textElements) {
+    id = te.id;
+    //replacing Excalidraw text IDs with my own, because default IDs may contain 
+    //characters not recognized by Obsidian block references
+    //also Excalidraw IDs are inconveniently long
+    if(te.id.length>8) {  
+      id=nanoid();
+      data = data.replaceAll(te.id,id); //brute force approach to replace all occurances.
+    }
+    outString += te.text+' ^'+id+'\n\n';
+  }
+  return outString + '# Drawing\n'+ data.replaceAll("[","&#91;");
+}
--- a/src/ExcalidrawData.ts
+++ b/src/ExcalidrawData.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+import { App, normalizePath, TFile } from "obsidian";
+import { 
+  nanoid,
+  FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_PREFIX,
+  FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_LINK_BRACKETS,
+} from "./constants";
+import { measureText } from "./ExcalidrawAutomate";
+import ExcalidrawPlugin from "./main";
+import { ExcalidrawSettings } from "./settings";
+import {  
+  JSON_stringify,
+  JSON_parse
+} from "./constants";
+
+//![[link|alias]]![alias](link)
+//1  2    3      4 5      6
+export const REG_LINK_BACKETS = /(!)?\[\[([^|\]]+)\|?(.+)?]]|(!)?\[(.*)\]\((.*)\)/g;
+
+export function getJSON(data:string):string {
+  const findJSON = /\n# Drawing\n(.*)/gm
+  const res = data.matchAll(findJSON);
+  const parts = res.next();
+  if(parts.value && parts.value.length>1) {
+    return parts.value[1];
+  }
+  return data;
+}
+
+export class ExcalidrawData {
+  private textElements:Map<string,{raw:string, parsed:string}> = null; 
+  public scene:any = null;
+  private file:TFile = null;
+  private settings:ExcalidrawSettings;
+  private app:App;
+  private showLinkBrackets: boolean;
+  private linkPrefix: string;
+  private allowParse: boolean = false;
+
+  constructor(plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin) {
+    this.settings = plugin.settings;
+    this.app = plugin.app;
+  }  
+
+  /**
+   * Loads a new drawing
+   * @param {TFile} file - the MD file containing the Excalidraw drawing
+   * @returns {boolean} - true if file was loaded, false if there was an error
+   */
+  public async loadData(data: string,file: TFile, allowParse:boolean):Promise<boolean> {
+    //console.log("Excalidraw.Data.loadData()",{data:data,allowParse:allowParse,file:file});
+
+    this.file = file;
+    this.textElements = new Map<string,{raw:string, parsed:string}>();
+
+    //I am storing these because if the settings change while a drawing is open parsing will run into errors during save
+    //The drawing will use these values until next drawing is loaded or this drawing is re-loaded
+    this.setShowLinkBrackets();
+    this.setLinkPrefix();  
+    
+    this.scene = null;
+    if (this.settings.syncExcalidraw) {
+      const excalfile = file.path.substring(0,file.path.lastIndexOf('.md')) + '.excalidraw';
+      const f = this.app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(excalfile);
+      if(f && f instanceof TFile && f.stat.mtime>file.stat.mtime) { //the .excalidraw file is newer then the .md file
+        const d = await this.app.vault.read(f);
+        this.scene = JSON.parse(d);
+      }
+    }
+
+    //Load scene: Read the JSON string after "# Drawing" 
+    let parts = data.matchAll(/\n# Drawing\n(.*)/gm).next();
+    if(!(parts.value && parts.value.length>1)) return false; //JSON not found or invalid
+    if(!this.scene) { //scene was not loaded from .excalidraw
+      this.scene = JSON_parse(parts.value[1]);
+    }
+    //Trim data to remove the JSON string
+    data = data.substring(0,parts.value.index);
+
+    //The Markdown # Text Elements take priority over the JSON text elements. 
+    //i.e. if the JSON is modified to reflect the MD in case of difference
+    //Read the text elements into the textElements Map
+    let position = data.search("# Text Elements");
+    if(position==-1) return true; //Text Elements header does not exist
+    position += "# Text Elements\n".length;
+    
+    const BLOCKREF_LEN:number = " ^12345678\n\n".length;
+    const res = data.matchAll(/\s\^(.{8})\n/g);
+    while(!(parts = res.next()).done) {
+      const text = data.substring(position,parts.value.index);
+      this.textElements.set(parts.value[1],{raw: text, parsed: await this.parse(text)});
+      position = parts.value.index + BLOCKREF_LEN;  
+    }
+
+    //Check to see if there are text elements in the JSON that were missed from the # Text Elements section
+    //e.g. if the entire text elements section was deleted.
+    this.findNewTextElementsInScene();
+    await this.setAllowParse(allowParse,true);
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  public async setAllowParse(allowParse:boolean,forceupdate:boolean=false) {
+    this.allowParse = allowParse;
+    await this.updateSceneTextElements(forceupdate);
+  }
+
+  private async updateSceneTextElements(forceupdate:boolean=false) {
+    //console.log("Excalidraw.Data.updateSceneTextElements(), forceupdate",forceupdate);
+    //update a single text element in the scene if the newText is different
+    const update = (sceneTextElement:any, newText:string) => {
+      if(forceupdate || newText!=sceneTextElement.text) {
+        const measure = measureText(newText,sceneTextElement.fontSize,sceneTextElement.fontFamily);
+        sceneTextElement.text = newText;
+        sceneTextElement.width = measure.w;
+        sceneTextElement.height = measure.h;
+        sceneTextElement.baseline = measure.baseline;
+      }
+    }
+
+    //update text in scene based on textElements Map
+    //first get scene text elements
+    const texts = this.scene.elements?.filter((el:any)=> el.type=="text")
+    for (const te of texts) {
+      update(te,await this.getText(te.id)); 
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async getText(id:string):Promise<string> {
+    if (this.allowParse) {
+      if(!this.textElements.get(id)?.parsed) {
+        const raw = this.textElements.get(id).raw;
+        this.textElements.set(id,{raw:raw, parsed: await this.parse(raw)})
+      }
+      //console.log("parsed",this.textElements.get(id).parsed);
+      return this.textElements.get(id).parsed;
+    } 
+    //console.log("raw",this.textElements.get(id).raw);
+    return this.textElements.get(id).raw;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * check for textElements in Scene missing from textElements Map
+   * @returns {boolean} - true if there were changes
+   */
+  private findNewTextElementsInScene():boolean {
+    //console.log("Excalidraw.Data.findNewTextElementsInScene()");
+    //get scene text elements
+    const texts = this.scene.elements?.filter((el:any)=> el.type=="text")
+
+    let jsonString = JSON_stringify(this.scene);
+
+    let dirty:boolean = false; //to keep track if the json has changed
+    let id:string; //will be used to hold the new 8 char long ID for textelements that don't yet appear under # Text Elements
+    for (const te of texts) {
+      id = te.id;
+      //replacing Excalidraw text IDs with my own nanoid, because default IDs may contain 
+      //characters not recognized by Obsidian block references
+      //also Excalidraw IDs are inconveniently long
+      if(te.id.length>8) {  
+        dirty = true;
+        id=nanoid();
+        jsonString = jsonString.replaceAll(te.id,id); //brute force approach to replace all occurances (e.g. links, groups,etc.)
+      }
+      if(!this.textElements.has(id)) {
+        dirty = true;
+        this.textElements.set(id,{raw: te.text, parsed: null});
+        this.parseasync(id,te.text);
+      }
+    }
+    if(dirty) { //reload scene json in case it has changed
+      this.scene = JSON_parse(jsonString);
+    }
+
+    return dirty;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * update text element map by deleting entries that are no long in the scene
+   * and updating the textElement map based on the text updated in the scene
+   */
+  private async updateTextElementsFromScene() {
+    //console.log("Excalidraw.Data.updateTextElementesFromScene()");
+    for(const key of this.textElements.keys()){
+      //find text element in the scene
+      const el = this.scene.elements?.filter((el:any)=> el.type=="text" && el.id==key);
+      if(el.length==0) {
+        this.textElements.delete(key); //if no longer in the scene, delete the text element
+      } else {
+        if(!this.textElements.has(key)) {
+          this.textElements.set(key,{raw: el[0].text,parsed: await this.parse(el[0].text)});
+        } else {
+          const text = await this.getText(key); 
+          if(text != el[0].text) {
+            this.textElements.set(key,{raw: el[0].text,parsed: await this.parse(el[0].text)});
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * update text element map by deleting entries that are no long in the scene
+   * and updating the textElement map based on the text updated in the scene
+   */
+   private updateTextElementsFromSceneRawOnly() {
+    //console.log("Excalidraw.Data.updateTextElementsFromSceneRawOnly()");
+    for(const key of this.textElements.keys()){
+      //find text element in the scene
+      const el = this.scene.elements?.filter((el:any)=> el.type=="text" && el.id==key);
+      if(el.length==0) {
+        this.textElements.delete(key); //if no longer in the scene, delete the text element
+      } else {
+        if(!this.textElements.has(key)) {
+          this.textElements.set(key,{raw: el[0].text,parsed: null});
+          this.parseasync(key,el[0].text);
+        } else {
+          const text = this.allowParse ? this.textElements.get(key).parsed : this.textElements.get(key).raw;
+          if(text != el[0].text) {
+            this.textElements.set(key,{raw: el[0].text,parsed: null});
+            this.parseasync(key,el[0].text);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async parseasync(key:string, raw:string) {
+    this.textElements.set(key,{raw:raw,parsed: await this.parse(raw)});
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Process aliases and block embeds
+   * @param text 
+   * @returns 
+   */
+  private async parse(text:string):Promise<string>{
+    const getTransclusion = async (text:string) => {
+      //file-name#^blockref
+      //1          2
+      const REG_FILE_BLOCKREF = /(.*)#\^(.*)/g;
+      const parts=text.matchAll(REG_FILE_BLOCKREF).next();
+      if(parts.done || !parts.value[1] || !parts.value[2]) return text; //filename and/or blockref not found
+      const file = this.app.metadataCache.getFirstLinkpathDest(parts.value[1],this.file.path);
+      const contents = await this.app.vault.cachedRead(file);
+      //get transcluded line and take the part before ^blockref
+      const REG_TRANSCLUDE = new RegExp("(.*)\\s\\^" + parts.value[2]);
+      const res = contents.match(REG_TRANSCLUDE);
+      if(res) return res[1];
+      return text;//if blockref not found in file, return the input string
+    }
+
+    let outString = "";
+    let position = 0;
+    const res = text.matchAll(REG_LINK_BACKETS);
+    let linkIcon = false;
+    let parts;
+    while(!(parts=res.next()).done) {
+      if (parts.value[1] || parts.value[4]) { //transclusion
+        outString += text.substring(position,parts.value.index) + 
+                     await getTransclusion(parts.value[1] ? parts.value[2] : parts.value[6]);
+      } else if (parts.value[2]) {
+        linkIcon = true;
+        outString += text.substring(position,parts.value.index) + 
+                     (this.showLinkBrackets ? "[[" : "") +
+                     (parts.value[3] ? parts.value[3]:parts.value[2]) + //insert alias or link text
+                     (this.showLinkBrackets ? "]]" : "");
+      } else {
+        linkIcon = true;
+        outString += text.substring(position,parts.value.index) + 
+                     (this.showLinkBrackets ? "[[" : "") +
+                     (parts.value[5] ? parts.value[5]:parts.value[6]) + //insert alias or link text
+                     (this.showLinkBrackets ? "]]" : "");
+      }
+      position = parts.value.index + parts.value[0].length;
+    }
+    outString += text.substring(position,text.length);
+    if (linkIcon) {
+      outString = this.linkPrefix + outString;
+    }
+
+    return outString;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Generate markdown file representation of excalidraw drawing
+   * @returns markdown string
+   */
+  generateMD():string {
+    //console.log("Excalidraw.Data.generateMD()");
+    let outString = '# Text Elements\n';
+    for(const key of this.textElements.keys()){
+      outString += this.textElements.get(key).raw+' ^'+key+'\n\n';
+    }
+    return outString + '# Drawing\n' + JSON_stringify(this.scene);
+  }
+
+  public syncElements(newScene:any):boolean {
+    //console.log("Excalidraw.Data.syncElements()");
+    this.scene = JSON_parse(newScene);
+    const result = this.setLinkPrefix() || this.setShowLinkBrackets() || this.findNewTextElementsInScene();
+    this.updateTextElementsFromSceneRawOnly();
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  public async updateScene(newScene:any){
+    //console.log("Excalidraw.Data.updateScene()");
+    this.scene = JSON_parse(newScene);
+    const result = this.setLinkPrefix() || this.setShowLinkBrackets() || this.findNewTextElementsInScene();
+    await this.updateTextElementsFromScene();
+    if(result) {
+      await this.updateSceneTextElements();
+      return true;
+    };
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  public getRawText(id:string) {  
+    return this.textElements.get(id)?.raw;
+  }
+
+  private setLinkPrefix():boolean {
+    const linkPrefix = this.linkPrefix;
+    const fileCache = this.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(this.file);
+    if (fileCache?.frontmatter && fileCache.frontmatter[FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_PREFIX]!=null) {
+      this.linkPrefix=fileCache.frontmatter[FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_PREFIX];
+    } else {
+      this.linkPrefix = this.settings.linkPrefix;
+    }
+    return linkPrefix != this.linkPrefix;
+  }
+
+  private setShowLinkBrackets():boolean {
+    const showLinkBrackets = this.showLinkBrackets;
+    const fileCache = this.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(this.file);
+    if (fileCache?.frontmatter && fileCache.frontmatter[FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_LINK_BRACKETS]!=null) {
+      this.showLinkBrackets=fileCache.frontmatter[FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_LINK_BRACKETS]!=false;
+    } else {
+      this.showLinkBrackets = this.settings.showLinkBrackets;
+    }
+    return showLinkBrackets != this.showLinkBrackets;
+  }
+
+}
--- a/src/ExcalidrawLinkIndex.ts
+++ b/src/ExcalidrawLinkIndex.ts
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-import {TFile,TAbstractFile, App} from 'obsidian';
-import {EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION } from './constants';
-
-export default class ExcalidrawLinkIndex {
-  private app: App;
-  private link2ex: Map<string, Set<string>>;
-  private ex2link: Map<string, Set<string>>;
-
-  constructor(app: App) {
-    this.app = app;
-    this.link2ex = new Map<string,Set<string>>(); //file is referenced by set of excalidraw drawings
-    this.ex2link = new Map<string,Set<string>>(); //excalidraw drawing references these files
-  }
-
-  async reloadIndex() {
-    await this.initialize();
-  }
-
-  async initialize(): Promise<void> {
-    const link2ex = new Map<string,Set<string>>(); 
-    const ex2link = new Map<string,Set<string>>();
-    const timeStart = new Date().getTime();
-    let counter=0;
-
-    const files = this.app.vault.getFiles().filter((f)=>f.extension==EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION);
-    for (const file of files) {
-      const links = await this.parseLinks(file);
-      if (links.size > 0) {
-        counter += links.size;
-        ex2link.set(file.path, links);
-        links.forEach((link)=>{
-          if(link2ex.has(link)) link2ex.set(link,link2ex.get(link).add(file.path));
-          else link2ex.set(link,(new Set<string>()).add(file.path));
-        });
-      }
-    }
-
-    this.link2ex = link2ex;
-    this.ex2link = ex2link;
-    const totalTimeMs = new Date().getTime() - timeStart;
-    console.log(
-      `Excalidraw: Parsed ${files.length} drawings and indexed ${counter} links 
-       (${totalTimeMs / 1000.0}s)`,
-    );
-    this.registerEventHandlers();
-  }
-
-  private indexAbstractFile(file: TAbstractFile) {
-    if (!(file instanceof TFile)) return;
-    if (file.extension != EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION) return;
-    this.indexFile(file as TFile);
-  }
-
-  private indexFile(file: TFile) {
-    this.clearIndex(file.path);
-    this.parseLinks(file).then((links) => {
-      if(links.size == 0) return;
-      this.ex2link.set(file.path, links);
-      links.forEach((link)=>{
-        if(this.link2ex.has(link)) {
-          this.link2ex.set(link,this.link2ex.get(link).add(file.path));
-        }
-        else this.link2ex.set(link,(new Set<string>()).add(file.path));
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
-  private clearIndex(path: string) {
-    if(!this.ex2link.get(path)) return;
-    this.ex2link.get(path).forEach((ex)=> {
-      const files = this.link2ex.get(ex);
-      files.delete(path);
-      if(files.size>0) this.link2ex.set(ex,files);
-      else this.link2ex.delete(ex);
-    });
-    this.ex2link.delete(path);
-  }
-
-  public static getLinks(textElements:any,filepath:string,app:App): Set<string>{
-    const links = new Set<string>();
-    if(!textElements) return links;
-    let parts, f, text;
-    for (const element of textElements) {
-      text = element.text;
-      parts = text?.matchAll(/\[\[(.+)]]/g).next();
-      if(parts && parts.value) text = parts.value[1];
-      if(!text?.match(/^\w+:\/\//) && !text?.match(/[<>:"\\|?*]/g)) { //not a hyperlink and not invalid filename
-        f = app.metadataCache.getFirstLinkpathDest(text,filepath); 
-        if(f) {
-          links.add(f.path);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return links;
-  }
-
-  private async parseLinks(file: TFile): Promise<Set<string>> {
-    const fileContents = await this.app.vault.cachedRead(file);
-    const textElements = JSON.parse(fileContents)?.elements?.filter((el:any)=> el.type=="text");
-    return ExcalidrawLinkIndex.getLinks(textElements,file.path,this.app);
-  }
-
-  private registerEventHandlers() {
-    this.app.vault.on('create', (file: TAbstractFile) => {
-      this.indexAbstractFile(file);
-    });
-    this.app.vault.on('modify', (file: TAbstractFile) => {
-      this.indexAbstractFile(file);
-    });
-    this.app.vault.on('delete', (file: TAbstractFile) => {
-      this.clearIndex(file.path);
-    });
-    // We could simply change the references to the old path, but parsing again does the trick as well
-    this.app.vault.on('rename', (file: TAbstractFile, oldPath: string) => {
-      this.clearIndex(oldPath);
-      this.indexAbstractFile(file);
-    });
-  }
-}
--- a/src/ExcalidrawView.ts
+++ b/src/ExcalidrawView.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import {
  normalizePath,
  TFile,
  WorkspaceItem,
-  Notice
+  Notice,
+  Menu,
 } from "obsidian";
 import * as React from "react";
 import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
 import Excalidraw, {exportToSvg, getSceneVersion} from "@excalidraw/excalidraw";
-//import Excalidraw, {exportToSvg, getSceneVersion} from "aakansha-excalidraw";
 import { ExcalidrawElement } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/types/element/types";
 import { 
  AppState,
@@ -17,16 +17,25 @@ import {
 } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/types/types";
 import {
  VIEW_TYPE_EXCALIDRAW,
-  EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION, 
  ICON_NAME,
  EXCALIDRAW_LIB_HEADER,
  VIRGIL_FONT,
  CASCADIA_FONT,
  DISK_ICON_NAME,
  PNG_ICON_NAME,
-  SVG_ICON_NAME
+  SVG_ICON_NAME,
+  FRONTMATTER_KEY,
+  UNLOCK_ICON_NAME,
+  LOCK_ICON_NAME,
+  JSON_stringify,
+  JSON_parse
 } from './constants';
 import ExcalidrawPlugin from './main';
+import {ExcalidrawAutomate} from './ExcalidrawAutomate';
+import { t } from "./lang/helpers";
+import { ExcalidrawData, REG_LINK_BACKETS } from "./ExcalidrawData";
+
+declare let window: ExcalidrawAutomate;

