# Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips This page shares useful Obsidian tips and tricks. For general information about Obsidian, check out the following page: [[Obsidian Starter Kit - Theory - Obsidian concepts]]. # Showing a local graph The Graph view in Obsidian is really useful to explore your knowledge base. But did you know that you can show a “local graph”? That is, a graph helping you see how the currently focused note is connected to other ones. To try it out, open a note and then click on the “...” to open the menu: ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - ribbon more.png]] Then, select “Open local graph” in the menu: ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - show local graph.png]] This will open a new pane with the graph: ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - local graph view.png]] To make this simpler, you can also assign a keyboard shortcut. To do so, open the settings (CTRL/CMD + ,) and go to the “Hotkeys” entry: ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - lgv hotkey.png]] Type graph in the filter and then assign the keyboard shortcut you want on the right-hand side. As you can see above, I’ve set this to “CTRL/CMD + L”. ## Adding colors to the graph To add colors to certain nodes in the graph: - Go to the Graph view - Go to the settings: ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - gv settings.png]] - Click on “New Group”: ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - gv new group.png]] - Click on the text field: ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - gv tf.png]] - Select an option: ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - gv select option.png]] - Identify the notes you want to modify - Once selected, click on the color to adapt it ## Opening a random note Since version 1.1.3, the Obsidian Starter Kit also includes the Smart random note plugin, which provides additional ways to open random notes. You can: - Open a random note using the CTRL/CMD + ALT + R shortcut - Open a random note having a specific tag using the CTRL/CMD + SHIFT + ALT + R shortcut You can also assign a shortcut to open a random note based on the search results. ### Older versions of the starter kit By default, the “Random Note” plugin is enabled by the Obsidian Starter Kit. To open a random note, just click on the corresponding icon in the toolbar: ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - random note icon.png]] Note that you can also assign a shortcut to this action: ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - random note cmd.png]] As you can see, I personally set it to CTRL/CMD + ALT + R on my personal vault. ## Quickly fix/rename tags If you notice that a tag is misspelled, you don’t have to manually go through all your notes to fix the problem. Instead, you can use the Tag Wrangler plugin to make the change easily. That plugin comes bundled with the Obsidian Starter Kit. Here’s how to proceed: - Open the tag pane. To do so, expand the right sidebar ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - open tag pane.png]] - Then click on the “#” symbol ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - select tag pane view.png]] - Now, find the problematic tag and right click on it ![[Obsidian Starter Kit - Obsidian Tips - rename the tag.png]] Once you see the context menu, just select “Rename #…” to rename the tag. The Tag Wrangler plugin will modify all the notes that include the tag. Done!