 interface WorkspaceItemExt extends WorkspaceItem {
  containerEl: HTMLElement;
@@ -37,29 +46,43 @@ export interface ExportSettings {
  withTheme: boolean
 }

+const REG_LINKINDEX_HYPERLINK = /^\w+:\/\//;
+const REG_LINKINDEX_INVALIDCHARS = /[<>:"\\|?*]/g;
+
 export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
-  private getScene: Function;
-  private getSelectedText: Function;
-  private refresh: Function;
-  private excalidrawRef: React.MutableRefObject<any>;
-  private justLoaded: boolean;
+  private excalidrawData: ExcalidrawData;
+  private getScene: Function = null;
+  private getSelectedText: Function = null;
+  private getSelectedId: Function = null;
+  public addText:Function = null;
+  private refresh: Function = null;
+  private excalidrawRef: React.MutableRefObject<any> = null;
+  private justLoaded: boolean = false;
  private plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin;
-  private dirty: boolean;
-  private autosaveTimer: any;
-  private previousSceneVersion: number;
+  private dirty: boolean = false;
+  public autosaveTimer: any = null;
+  public  isTextLocked:boolean = false;
+  private lockedElement:HTMLElement;
+  private unlockedElement:HTMLElement;
+  private preventReload:boolean = true;
+
+  id: string = (this.leaf as any).id;

  constructor(leaf: WorkspaceLeaf, plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin) {
    super(leaf);
-    this.getScene = null;
-    this.getSelectedText = null;
-    this.refresh = null;
-    this.excalidrawRef = null;
    this.plugin = plugin;
-    this.justLoaded = false;
-    this.dirty = false;
-    this.autosaveTimer = null;
-    this.previousSceneVersion = 0;
+    this.excalidrawData = new ExcalidrawData(plugin);
+  }

+  public saveExcalidraw(data?: string){
+    if(!data) {
+      if (!this.getScene) return false;
+      data = this.getScene();
+    }
+    const filepath = this.file.path.substring(0,this.file.path.lastIndexOf('.md')) + '.excalidraw';
+    const file = this.app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(normalizePath(filepath));
+    if(file && file instanceof TFile) this.app.vault.modify(file,data.replaceAll("&#91;","["));
+    else this.app.vault.create(filepath,data.replaceAll("&#91;","["));
  }

  public async saveSVG(data?: string) {
@@ -67,7 +90,7 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
      if (!this.getScene) return false;
      data = this.getScene();
    }
-    const filepath = this.file.path.substring(0,this.file.path.lastIndexOf('.'+EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION)) + '.svg';
+    const filepath = this.file.path.substring(0,this.file.path.lastIndexOf('.md')) + '.svg';
    const file = this.app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(normalizePath(filepath));
    const exportSettings: ExportSettings = {
      withBackground: this.plugin.settings.exportWithBackground, 
@@ -96,143 +119,224 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
      if (!this.getScene) return false;
      data = this.getScene();
    }
-    const filepath = this.file.path.substring(0,this.file.path.lastIndexOf('.'+EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION)) + '.png';
-    const file = this.app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(normalizePath(filepath));
    const exportSettings: ExportSettings = {
      withBackground: this.plugin.settings.exportWithBackground, 
      withTheme: this.plugin.settings.exportWithTheme
    }
    const png = await ExcalidrawView.getPNG(data,exportSettings);
    if(!png) return;
+    const filepath = this.file.path.substring(0,this.file.path.lastIndexOf('.md')) + '.png';
+    const file = this.app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(normalizePath(filepath));
    if(file && file instanceof TFile) await this.app.vault.modifyBinary(file,await png.arrayBuffer());
    else await this.app.vault.createBinary(filepath,await png.arrayBuffer());    
  }

+  async save(preventReload:boolean=true) {
+    this.preventReload = preventReload;
+    await super.save();
+  }
+
  // get the new file content
+  // if drawing is in Text Element Edit Lock, then everything should be parsed and in sync
+  // if drawing is in Text Element Edit Unlock, then everything is raw and parse and so an async function is not required here
  getViewData () {
+    //console.log("ExcalidrawView.getViewData()");
    if(this.getScene) {
-      const scene = this.getScene();
+      
+      if(this.excalidrawData.syncElements(this.getScene())) {
+        this.loadDrawing(false);
+      }  
+      let trimLocation = this.data.search("# Text Elements\n");
+      if(trimLocation == -1) trimLocation = this.data.search("# Drawing\n");
+      if(trimLocation == -1) return this.data;
+
+      const scene = JSON_stringify(this.excalidrawData.scene);
      if(this.plugin.settings.autoexportSVG) this.saveSVG(scene);
      if(this.plugin.settings.autoexportPNG) this.savePNG(scene);
-      return scene;
+      if(this.plugin.settings.autoexportExcalidraw) this.saveExcalidraw(scene);
+
+      const header = this.data.substring(0,trimLocation)
+                              .replace(/excalidraw-plugin:\s.*\n/,FRONTMATTER_KEY+": " + (this.isTextLocked ? "locked\n" : "unlocked\n"));
+      return header + this.excalidrawData.generateMD();
    }
    else return this.data;
  }
  
-  async onload() {
-    this.addAction(DISK_ICON_NAME,"Force-save now to update transclusion visible in adjacent workspace pane\n(Please note, that autosave is always on)",async (ev)=> {
+  handleLinkClick(view: ExcalidrawView, ev:MouseEvent) {
+    let text:string = this.isTextLocked
+               ? this.excalidrawData.getRawText(this.getSelectedId()) 
+               : this.getSelectedText();
+    if(!text) {
+      new Notice(t("LINK_BUTTON_CLICK_NO_TEXT"),20000); 
+      return;
+    }
+    if(text.match(REG_LINKINDEX_HYPERLINK)) {
+      window.open(text,"_blank");
+      return;    }
+
+    //![[link|alias]]![alias](link)
+    //1  2    3      4 5      6
+    const parts = text.matchAll(REG_LINK_BACKETS).next();    
+    if(!parts.value) {
+      new Notice(t("TEXT_ELEMENT_EMPTY"),4000); 
+      return;
+    }
+
+    text = parts.value[2] ? parts.value[2]:parts.value[6];
+
+    if(text.match(REG_LINKINDEX_HYPERLINK)) {
+      window.open(text,"_blank");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if(text.search("#")>-1) text = text.substring(0,text.search("#"));
+    if(text.match(REG_LINKINDEX_INVALIDCHARS)) {
+      new Notice(t("FILENAME_INVALID_CHARS"),4000); 
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!ev.altKey) {
+      const file = view.app.metadataCache.getFirstLinkpathDest(text,view.file.path); 
+      if (!file) {
+        new Notice(t("FILE_DOES_NOT_EXIST"), 4000);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    try {
+      const f = view.file;
+      view.app.workspace.openLinkText(text,view.file.path,ev.shiftKey);
+    } catch (e) {
+      new Notice(e,4000);
+    }
+  }
+
+  download(encoding:string,data:any,filename:string) {
+    let element = document.createElement('a');
+    element.setAttribute('href', (encoding ? encoding + ',' : '') + data);
+    element.setAttribute('download', filename);
+    element.style.display = 'none';
+    document.body.appendChild(element);
+    element.click();
+    document.body.removeChild(element);
+  }
+
+  onload() {
+    //console.log("ExcalidrawView.onload()");
+    this.addAction(DISK_ICON_NAME,t("FORCE_SAVE"),async (ev)=> {
      await this.save();
      this.plugin.triggerEmbedUpdates();
    });
-    this.addAction(PNG_ICON_NAME,"Export as PNG",async (ev)=>this.savePNG());
-    this.addAction(SVG_ICON_NAME,"Export as SVG",async (ev)=>this.saveSVG());
-    this.addAction("link","Open selected text as link\n(CTRL/META to open in new pane)",(ev)=>{
-      let text = this.getSelectedText();
-      if(!text) {
-        new Notice('Select a text element.\n'+
-                   'If it is a web link, it will open in a new browser window.\n'+
-                   'Else if it is a valid filename Excalidraw will handle it as an Obsidian internal link.\n'+
-                   'Use CTRL+Click to open it in a new pane.',20000); 
-        return;
-      }
-      const parts = text.matchAll(/\[\[(.+)]]/g).next();
-      if(parts.value) text = parts.value[1];
-      if(text.match(/^\w+:\/\//)) {
-        window.open(text,"_blank");
-        return;
-      }
-      if(text.match(/[<>:"\\|?*]/g)) {
-        new Notice('File name cannot contain any of the following characters: * " \\  < > : | ?',4000); 
-        return;
-      }
-      if (!ev.shiftKey) {
-        const file = this.app.metadataCache.getFirstLinkpathDest(text,this.file.path); 
-        if (!file) {
-          new Notice("File does not exist. Hold down SHIFT (or CTRL+SHIFT) and click link button to create.", 4000);
-          return;
-        }
-      }
-      try {
-        this.app.workspace.openLinkText(text,this.file.path,ev.ctrlKey||ev.metaKey);
-      } catch (e) {
-        new Notice(e,4000);
-      }
-    });
+    
+    this.unlockedElement = this.addAction(UNLOCK_ICON_NAME,t("LOCK"), (ev) => this.lock(true));
+    this.lockedElement = this.addAction(LOCK_ICON_NAME,t("UNLOCK"), (ev) => this.lock(false));
+    
+    this.addAction("link",t("OPEN_LINK"), (ev)=>this.handleLinkClick(this,ev));
+    
    //this is to solve sliding panes bug
    if (this.app.workspace.layoutReady) {
      (this.app.workspace.rootSplit as WorkspaceItem as WorkspaceItemExt).containerEl.addEventListener('scroll',(e)=>{if(this.refresh) this.refresh();});
    } else {
      this.registerEvent(this.app.workspace.on('layout-ready', async () => (this.app.workspace.rootSplit as WorkspaceItem as WorkspaceItemExt).containerEl.addEventListener('scroll',(e)=>{if(this.refresh) this.refresh();})));
    }
-
    this.setupAutosaveTimer();
  }

-  private setupAutosaveTimer() {
+  public async lock(locked:boolean,reload:boolean=true) {
+    //console.log("ExcalidrawView.lock(), locked",locked, "reload",reload);
+    this.isTextLocked = locked;
+    if(locked) {
+      this.unlockedElement.hide(); 
+      this.lockedElement.show();
+    } else {
+      this.unlockedElement.show(); 
+      this.lockedElement.hide();
+    }
+    if(reload) {
+      await this.save(false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public setupAutosaveTimer() {
    const timer = async () => {
+      //console.log("ExcalidrawView.autosaveTimer(), dirty", this.dirty);
      if(this.dirty) {
+        console.log("autosave",Date.now());
        this.dirty = false;
        if(this.excalidrawRef) await this.save();
        this.plugin.triggerEmbedUpdates();
      }
    }
-    this.autosaveTimer = setInterval(timer,30000);
+    if(this.plugin.settings.autosave) {
+      this.autosaveTimer = setInterval(timer,30000);
+    }
  }

  //save current drawing when user closes workspace leaf
  async onunload() {
+    //console.log("ExcalidrawView.onunload()");
    if(this.autosaveTimer) clearInterval(this.autosaveTimer);
-    if(this.excalidrawRef) await this.save();
+    //if(this.excalidrawRef) await this.save();
  }

-  setViewData (data: string, clear: boolean) {   
-    if (this.app.workspace.layoutReady) {
-      this.loadDrawing(data,clear);
-    } else {
-      this.registerEvent(this.app.workspace.on('layout-ready', async () => this.loadDrawing(data,clear)));
+  public async reload(fullreload:boolean = false, file?:TFile){
+    //console.log("ExcalidrawView.reload(), fullreload",fullreload,"preventReload",this.preventReload);
+    if(this.preventReload) {
+      this.preventReload = false;
+      return;
    }
+    if(!this.excalidrawRef) return;
+    if(!this.file) return;
+    if(file) this.data = await this.app.vault.read(file);
+    if(fullreload) await this.excalidrawData.loadData(this.data, this.file,this.isTextLocked);
+    else await this.excalidrawData.setAllowParse(this.isTextLocked);
+    this.loadDrawing(false);
  }

  // clear the view content  
  clear() {
-    /*if(this.excalidrawRef) {
-      this.excalidrawRef = null;
-      this.getScene = null;
-      this.refresh = null;
-      ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(this.contentEl);
-    }*/
+
  }
  
-  private async loadDrawing (data:string, clear:boolean) {   
-    if(clear) this.clear();
-    this.justLoaded = true; //a flag to trigger zoom to fit after the drawing has been loaded
-    const excalidrawData = JSON.parse(data);
+  async setViewData (data: string, clear: boolean) {   
+    this.app.workspace.onLayoutReady(async ()=>{
+      //console.log("ExcalidrawView.setViewData()");
+      this.plugin.settings.drawingOpenCount++;
+      this.plugin.saveSettings();
+      this.lock(data.search("excalidraw-plugin: locked\n")>-1,false);
+      if(!(await this.excalidrawData.loadData(data, this.file,this.isTextLocked))) return;
+      if(clear) this.clear();
+      this.loadDrawing(true)
+      this.dirty = false;
+    });
+  }
+
+  private loadDrawing (justloaded:boolean) {        
+    //console.log("ExcalidrawView.loadDrawing, justloaded", justloaded);
+    this.justLoaded = justloaded; //a flag to trigger zoom to fit after the drawing has been loaded
+    const excalidrawData = this.excalidrawData.scene;
    if(this.excalidrawRef) {
      this.excalidrawRef.current.updateScene({
        elements: excalidrawData.elements,
        appState: excalidrawData.appState,  
      });
    } else {
-      this.instantiateExcalidraw({
-        elements: excalidrawData.elements,
-        appState: excalidrawData.appState,
-        scrollToContent: true,
-        libraryItems: await this.getLibrary(),
-      });
+      (async() => {
+        this.instantiateExcalidraw({
+          elements: excalidrawData.elements,
+          appState: excalidrawData.appState,
+//          scrollToContent: true,
+          libraryItems: await this.getLibrary(),
+        });
+      })();
    }
  }

+
  // gets the title of the document
  getDisplayText() {
    if(this.file) return this.file.basename;
-    else return "Excalidraw (no file)";
+    else return t("NOFILE");
  }

-  // confirms this view can accept csv extension
-  canAcceptExtension(extension: string) {
-    return extension == EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION;
-  }  
-
  // the view type name
  getViewType() {
    return VIEW_TYPE_EXCALIDRAW;
@@ -243,16 +347,88 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
    return ICON_NAME;
  }

+  onMoreOptionsMenu(menu: Menu) {
+    // Add a menu item to force the board to markdown view
+    menu
+      .addItem((item) => {
+        item
+          .setTitle(t("OPEN_AS_MD"))
+          .setIcon("document")
+          .onClick(async () => {
+            this.plugin.excalidrawFileModes[this.id || this.file.path] = "markdown";
+            this.plugin.setMarkdownView(this.leaf);
+          });
+      })
+      .addItem((item) => {
+        item
+          .setTitle(t("EXPORT_EXCALIDRAW"))
+          .setIcon(ICON_NAME)
+          .onClick( async (ev) => {
+            if(!this.getScene || !this.file) return;
+            this.download('data:text/plain;charset=utf-8',encodeURIComponent(this.getScene().replaceAll("&#91;","[")), this.file.basename+'.excalidraw');
+          });
+      })
+      .addItem((item) => {
+        item
+          .setTitle(t("SAVE_AS_PNG"))
+          .setIcon(PNG_ICON_NAME)
+          .onClick( async (ev)=> {
+            if(!this.getScene || !this.file) return;
+            if(ev.ctrlKey || ev.metaKey) {
+              const exportSettings: ExportSettings = {
+                withBackground: this.plugin.settings.exportWithBackground, 
+                withTheme: this.plugin.settings.exportWithTheme
+              }
+              const png = await ExcalidrawView.getPNG(this.getScene(),exportSettings);
+              if(!png) return;
+              let reader = new FileReader();
+              reader.readAsDataURL(png); 
+              const self = this;
+              reader.onloadend = function() {
+                let base64data = reader.result;                
+                self.download(null,base64data,self.file.basename+'.png'); 
+              }
+              return;
+            }
+            this.savePNG();
+          });
+      })
+      .addItem((item) => {
+        item
+          .setTitle(t("SAVE_AS_SVG"))
+          .setIcon(SVG_ICON_NAME)
+          .onClick(async (ev)=> {
+            if(!this.getScene || !this.file) return;
+            if(ev.ctrlKey || ev.metaKey) {
+              const exportSettings: ExportSettings = {
+                withBackground: this.plugin.settings.exportWithBackground, 
+                withTheme: this.plugin.settings.exportWithTheme
+              }
+              let svg = ExcalidrawView.getSVG(this.getScene(),exportSettings);
+              if(!svg) return null;
+              svg = ExcalidrawView.embedFontsInSVG(svg);
+              this.download("data:image/svg+xml;base64",btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(svg.outerHTML))),this.file.basename+'.svg');
+              return;
+            }
+            this.saveSVG()
+          });
+      })
+      .addSeparator();
+    super.onMoreOptionsMenu(menu);
+  }
+
  async getLibrary() {
-    const data = JSON.parse(this.plugin.settings.library);
+    const data = JSON_parse(this.plugin.settings.library);
    return data?.library ? data.library : [];
  }

  
  private instantiateExcalidraw(initdata: any) {  
+    //console.log("ExcalidrawView.instantiateExcalidraw()");
    this.dirty = false;
-    this.previousSceneVersion = 0;
    const reactElement = React.createElement(() => {
+      let previousSceneVersion = 0;
+      let currentPosition = {x:0, y:0};
      const excalidrawRef = React.useRef(null);
      const excalidrawWrapperRef = React.useRef(null);
      const [dimensions, setDimensions] = React.useState({
@@ -279,13 +455,60 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
        return () => window.removeEventListener("resize", onResize);
      }, [excalidrawWrapperRef]);

-      this.getSelectedText = ():string => {
+
+      this.getSelectedId = ():string => {
        if(!excalidrawRef?.current) return null;
        const selectedElement = excalidrawRef.current.getSceneElements().filter((el:any)=>el.id==Object.keys(excalidrawRef.current.getAppState().selectedElementIds)[0]);
        if(selectedElement.length==0) return null;
-        if(selectedElement[0].type != "text") return null;
-        return selectedElement[0].text;
+        if(selectedElement[0].type == "text") return selectedElement[0].id; //a text element was selected. Retrun text
+        if(selectedElement[0].groupIds.length == 0) return null; //is the selected element part of a group?
+        const group = selectedElement[0].groupIds[0]; //if yes, take the first group it is part of
+        const textElement = excalidrawRef
+                            .current
+                            .getSceneElements()
+                            .filter((el:any)=>el.groupIds?.includes(group))
+                            .filter((el:any)=>el.type=="text"); //filter for text elements of the group
+        if(textElement.length==0) return null; //the group had no text element member
+        return textElement[0].id; //return text element text
+      };      
+
+      this.getSelectedText = (textonly:boolean=false):string => {
+        if(!excalidrawRef?.current) return null;
+        const selectedElement = excalidrawRef.current.getSceneElements().filter((el:any)=>el.id==Object.keys(excalidrawRef.current.getAppState().selectedElementIds)[0]);
+        if(selectedElement.length==0) return null;
+        if(selectedElement[0].type == "text") return selectedElement[0].text; //a text element was selected. Retrun text
+        if(textonly) return null;
+        if(selectedElement[0].groupIds.length == 0) return null; //is the selected element part of a group?
+        const group = selectedElement[0].groupIds[0]; //if yes, take the first group it is part of
+        const textElement = excalidrawRef
+                            .current
+                            .getSceneElements()
+                            .filter((el:any)=>el.groupIds?.includes(group))
+                            .filter((el:any)=>el.type=="text"); //filter for text elements of the group
+        if(textElement.length==0) return null; //the group had no text element member
+        return textElement[0].text; //return text element text
      };
+
+      this.addText = (text:string, fontFamily?:1|2|3) => {
+        if(!excalidrawRef?.current) {
+          return;
+        }       
+        const el: ExcalidrawElement[] = excalidrawRef.current.getSceneElements();
+        const st: AppState = excalidrawRef.current.getAppState();
+        window.ExcalidrawAutomate.reset();
+        window.ExcalidrawAutomate.style.strokeColor = st.currentItemStrokeColor;
+        window.ExcalidrawAutomate.style.opacity = st.currentItemOpacity;
+        window.ExcalidrawAutomate.style.fontFamily = fontFamily ? fontFamily: st.currentItemFontFamily;
+        window.ExcalidrawAutomate.style.fontSize = st.currentItemFontSize;
+        window.ExcalidrawAutomate.style.textAlign = st.currentItemTextAlign;
+        const id = window.ExcalidrawAutomate.addText(currentPosition.x, currentPosition.y, text);
+        //@ts-ignore
+        el.push(window.ExcalidrawAutomate.elementsDict[id]);
+        excalidrawRef.current.updateScene({
+          elements: el,
+          appState: st,  
+        });
+      }
      
      this.getScene = () => {
        if(!excalidrawRef?.current) {
@@ -293,7 +516,7 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
        }
        const el: ExcalidrawElement[] = excalidrawRef.current.getSceneElements();
        const st: AppState = excalidrawRef.current.getAppState();
-        return JSON.stringify({
+        return JSON_stringify({
          type: "excalidraw",
          version: 2,
          source: "https://excalidraw.com",
@@ -315,6 +538,7 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
            currentItemStartArrowhead: st.currentItemStartArrowhead,
            currentItemEndArrowhead: st.currentItemEndArrowhead,
            currentItemLinearStrokeSharpness: st.currentItemLinearStrokeSharpness,
+            gridSize: st.gridSize,
          }
        });
      };
@@ -324,6 +548,8 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
        excalidrawRef.current.refresh();
      };
      
+      let timestamp = (new Date()).getTime();
+      
      return React.createElement(
        React.Fragment,
        null,
@@ -333,6 +559,28 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
            className: "excalidraw-wrapper",
            ref: excalidrawWrapperRef,
            key: "abc",
+            onClick: (e:MouseEvent):any => {
+              if(this.isTextLocked && (e.target instanceof HTMLCanvasElement) && this.getSelectedText(true)) { //text element is selected
+                const now = (new Date()).getTime();
+                if(now-timestamp < 600) { //double click
+                  let event = new MouseEvent('dblclick', {
+                    'view': window,
+                    'bubbles': true,
+                    'cancelable': true,
+                  });
+                  e.target.dispatchEvent(event);
+                  new Notice(t("UNLOCK_TO_EDIT"));
+                  timestamp = now;
+                  return;
+                }
+                timestamp = now;
+              }
+              if(!(e.ctrlKey||e.metaKey)) return;
+              if(!(this.plugin.settings.allowCtrlClick)) return;
+              if(!this.getSelectedId()) return;
+              this.handleLinkClick(this,e);
+            },
+            
          },
          React.createElement(Excalidraw.default, {
            ref: excalidrawRef,
@@ -348,9 +596,13 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
            },
            initialData: initdata,
            detectScroll: true,
+            onPointerUpdate: (p:any) => {
+              currentPosition = p.pointer;
+            },
            onChange: (et:ExcalidrawElement[],st:AppState) => {
              if(this.justLoaded) {
                this.justLoaded = false;             
+                previousSceneVersion = Excalidraw.getSceneVersion(et);
                const e = new KeyboardEvent("keydown", {bubbles : true, cancelable : true, shiftKey : true, code:"Digit1"});
                this.contentEl.querySelector("canvas")?.dispatchEvent(e);
              } 
@@ -358,15 +610,15 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {
                  st.draggingElement == null && st.editingGroupId == null &&
                  st.editingLinearElement == null ) {
                const sceneVersion = Excalidraw.getSceneVersion(et);
-                if(sceneVersion != this.previousSceneVersion) {
-                  this.previousSceneVersion = sceneVersion;
+                if(sceneVersion != previousSceneVersion) {
+                  previousSceneVersion = sceneVersion;
                  this.dirty=true;
                }
              }
            },
            onLibraryChange: (items:LibraryItems) => {
              (async () => {
-                this.plugin.settings.library = EXCALIDRAW_LIB_HEADER+JSON.stringify(items)+'}';
+                this.plugin.settings.library = EXCALIDRAW_LIB_HEADER+JSON_stringify(items)+'}';
                await this.plugin.saveSettings();  
              })();
            }
@@ -379,7 +631,7 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {

  public static getSVG(data:string, exportSettings:ExportSettings):SVGSVGElement {
    try {
-      const excalidrawData = JSON.parse(data);
+      const excalidrawData = JSON_parse(data);
      return exportToSvg({
        elements: excalidrawData.elements,
        appState: {
@@ -396,7 +648,7 @@ export default class ExcalidrawView extends TextFileView {

  public static async getPNG(data:string, exportSettings:ExportSettings) {
    try {
-      const excalidrawData = JSON.parse(data);      
+      const excalidrawData = JSON_parse(data);      
      return await Excalidraw.exportToBlob({
          elements: excalidrawData.elements,
          appState: {
--- a/src/MigrationPrompt.ts
+++ b/src/MigrationPrompt.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { App, Modal } from "obsidian";
+import { t } from "./lang/helpers";
+import ExcalidrawPlugin from "./main";
+
+export class MigrationPrompt extends Modal {
+  private plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin;
+
+  constructor(app: App, plugin:ExcalidrawPlugin) {
+    super(app);
+    this.plugin = plugin;
+  }
+
+  onOpen(): void {
+    this.titleEl.setText("Welcome to Excalidraw 1.2");       
+    this.createForm();
+  }
+
+  onClose(): void {
+    this.contentEl.empty();
+  }
+
+  createForm(): void {
+    const div = this.contentEl.createDiv();
+    div.addClass("excalidarw-prompt-div");
+    div.style.maxWidth = "600px";
+    div.createEl('p',{text: "This version comes with many new features and possibilities. Please read the description in Community Plugins to find out more."});
+    div.createEl('p',{text: ""} , (el) => {
+      el.innerHTML = "<b>⚠ ATTENTION</b>: Drawings you've created with version 1.1.x need to be converted, they WILL NOT WORK out of the box. "+
+                            "During conversion your old *.excalidraw files will be replaced with new *.excalidraw.md files.";
+    });
+    div.createEl('p',{text: ""}, (el) => {//files manually follow one of two options:
+      el.innerHTML = "To convert your drawings you have the following options:<br><ul>" + 
+                     "<li>Click <code>CONVERT</code> to convert all of your *.excalidraw files now, or if you prefer to make a backup first, then click <code>CANCEL</code>.</li>" +
+                     "<li>Using the Command Palette select <code>Excalidraw: Convert *.excalidraw files to *.excalidraw.md files</code></li>" + 
+                     "<li>Right click an *.excalidraw file in File Explorer and select one of the following to convert files individually: <ul>"+
+                     "<li><code>*.excalidraw => *.excalidraw.md</code></li>"+
+                     "<li><code>*.excalidraw => *.md (Logseq compatibility)</code>. This option will retain the original *.excalidraw file next to the new Obsidian format. " +
+                     "Make sure you also enable <code>Compatibility features</code> in Settings for a full solution.</li></ul></li></ul>";
+    });
+    div.createEl('p',{text: "This message will only appear maximum 3 times in case you have *.excalidraw files in your Vault."});
+    const bConvert = div.createEl('button', {text: "CONVERT FILES"});
+    bConvert.onclick = (ev)=>{
+      this.plugin.convertExcalidrawToMD();   
+      this.close();
+    };
+    const bCancel = div.createEl('button', {text: "CANCEL"});
+    bCancel.onclick = (ev)=>{
+      this.close();
+    };
+
+  }
+
+}
--- a/src/Prompt.ts
+++ b/src/Prompt.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { App, Modal } from "obsidian";
+
+export class Prompt extends Modal {
+    private promptEl: HTMLInputElement;
+    private resolve: (value: string) => void;
+
+    constructor(app: App, private prompt_text: string, private default_value: string) {
+        super(app);
+    }
+
+    onOpen(): void {
+        this.titleEl.setText(this.prompt_text);
+        this.createForm();
+    }
+
+    onClose(): void {
+        this.contentEl.empty();
+    }
+
+    createForm(): void {
+        const div = this.contentEl.createDiv();
+        div.addClass("excalidarw-prompt-div");
+
+        const form = div.createEl("form");
+        form.addClass("excalidraw-prompt-form");
+        form.type = "submit";
+        form.onsubmit = (e: Event) => {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            this.resolve(this.promptEl.value);
+            this.close();
+        }
+
+        this.promptEl = form.createEl("input");
+        this.promptEl.type = "text";
+        this.promptEl.placeholder = "$\\theta$";
+        this.promptEl.value = this.default_value ?? "";
+        this.promptEl.addClass("excalidraw-prompt-input")
+        this.promptEl.select();
+    }
+
+    async openAndGetValue(resolve: (value: string) => void): Promise<void> {
+        this.resolve = resolve;
+        this.open();
+    }
+}
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
+//This is to avoid brackets littering graph view with links 
+export function JSON_stringify(x:any):string {return JSON.stringify(x).replaceAll("[","&#91;");}
+export function JSON_parse(x:string):any {return JSON.parse(x.replaceAll("&#91;","["));}
+
+import {customAlphabet} from "nanoid";
+export const nanoid = customAlphabet('1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ',8);
+export const FRONTMATTER_KEY = "excalidraw-plugin";
+export const FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_PREFIX = "excalidraw-link-prefix";
+export const FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_LINK_BRACKETS = "excalidraw-link-brackets";
 export const VIEW_TYPE_EXCALIDRAW = "excalidraw";
-export const EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION = "excalidraw";
-export const EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION_LEN = EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION.length;
 export const ICON_NAME = "excalidraw-icon";
-export const CODEBLOCK_EXCALIDRAW = "excalidraw";
 export const MAX_COLORS = 5;
 export const COLOR_FREQ = 6;
 export const RERENDER_EVENT = "excalidraw-embed-rerender";
 export const BLANK_DRAWING = '{"type":"excalidraw","version":2,"source":"https://excalidraw.com","elements":[],"appState":{"gridSize":null,"viewBackgroundColor":"#ffffff"}}';
+export const FRONTMATTER = ["---","",`${FRONTMATTER_KEY}: unlocked`,"","---", "", ""].join("\n");
 export const EMPTY_MESSAGE = "Hit enter to create a new drawing";
+export const LOCK_ICON_NAME = "lock";
+export const LOCK_ICON = `<path fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" d="M35.715 42.855h28.57v-10.71c0-3.946-1.394-7.313-4.183-10.102-2.793-2.79-6.157-4.188-10.102-4.188-3.945 0-7.309 1.399-10.102 4.188-2.789 2.789-4.183 6.156-4.183 10.102zm46.43 5.36v32.14c0 1.489-.524 2.754-1.563 3.797-1.043 1.043-2.309 1.563-3.797 1.563h-53.57c-1.488 0-2.754-.52-3.797-1.563-1.04-1.043-1.563-2.308-1.563-3.797v-32.14c0-1.488.524-2.754 1.563-3.797 1.043-1.04 2.309-1.563 3.797-1.563H25v-10.71c0-6.848 2.457-12.727 7.367-17.637S43.157 7.145 50 7.145c6.844 0 12.723 2.453 17.633 7.363C72.543 19.418 75 25.297 75 32.145v10.71h1.785c1.488 0 2.754.524 3.797 1.563 1.04 1.043 1.563 2.309 1.563 3.797zm0 0"/>`
+export const UNLOCK_ICON_NAME = "unlock";
+export const UNLOCK_ICON = `<path fill="currentColor" stroke="currentColor" d="M96.43 32.145V46.43c0 .965-.356 1.804-1.063 2.511-.707.707-1.543 1.059-2.512 1.059h-3.57c-.965 0-1.805-.352-2.512-1.059-.707-.707-1.058-1.546-1.058-2.511V32.145c0-3.946-1.395-7.313-4.188-10.102-2.789-2.79-6.156-4.188-10.097-4.188-3.946 0-7.313 1.399-10.102 4.188-2.789 2.789-4.183 6.156-4.183 10.102v10.71H62.5c1.488 0 2.754.524 3.793 1.563 1.043 1.043 1.562 2.309 1.562 3.797v32.14c0 1.489-.52 2.754-1.562 3.797-1.04 1.043-2.305 1.563-3.793 1.563H8.93c-1.489 0-2.754-.52-3.797-1.563-1.04-1.043-1.563-2.308-1.563-3.797v-32.14c0-1.488.524-2.754 1.563-3.797 1.043-1.04 2.308-1.563 3.797-1.563h37.5v-10.71c0-6.883 2.445-12.77 7.336-17.665 4.894-4.89 10.78-7.335 17.664-7.335 6.882 0 12.77 2.445 17.66 7.335 4.894 4.895 7.34 10.782 7.34 17.665zm0 0"/>`;
 export const DISK_ICON_NAME = "disk";
 export const DISK_ICON = `<path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" fill="#fff" d="M0 0h100v100H0z"/><path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" d="M20.832 4.168c21.824.145 43.645.289 74.68.5m-74.68-.5c17.09.113 34.176.227 74.68.5m0 0c.094 27.3.191 54.602.32 91.164m-.32-91.164c.113 32.633.23 65.27.32 91.164m0 0H4.168m91.664 0H4.168m0 0v-75m0 75v-75m0 0L20.832 4.168M4.168 20.832L20.832 4.168M20.832 4.168h58.336m-58.336 0h58.336m0 0v25m0-25v25m0 0H20.832m58.336 0H20.832m0 0v-25m0 25v-25" stroke-width="1.66668" /><path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" d="M29.168 4.168h16.664v16.664H29.168"/><path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" d="M29.168 4.168h16.664m-16.664 0h16.664m0 0v16.664m0-16.664v16.664m0 0H29.168m16.664 0H29.168m0 0V4.168m0 16.664V4.168M12.5 54.168h75m-75 0h75m0 0v41.664m0-41.664v41.664m0 0h-75m75 0h-75m0 0V54.168m0 41.664V54.168M20.832 62.5c20.11-.18 40.219-.36 55.68-.5m-55.68.5c14.656-.133 29.313-.262 55.68-.5M20.832 71.332c13.098-.117 26.2-.234 55.68-.5m-55.68.5l55.68-.5M21.117 79.582c20.645-.184 41.285-.371 55.68-.5m-55.68.5c18.153-.16 36.301-.324 55.68-.5" stroke-width="1.66668"/>`;
 export const PNG_ICON_NAME = "save-png";
--- a/src/lang/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/lang/helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+//Solution copied from obsidian-kanban: https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-kanban/blob/44118e25661bff9ebfe54f71ae33805dc88ffa53/src/lang/helpers.ts
+
+import { moment } from "obsidian";
+import ar from "./locale/ar";
+import cz from "./locale/cz";
+import da from "./locale/da";
+import de from "./locale/de";
+import en from "./locale/en";
+import enGB from "./locale/en-gb";
+import es from "./locale/es";
+import fr from "./locale/fr";
+import hi from "./locale/hi";
+import id from "./locale/id";
+import it from "./locale/it";
+import ja from "./locale/ja";
+import ko from "./locale/ko";
+import nl from "./locale/nl";
+import no from "./locale/no";
+import pl from "./locale/pl";
+import pt from "./locale/pt";
+import ptBR from "./locale/pt-br";
+import ro from "./locale/ro";
+import ru from "./locale/ru";
+import tr from "./locale/tr";
+import zhCN from "./locale/zh-cn";
+import zhTW from "./locale/zh-tw";
+
+const localeMap: { [k: string]: Partial<typeof en> } = {
+  ar,
+  cs: cz,
+  da,
+  de,
+  en,
+  "en-gb": enGB,
+  es,
+  fr,
+  hi,
+  id,
+  it,
+  ja,
+  ko,
+  nl,
+  nn: no,
+  pl,
+  pt,
+  "pt-br": ptBR,
+  ro,
+  ru,
+  tr,
+  "zh-cn": zhCN,
+  "zh-tw": zhTW,
+};
+
+const locale = localeMap[moment.locale()];
+
+export function t(str: keyof typeof en): string {
+  if (!locale) {
+    console.error("Error: Excalidraw locale not found", moment.locale());
+  }
+
+  return (locale && locale[str]) || en[str];
+}
--- a/src/lang/locale/ar.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/ar.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// العربية
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/cz.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/cz.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// čeština
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/da.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/da.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Dansk
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/de.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/de.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Deutsch
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/en-gb.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/en-gb.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// British English
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/en.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/en.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import { FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_LINK_BRACKETS, FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_PREFIX } from "src/constants";
+
+// English
+export default {
+  // main.ts
+  OPEN_AS_EXCALIDRAW: "Open as Excalidraw Drawing",
+  TOGGLE_MODE: "Toggle between Excalidraw and Markdown mode",
+  CONVERT_NOTE_TO_EXCALIDRAW: "Convert empty note to Excalidraw Drawing",
+  CONVERT_EXCALIDRAW: "Convert *.excalidraw to *.md files",
+  CREATE_NEW : "New Excalidraw drawing",
+  CONVERT_FILE_KEEP_EXT: "*.excalidraw => *.excalidraw.md",
+  CONVERT_FILE_REPLACE_EXT: "*.excalidraw => *.md (Logseq compatibility)",
+  OPEN_EXISTING_NEW_PANE: "Open an existing drawing - IN A NEW PANE",
+  OPEN_EXISTING_ACTIVE_PANE: "Open an existing drawing - IN THE CURRENT ACTIVE PANE",
+  TRANSCLUDE: "Transclude (embed) a drawing",
+  TRANSCLUDE_MOST_RECENT: "Transclude (embed) the most recently edited drawing",
+  NEW_IN_NEW_PANE: "Create a new drawing - IN A NEW PANE",
+  NEW_IN_ACTIVE_PANE: "Create a new drawing - IN THE CURRENT ACTIVE PANE",
+  NEW_IN_NEW_PANE_EMBED: "Create a new drawing - IN A NEW PANE - and embed into active document",
+  NEW_IN_ACTIVE_PANE_EMBED: "Create a new drawing - IN THE CURRENT ACTIVE PANE - and embed into active document",
+  EXPORT_SVG: "Save as SVG next to the current file",
+  EXPORT_PNG: "Save as PNG next to the current file",
+  TOGGLE_LOCK: "Toggle Text Element edit LOCK/UNLOCK",
+  INSERT_LINK: "Insert link to file",
+  INSERT_LATEX: "Insert LaTeX-symbol (e.g. $\\theta$)",
+  ENTER_LATEX: "Enter a valid LaTeX expression",
+  
+  //ExcalidrawView.ts
+  OPEN_AS_MD: "Open as Markdown",
+  SAVE_AS_PNG: "Save as PNG into Vault (CTRL/META+CLICK to export)",
+  SAVE_AS_SVG: "Save as SVG into Vault (CTRL/META+CLICK to export)",
+  OPEN_LINK: "Open selected text as link\n(SHIFT+CLICK to open in a new pane)",
+  EXPORT_EXCALIDRAW: "Export to an .Excalidraw file",
+  UNLOCK_TO_EDIT: "UNLOCK Text Elements to edit",
+  LINK_BUTTON_CLICK_NO_TEXT: 'Select a Text Element containing an internal or external link.\n'+
+                             'SHIFT CLICK this button to open the link in a new pane.\n'+
+                             'CTRL/META CLICK the Text Element on the canvas has the same effect!',
+  TEXT_ELEMENT_EMPTY: "Text Element is empty, or [[valid-link|alias]] or [alias](valid-link) is not found",
+  FILENAME_INVALID_CHARS: 'File name cannot contain any of the following characters: * " \\  < > : | ?',
+  FILE_DOES_NOT_EXIST: "File does not exist. Hold down ALT (or ALT+SHIFT) and CLICK link button to create a new file.",
+  FORCE_SAVE: "Force-save to update transclusions in adjacent panes.\n(Please note, that autosave is always on)",
+  LOCK: "Text Elements are unlocked. Click to LOCK.",
+  UNLOCK: "Text Elements are locked. Click to UNLOCK.",
+  NOFILE: "Excalidraw (no file)",
+
+  //settings.ts
+  FOLDER_NAME: "Excalidraw folder",
+  FOLDER_DESC: "Default location for new drawings. If empty, drawings will be created in the Vault root.",
+  TEMPLATE_NAME: "Excalidraw template file",
+  TEMPLATE_DESC: "Full filepath to the Excalidraw template. " +
+                 "E.g.: If your template is in the default Excalidraw folder and it's name is " +
+                 "Template.excalidraw, the setting would be: Excalidraw/Template.excalidraw",
+  AUTOSAVE_NAME: "Autosave",
+  AUTOSAVE_DESC: "Automatically save the active drawing every 30 seconds. Save normally happens when you close Excalidraw or Obsidian, or move "+
+                 "focus to another pane. In rare cases autosave may slightly disrupt your drawing flow. I created this feature with mobile " +
+                 "phones in mind (I only have experience with Android), where 'swiping out Obsidian to close it' led to some data loss, and because " +
+                 "I wasn't able to force save on application termination on mobiles. If you use Excalidraw on a desktop this is likely not needed.",
+  FILENAME_HEAD: "Filename",
+  FILENAME_DESC: "<p>The auto-generated filename consists of a prefix and a date. " + 
+                 "e.g.'Drawing 2021-05-24 12.58.07'.</p>"+
+                 "<p>Click this link for the <a href='https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/'>"+
+                 "date and time format reference</a>.</p>",
+  FILENAME_SAMPLE: "The current file format is: <b>",
+  FILENAME_PREFIX_NAME: "Filename prefix",
+  FILENAME_PREFIX_DESC: "The first part of the filename",
+  FILENAME_DATE_NAME: "Filename date",
+  FILENAME_DATE_DESC: "The second part of the filename",
+  LINKS_HEAD: "Links",
+  LINKS_DESC: "CTRL/META + CLICK on Text Elements to open them as links. " + 
+              "If the selected text has more than one [[valid Obsidian links]], only the first will be opened. " + 
+              "If the text starts as a valid web link (i.e. https:// or http://), then " +
+              "the plugin will open it in a browser. " +
+              "When Obsidian files change, the matching [[link]] in your drawings will also change. " +
+              "If you don't want text accidentally changing in your drawings use [[links|with aliases]].",
+  LINK_BRACKETS_NAME: "Show [[brackets]] around links",
+  LINK_BRACKETS_DESC: "In preview (locked) mode, when parsing Text Elements, place brackets around links. " +
+                      "You can override this setting for a specific drawing by adding '" + FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_LINK_BRACKETS + 
+                      ": true/false' to the file\'s frontmatter.",
+  LINK_PREFIX_NAME:"Link prefix",
+  LINK_PREFIX_DESC:"In preview (locked) mode, if the Text Element contains a link, precede the text with these characters. " +
+                   "You can override this setting for a specific drawing by adding \'" + FRONTMATTER_KEY_CUSTOM_PREFIX + 
+                   ': "👉 "\' to the file\'s frontmatter.',
+  LINK_CTRL_CLICK_NAME: "CTRL + CLICK on text to open them as links",
+  LINK_CTRL_CLICK_DESC: "You can turn this feature off if it interferes with default Excalidraw features you want to use. If " +
+                        "this is turned off, only the link button in the title bar of the drawing pane will open links.",
+  EMBED_HEAD: "Embed & Export",
+  EMBED_WIDTH_NAME: "Default width of embedded (transcluded) image",
+  EMBED_WIDTH_DESC: "The default width of an embedded drawing. You can specify a custom " +
+                    "width when embedding an image using the ![[drawing.excalidraw|100]] or " +
+                    "[[drawing.excalidraw|100x100]] format.",
+  EXPORT_BACKGROUND_NAME: "Export image with background",
+  EXPORT_BACKGROUND_DESC: "If turned off, the exported image will be transparent.",
+  EXPORT_THEME_NAME: "Export image with theme",
+  EXPORT_THEME_DESC: "Export the image matching the dark/light theme of your drawing. If turned off, " +
+                     "drawings created in drak mode will appear as they would in light mode.",
+  EXPORT_HEAD: "Export Settings",
+  EXPORT_SYNC_NAME:"Keep the .SVG and/or .PNG filenames in sync with the drawing file",
+  EXPORT_SYNC_DESC:"When turned on, the plugin will automaticaly update the filename of the .SVG and/or .PNG files when the drawing in the same folder (and same name) is renamed. " +
+                  "The plugin will also automatically delete the .SVG and/or .PNG files when the drawing in the same folder (and same name) is deleted. ",
+  EXPORT_SVG_NAME: "Auto-export SVG",
+  EXPORT_SVG_DESC: "Automatically create an SVG export of your drawing matching the title of your file. " + 
+                   "The plugin will save the *.SVG file in the same folder as the drawing. "+
+                   "Embed the .svg file into your documents instead of excalidraw making you embeds platform independent. " +
+                   "While the auto-export switch is on, this file will get updated every time you edit the excalidraw drawing with the matching name.",
+  EXPORT_PNG_NAME: "Auto-export PNG",
+  EXPORT_PNG_DESC: "Same as the auto-export SVG, but for *.PNG",
+  COMPATIBILITY_HEAD: "Compatibility features",
+  EXPORT_EXCALIDRAW_NAME: "Auto-export Excalidraw",
+  EXPORT_EXCALIDRAW_DESC: "Same as the auto-export SVG, but for *.Excalidraw",
+  SYNC_EXCALIDRAW_NAME: "Sync *.excalidraw with *.md version of the same drawing",
+  SYNC_EXCALIDRAW_DESC: "If the modified date of the *.excalidraw file is more recent than the modified date of the *.md file " +
+                        "then update the drawing in the .md file based on the .excalidraw file",
+
+  //openDrawings.ts
+  SELECT_FILE: "Select a file then press enter.",   
+  NO_MATCH: "No file matches your query.",  
+  SELECT_FILE_TO_LINK: "Select the file you want to insert the link for.",     
+  TYPE_FILENAME: "Type name of drawing to select.",
+  SELECT_FILE_OR_TYPE_NEW: "Select existing drawing or type name of a new drawing then press Enter.",
+  SELECT_TO_EMBED: "Select the drawing to insert into active document.",
+};
--- a/src/lang/locale/es.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/es.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Español
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/fr.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/fr.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// français
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/hi.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/hi.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// हिन्दी
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/id.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/id.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Bahasa Indonesia
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/it.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/it.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Italiano
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/ja.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/ja.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// 日本語
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/ko.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/ko.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// 한국어
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/nl.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/nl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Nederlands
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/no.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/no.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Norsk
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/pl.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/pl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// język polski	
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/pt-br.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/pt-br.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Português do Brasil
+// Brazilian Portuguese
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/pt.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/pt.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Português
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/ro.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/ro.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Română
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/ru.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/ru.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// русский
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/tr.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/tr.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Türkçe
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/zh-cn.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/zh-cn.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// 简体中文
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/lang/locale/zh-tw.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/zh-tw.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// 繁體中文
+
+export default {};
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
--- a/src/openDrawing.ts
+++ b/src/openDrawing.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ import {
 import ExcalidrawPlugin from './main';
 import {
  EMPTY_MESSAGE,
-  EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION
 } from './constants';
+import {t} from './lang/helpers'

 export enum openDialogAction {
  openFile,
-  insertLink,
+  insertLinkToDrawing,
+  insertLink
 }

 export class OpenFileDialog extends FuzzySuggestModal<TFile> {
@@ -19,22 +20,20 @@ export class OpenFileDialog extends FuzzySuggestModal<TFile> {
  private plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin;
  private action: openDialogAction;
  private onNewPane: boolean;
-  
+  private addText: Function;
+  private drawingPath: string;
+
  constructor(app: App, plugin: ExcalidrawPlugin) {
    super(app);
    this.app = app;
    this.action = openDialogAction.openFile;
    this.plugin = plugin;
    this.onNewPane = false;
-    this.setInstructions([{
-      command: "Type name of drawing to select.",
-      purpose: "",
-    }]);
    
    this.inputEl.onkeyup = (e) => {
      if(e.key=="Enter" && this.action == openDialogAction.openFile) {
        if (this.containerEl.innerText.includes(EMPTY_MESSAGE)) {
-          this.plugin.createDrawing(this.plugin.settings.folder+'/'+this.inputEl.value+'.'+EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION, this.onNewPane);
+          this.plugin.createDrawing(this.plugin.settings.folder+'/'+this.inputEl.value+'.excalidraw.md', this.onNewPane);
          this.close();
        }
      }
@@ -43,11 +42,14 @@ export class OpenFileDialog extends FuzzySuggestModal<TFile> {

  getItems(): TFile[] {
    const excalidrawFiles = this.app.vault.getFiles();
-    return (excalidrawFiles || []).filter((f:TFile) => (f.extension==EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION));
+    return (excalidrawFiles || []).filter((f:TFile) => {
+      if (this.action == openDialogAction.insertLink) return true;
+      return this.plugin.isExcalidrawFile(f);
+    });
  }

  getItemText(item: TFile): string {
-    return item.basename;
+    return item.path; 
  }

  onChooseItem(item: TFile, _evt: MouseEvent | KeyboardEvent): void {
@@ -55,23 +57,45 @@ export class OpenFileDialog extends FuzzySuggestModal<TFile> {
      case(openDialogAction.openFile):
        this.plugin.openDrawing(item, this.onNewPane);
        break;
-      case(openDialogAction.insertLink):
+      case(openDialogAction.insertLinkToDrawing):
        this.plugin.embedDrawing(item.path);
        break;
+      case(openDialogAction.insertLink):
+        //TO-DO
+        const filepath = this.app.metadataCache.fileToLinktext(item,this.drawingPath,true);
+        this.addText("[["+filepath+"]]"); 
+        break;
    }
  }

-  start(action:openDialogAction, onNewPane: boolean): void {
+  public insertLink(drawingPath:string, addText: Function) {
+    this.action = openDialogAction.insertLink;
+    this.addText = addText;
+    this.drawingPath = drawingPath;
+    this.setInstructions([{
+      command: t("SELECT_FILE"),
+      purpose: "",
+    }]);
+    this.emptyStateText = t("NO_MATCH");
+    this.setPlaceholder(t("SELECT_FILE_TO_LINK"));
+    this.open();
+  }
+
+  public start(action:openDialogAction, onNewPane: boolean): void {
+    this.setInstructions([{
+      command: t("TYPE_FILENAME"),
+      purpose: "",
+    }]);
    this.action = action;
    this.onNewPane = onNewPane;
    switch(action) {
      case (openDialogAction.openFile):
        this.emptyStateText = EMPTY_MESSAGE;
-        this.setPlaceholder("Select existing drawing or type name of new and hit enter.");
+        this.setPlaceholder(t("SELECT_FILE_OR_TYPE_NEW"));
        break;
-      case (openDialogAction.insertLink):
-        this.emptyStateText = "No file matches your query.";
-        this.setPlaceholder("Select existing drawing to insert into document.");
+      case (openDialogAction.insertLinkToDrawing):
+        this.emptyStateText = t("NO_MATCH");
+        this.setPlaceholder(t("SELECT_TO_EMBED"));
        break;
    }
    this.open();
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import {
  App, 
-  parseFrontMatterAliases, 
  PluginSettingTab, 
  Setting
 } from 'obsidian';
-import { EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION } from './constants';
+import { VIEW_TYPE_EXCALIDRAW } from './constants';
+import ExcalidrawView from './ExcalidrawView';
+import { t } from './lang/helpers';
 import type ExcalidrawPlugin from "./main";

 export interface ExcalidrawSettings {
@@ -13,16 +14,20 @@ export interface ExcalidrawSettings {
  drawingFilenamePrefix: string,
  drawingFilenameDateTime: string,
  width: string,
+  showLinkBrackets: boolean,
+  linkPrefix: string,
+  autosave: boolean;
+  allowCtrlClick: boolean, //if disabled only the link button in the view header will open links 
  exportWithTheme: boolean,
  exportWithBackground: boolean,
+  keepInSync: boolean,
  autoexportSVG: boolean,
  autoexportPNG: boolean,
-  keepInSync: boolean,
+  autoexportExcalidraw: boolean,
+  syncExcalidraw: boolean,
  library: string,
-  /*Excalidraw Sync Begin*/
-  syncFolder: string,
-  excalidrawSync: boolean,
-  /*Excalidraw Sync End*/
+  loadCount: number, //version 1.2 migration counter
+  drawingOpenCount: number,
 }

 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: ExcalidrawSettings = {
@@ -31,16 +36,20 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: ExcalidrawSettings = {
  drawingFilenamePrefix: 'Drawing ',
  drawingFilenameDateTime: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH.mm.ss',
  width: '400',
+  linkPrefix: ">> ",
+  showLinkBrackets: true,
+  autosave: false,
+  allowCtrlClick: true,
  exportWithTheme: true,
  exportWithBackground: true,
+  keepInSync: false,
  autoexportSVG: false,
  autoexportPNG: false,
-  keepInSync: false,
+  autoexportExcalidraw: false,
+  syncExcalidraw: false,
  library: `{"type":"excalidrawlib","version":1,"library":[]}`,
-  /*Excalidraw Sync Begin*/
-  syncFolder: 'excalidraw_sync',
-  excalidrawSync: false,
-  /*Excalidraw Sync End*/
+  loadCount: 0,
+  drawingOpenCount: 0,
 }

 export class ExcalidrawSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
@@ -56,22 +65,8 @@ export class ExcalidrawSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
    this.containerEl.empty();

    new Setting(containerEl)
-    .setName('Default width of embedded (transcluded) image') 
-    .setDesc('The default width of an embedded drawing. You can specify a different ' +
-             'width when embedding an image using the ![[drawing.excalidraw|100]] or ' +
-             '[[drawing.excalidraw|100x100]] format.')
-    .addText(text => text
-      .setPlaceholder('400')
-      .setValue(this.plugin.settings.width)
-      .onChange(async (value) => {
-        this.plugin.settings.width = value;
-        await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-        this.plugin.triggerEmbedUpdates();
-      }));
-
-    new Setting(containerEl)
-    .setName('Excalidraw folder') 
-    .setDesc('Default location for your Excalidraw drawings. Leaving this empty means drawings will be created in the Vault root.')
+    .setName(t("FOLDER_NAME")) 
+    .setDesc(t("FOLDER_DESC"))
    .addText(text => text
      .setPlaceholder('Excalidraw')
      .setValue(this.plugin.settings.folder)
@@ -81,40 +76,56 @@ export class ExcalidrawSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
      }));

    new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName('Excalidraw template file') 
-      .setDesc('Full path to file containing the file you want to use as the template for new Excalidraw drawings. '+
-               'Note that Excalidraw files will have the extension ".excalidraw". ' +
-               'Assuming your template is in the default Excalidraw folder, the setting would be: Excalidraw/Template.excalidraw')
+      .setName(t("TEMPLATE_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("TEMPLATE_DESC"))
      .addText(text => text
-        .setPlaceholder('Excalidraw/Template.excalidraw')
+        .setPlaceholder('Excalidraw/Template')
        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.templateFilePath)
        .onChange(async (value) => {
          this.plugin.settings.templateFilePath = value;
          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
        }));

-    this.containerEl.createEl('h1', {text: 'New drawing filename'});
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName(t("AUTOSAVE_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("AUTOSAVE_DESC"))
+      .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.autosave)
+        .onChange(async (value) => {
+          this.plugin.settings.autosave = value;
+          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          const exs = this.plugin.app.workspace.getLeavesOfType(VIEW_TYPE_EXCALIDRAW);
+          for(const v of exs) {
+            if(v.view instanceof ExcalidrawView) {
+              if(v.view.autosaveTimer) {
+                clearInterval(v.view.autosaveTimer)
+                v.view.autosaveTimer = null;
+              }
+              if(value) { 
+                v.view.setupAutosaveTimer();
+              }
+            }
+          }          
+        }));
+
+    this.containerEl.createEl('h1', {text: t("FILENAME_HEAD")});
    containerEl.createDiv('',(el) => {
-      el.innerHTML = '<p>The automatically generated filename consists of a prefix and a date. ' + 
-                     'e.g."Drawing 2021-05-24 12.58.07".</p>'+
-                     '<p>Click this link for the <a href="https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/">'+
-                     'date and time format reference</a>.</p>';
+      el.innerHTML = t("FILENAME_DESC");

    });

    const getFilenameSample = () => {
-      return 'The current file format is: <b>' + 
+      return t("FILENAME_SAMPLE") + 
             this.plugin.settings.drawingFilenamePrefix + 
-            window.moment().format(this.plugin.settings.drawingFilenameDateTime) +
-            '.' + EXCALIDRAW_FILE_EXTENSION + '</b>';
+            window.moment().format(this.plugin.settings.drawingFilenameDateTime) + '</b>';
    };

    const filenameEl = containerEl.createEl('p',{text: ''});
    filenameEl.innerHTML = getFilenameSample();
    
    new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName('Filename prefix') 
-      .setDesc('The first part of the filename')
+      .setName(t("FILENAME_PREFIX_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("FILENAME_PREFIX_DESC"))
      .addText(text => text
        .setPlaceholder('Drawing ')
        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.drawingFilenamePrefix)
@@ -126,8 +137,8 @@ export class ExcalidrawSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
        }));

    new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName('Filename date') 
-      .setDesc('The second part of the filename')
+      .setName(t("FILENAME_DATE_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("FILENAME_DATE_DESC"))
      .addText(text => text
        .setPlaceholder('YYYY-MM-DD HH.mm.ss')
        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.drawingFilenameDateTime)
@@ -138,12 +149,71 @@ export class ExcalidrawSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
        }));

-   
-    this.containerEl.createEl('h1', {text: 'Embedded image settings'});
+    this.containerEl.createEl('h1', {text: t("LINKS_HEAD")});
+    this.containerEl.createEl('p',{
+      text: t("LINKS_DESC")});
+    
+    const reloadDrawings = async () => {
+      const exs = this.plugin.app.workspace.getLeavesOfType(VIEW_TYPE_EXCALIDRAW);
+      for(const v of exs) {
+        if(v.view instanceof ExcalidrawView) {
+          await v.view.save(false);
+          v.view.reload(true);
+        }
+      }
+      this.plugin.triggerEmbedUpdates();
+    }

    new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName('Export image with background') 
-      .setDesc('If turned off, the exported image will be transparent.')
+      .setName(t("LINK_BRACKETS_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("LINK_BRACKETS_DESC"))
+      .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.showLinkBrackets)
+        .onChange(async (value) => {
+          this.plugin.settings.showLinkBrackets = value;
+          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          reloadDrawings();
+        }));
+    
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName(t("LINK_PREFIX_NAME"))
+      .setDesc(t("LINK_PREFIX_DESC"))
+      .addText(text => text
+        .setPlaceholder('>> ')
+        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.linkPrefix)
+        .onChange(async (value) => {
+          this.plugin.settings.linkPrefix = value;
+          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          reloadDrawings();
+        }));
+
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName(t("LINK_CTRL_CLICK_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("LINK_CTRL_CLICK_DESC"))
+      .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.allowCtrlClick)
+        .onChange(async (value) => {
+          this.plugin.settings.allowCtrlClick = value;
+          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+        }));
+
+    this.containerEl.createEl('h1', {text: t("EMBED_HEAD")});
+
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName(t("EMBED_WIDTH_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("EMBED_WIDTH_DESC"))
+      .addText(text => text
+        .setPlaceholder('400')
+        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.width)
+        .onChange(async (value) => {
+          this.plugin.settings.width = value;
+          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          this.plugin.triggerEmbedUpdates();
+        }));
+
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName(t("EXPORT_BACKGROUND_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("EXPORT_BACKGROUND_DESC"))
      .addToggle(toggle => toggle
        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.exportWithBackground)
        .onChange(async (value) => {
@@ -153,9 +223,8 @@ export class ExcalidrawSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
        }));
    
    new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName('Export image with theme') 
-      .setDesc('Export the image matching the dark/light theme setting used for your drawing in Excalidraw. If turned off, ' +
-               'drawings created in drak mode will appear as they would in light mode.')
+      .setName(t("EXPORT_THEME_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("EXPORT_THEME_DESC"))
      .addToggle(toggle => toggle
        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.exportWithTheme)
        .onChange(async (value) => {
@@ -163,13 +232,22 @@ export class ExcalidrawSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
          this.plugin.triggerEmbedUpdates();
        }));
-
+    
+    this.containerEl.createEl('h1', {text: t("EXPORT_HEAD")});
+    
    new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName('Auto-export SVG') 
-      .setDesc('Automatically create an SVG export of your drawing matching the title of your "my drawing.excalidraw" file. ' + 
-               'The plugin will save the .SVG file in the same folder as the drawing. '+
-               'You can use this file ("my drawing.svg") to embed your drawing into documents in a platform independent way. ' +
-               'While the auto export switch is on, this file will get updated every time you edit the excalidraw drawing with the matching name.')
+      .setName(t("EXPORT_SYNC_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("EXPORT_SYNC_DESC"))
+      .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.keepInSync)
+        .onChange(async (value) => {
+          this.plugin.settings.keepInSync = value;
+          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+        }));
+        
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName(t("EXPORT_SVG_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("EXPORT_SVG_DESC"))
      .addToggle(toggle => toggle
        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.autoexportSVG)
        .onChange(async (value) => {
@@ -177,64 +255,38 @@ export class ExcalidrawSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
        }));

+        
    new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName('Auto-export PNG') 
-      .setDesc('Same as the auto-export SVG, but for PNG.')
-      .addToggle(toggle => toggle
-        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.autoexportPNG)
-        .onChange(async (value) => {
-          this.plugin.settings.autoexportPNG = value;
-          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-        }));
-  
-
-    new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName('Keep the .SVG and/or .PNG filenames in sync with the .excalidraw file') 
-      .setDesc('When turned on, the plugin will automaticaly update the filename of the .SVG and/or .PNG files when the .excalidraw file in the same folder (and same name) is renamed. ' +
-               'The plugin will also automatically delete the .SVG and/or .PNG files when the .excalidraw file in the same folder (and same name) is deleted. ')
-      .addToggle(toggle => toggle
-        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.keepInSync)
-        .onChange(async (value) => {
-          this.plugin.settings.keepInSync = value;
-          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-        }));
-
-    /*Excalidraw Sync Begin*/
-    this.containerEl.createEl('h1', {text: 'Excalidraw sync'});
-    this.containerEl.createEl('h3', {text: 'This is a hack and a temporary workaround. Turn it on only if you are comfortable with hacky solutions...'});
-    this.containerEl.createEl('p', {text: 'By enabling this feature Excalidraw will sync drawings to a sync folder where drawings are stored in an ".md" file.  ' +
-                                   'This will allow Obsidian sync to synchronize Excalidraw drawings as well... ' + 
-                                   'Whenever your drawing changes, the corresponding file in the sync folder will also get updated. Similarly, whenever a file is synchronized to the sync folder ' +
-                                   'by Obsidian sync, Excalidraw will sync it with the .excalidraw file in your vault.'});
-    this.containerEl.createEl('p', {text: 'Because this is a temporary workaround until Obsidian sync is ready, I didn\'t implement extensive application logic to manage sync. ' +
-                                   'Sync might get confused requiring some manual intervention.'});
-
-    new Setting(containerEl)
-    .setName('Excalidraw sync folder') 
-    .setDesc('Configure the folder first, before activating the feature! ' +
-             'This is the root folder for your mirrored excalidraw drawings. ' +
-             'Don\'t save other files here, as my algorithm is not prepared to handle those... and I can\'t predict the outcome. ')
-    .addText(text => text
-      .setPlaceholder('.excalidraw_sync')
-      .setValue(this.plugin.settings.syncFolder)
+    .setName(t("EXPORT_PNG_NAME")) 
+    .setDesc(t("EXPORT_PNG_DESC"))
+    .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+      .setValue(this.plugin.settings.autoexportPNG)
      .onChange(async (value) => {
-        this.plugin.settings.syncFolder = value;
+        this.plugin.settings.autoexportPNG = value;
        await this.plugin.saveSettings();
      }));
+          
+    this.containerEl.createEl('h1', {text: t("COMPATIBILITY_HEAD")});

    new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName('Excalidraw sync') 
-      .setDesc('Enable Excalidraw Sync')
+    .setName(t("EXPORT_EXCALIDRAW_NAME")) 
+    .setDesc(t("EXPORT_EXCALIDRAW_DESC"))
      .addToggle(toggle => toggle
-        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.excalidrawSync)
+        .setValue(this.plugin.settings.autoexportExcalidraw)
        .onChange(async (value) => {
-          this.plugin.settings.excalidrawSync = value;
+          this.plugin.settings.autoexportExcalidraw = value;
          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-          this.plugin.initiateSync();
        }));
-      
-
-    /*Excalidraw Sync End*/

+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName(t("SYNC_EXCALIDRAW_NAME")) 
+      .setDesc(t("SYNC_EXCALIDRAW_DESC"))
+        .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+          .setValue(this.plugin.settings.syncExcalidraw)
+          .onChange(async (value) => {
+            this.plugin.settings.syncExcalidraw = value;
+            await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          }));
+    
  }
 }
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -48,3 +48,17 @@ div.excalidraw-svg-left {
 button.ToolIcon_type_button[title="Export"] {
  display:none;
 }
+
+.excalidraw-prompt-div {
+  display: flex;
+  max-width: 600px;
+}
+
+.excalidraw-prompt-form {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-grow: 1;
+}
+
+.excalidraw-prompt-input {
+  flex-grow: 1;
+}
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "1.1.7": "0.11.13"
+  "1.1.10": "0.11.13"
 }
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Zsolt Viczian	454c68b4b9	1.2.0-beta-1	2021-07-08 22:59:12 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	09889d7ed3	1.2.0-alpha-4	2021-07-07 23:03:36 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	096efc45d7	Added migration modal window to help with conversion	2021-07-06 22:16:51 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	55291d8c27	two minor errors corrected	2021-07-05 21:30:40 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	e81787ee4b	1.2.0-alpha-3	2021-07-04 22:37:04 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	ebcf807501	1.2.0-alpha-2	2021-07-04 12:15:42 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	bd155eced3	language file cleanup	2021-07-04 06:59:32 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	2b7d0d5dc2	[[ encoding (incl. migration), template link.	2021-07-03 17:02:40 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	2af2be2078	2.0 alpha release	2021-07-03 13:41:50 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	6a2e010925	debugging	2021-07-03 08:15:48 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	ea1b968d89	getViewData fixed	2021-07-02 23:33:32 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	d1cf5d8c15	getViewData is not yet working	2021-07-02 22:33:38 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	fc9088b251	TextElement lock / unlock	2021-07-01 06:23:24 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	97a9a57685	Testing ExcalidrawData	2021-06-29 23:04:10 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	47ad2da74b	Excalidraw 2.0 very early draft	2021-06-27 23:14:35 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	3551ce827a	moved onLayoutReady to registerEventListenrs	2021-06-26 15:06:54 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	d126b1ca1c	minor cleanup	2021-06-26 14:34:30 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	169d7b9919	minor refactor	2021-06-26 13:43:17 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	b26f2f39b8	updated package.json dependencies	2021-06-26 13:27:57 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	388f6ee92b	1.1.10	2021-06-21 20:41:15 +02:00
zsviczian	6c75f6d69b	Update README.md	2021-06-21 09:19:27 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	5b90ff486f	update readme	2021-06-20 20:05:50 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	da163344af	1.1.9 Readme	2021-06-20 19:59:20 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	81550b61ce	1.1.9 readme update	2021-06-20 19:58:11 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	4cf623065a	1.1.9	2021-06-20 19:53:15 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	7ea7cf5f65	false alarm...	2021-06-06 21:36:18 +02:00
Zsolt Viczian	081f2c0368	1.1.8	2021-06-06 15:29:48 +02:00