first working version of the plugin

LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2023 Tobias Schuster
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

README.md

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-# Obsidian Sample Plugin
+# No Tabs Obsidian Plugin
 
-This is a sample plugin for Obsidian (https://obsidian.md).
+> Replaces the current tab when creating a new note
 
-This project uses Typescript to provide type checking and documentation.
-The repo depends on the latest plugin API (obsidian.d.ts) in Typescript Definition format, which contains TSDoc comments describing what it does.
+![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TS-Tobias/obsidian-no-tabs/master/assets/images/demo.gif)
 
-**Note:** The Obsidian API is still in early alpha and is subject to change at any time!
+> No setup required!
+> Simply download and enable the plugin in the settings.
 
-This sample plugin demonstrates some of the basic functionality the plugin API can do.
-- Changes the default font color to red using `styles.css`.
-- Adds a ribbon icon, which shows a Notice when clicked.
-- Adds a command "Open Sample Modal" which opens a Modal.
-- Adds a plugin setting tab to the settings page.
-- Registers a global click event and output 'click' to the console.
-- Registers a global interval which logs 'setInterval' to the console.
+Whenever you create a new tab in Obsidian, a new tab is opened. This can get quite annoying if you want to quickly capture a large amount of notes.
+Unfortunately, there is currently no way of changing this behaviour in Obsidian.
+You have to close all those tabs manually either through the context menu or by using keyboard shortcuts (e.g. `CMD+W` | `CTRL+W`).
 
-## First time developing plugins?
-
-Quick starting guide for new plugin devs:
-
-- Check if [someone already developed a plugin for what you want](https://obsidian.md/plugins)! There might be an existing plugin similar enough that you can partner up with.
-- Make a copy of this repo as a template with the "Use this template" button (login to GitHub if you don't see it).
-- Clone your repo to a local development folder. For convenience, you can place this folder in your `.obsidian/plugins/your-plugin-name` folder.
-- Install NodeJS, then run `npm i` in the command line under your repo folder.
-- Run `npm run dev` to compile your plugin from `main.ts` to `main.js`.
-- Make changes to `main.ts` (or create new `.ts` files). Those changes should be automatically compiled into `main.js`.
-- Reload Obsidian to load the new version of your plugin.
-- Enable plugin in settings window.
-- For updates to the Obsidian API run `npm update` in the command line under your repo folder.
-
-## Releasing new releases
-
-- Update your `manifest.json` with your new version number, such as `1.0.1`, and the minimum Obsidian version required for your latest release.
-- Update your `versions.json` file with `"new-plugin-version": "minimum-obsidian-version"` so older versions of Obsidian can download an older version of your plugin that's compatible.
-- Create new GitHub release using your new version number as the "Tag version". Use the exact version number, don't include a prefix `v`. See here for an example: https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-sample-plugin/releases
-- Upload the files `manifest.json`, `main.js`, `styles.css` as binary attachments. Note: The manifest.json file must be in two places, first the root path of your repository and also in the release.
-- Publish the release.
-
-> You can simplify the version bump process by running `npm version patch`, `npm version minor` or `npm version major` after updating `minAppVersion` manually in `manifest.json`.
-> The command will bump version in `manifest.json` and `package.json`, and add the entry for the new version to `versions.json`
-
-## Adding your plugin to the community plugin list
-
-- Check https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/blob/master/plugin-review.md
-- Publish an initial version.
-- Make sure you have a `README.md` file in the root of your repo.
-- Make a pull request at https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases to add your plugin.
-
-## How to use
-
-- Clone this repo.
-- `npm i` or `yarn` to install dependencies
-- `npm run dev` to start compilation in watch mode.
-
-## Manually installing the plugin
-
-- Copy over `main.js`, `styles.css`, `manifest.json` to your vault `VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/your-plugin-id/`.
-
-## Improve code quality with eslint (optional)
-- [ESLint](https://eslint.org/) is a tool that analyzes your code to quickly find problems. You can run ESLint against your plugin to find common bugs and ways to improve your code. 
-- To use eslint with this project, make sure to install eslint from terminal:
-  - `npm install -g eslint`
-- To use eslint to analyze this project use this command:
-  - `eslint main.ts`
-  - eslint will then create a report with suggestions for code improvement by file and line number.
-- If your source code is in a folder, such as `src`, you can use eslint with this command to analyze all files in that folder:
-  - `eslint .\src\`
-
-## Funding URL
-
-You can include funding URLs where people who use your plugin can financially support it.
-
-The simple way is to set the `fundingUrl` field to your link in your `manifest.json` file:
-
-```json
-{
-    "fundingUrl": "https://buymeacoffee.com"
-}
-```
-
-If you have multiple URLs, you can also do:
-
-```json
-{
-    "fundingUrl": {
-        "Buy Me a Coffee": "https://buymeacoffee.com",
-        "GitHub Sponsor": "https://github.com/sponsors",
-        "Patreon": "https://www.patreon.com/"
-    }
-}
-```
-
-## API Documentation
-
-See https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-api
+This plugin works around this limitation by closing the previously active tab whenever you create a new note. Pinned, and manually opened tabs that are not active will stay open though. This plugin also works together with split panes.

main.ts

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-import { App, Editor, MarkdownView, Modal, Notice, Plugin, PluginSettingTab, Setting } from 'obsidian';
+import { Plugin, TFile, WorkspaceLeaf } from "obsidian";
 
-// Remember to rename these classes and interfaces!
+/**
+When a new note is created in the vault, the most recent leaf is detached from the workspace if it is not pinned.
 
-interface MyPluginSettings {
-	mySetting: string;
-}
-
-const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: MyPluginSettings = {
-	mySetting: 'default'
-}
 
-export default class MyPlugin extends Plugin {
-	settings: MyPluginSettings;
-
-	async onload() {
-		await this.loadSettings();
+Here is a brief overview of the things that happen when a new note is created:
+1. New file f is created (Obsidian)
+2. Temporarily store current leaf x (Extension)
+3. Create new leaf y and open file f inside it (Obsidian)
+4. Set new leaf to active (Obsidian)
+5. Detach previous leaf x (Extension)
 
-		// This creates an icon in the left ribbon.
-		const ribbonIconEl = this.addRibbonIcon('dice', 'Sample Plugin', (evt: MouseEvent) => {
-			// Called when the user clicks the icon.
-			new Notice('This is a notice!');
-		});
-		// Perform additional things with the ribbon
-		ribbonIconEl.addClass('my-plugin-ribbon-class');
+Because `getMostRecentLeaf()` gets updated between the `app.vault create` and `app.workspace file-open` event to the new active leaf, the previous leaf has to be stored inside the `lastOpened` variable.
 
-		// This adds a status bar item to the bottom of the app. Does not work on mobile apps.
-		const statusBarItemEl = this.addStatusBarItem();
-		statusBarItemEl.setText('Status Bar Text');
+Calling `detach()` inside the `create` event handler causes issues with split views in Obsidian. If the previous tab is detached before the new tab is created (file-open), the split-view will close if there is only one tab left (and the new tab will be created in the preceding (split-)view).
+ */
+export default class NoTabsPlugin extends Plugin {
+	lastOpened: WorkspaceLeaf | null = null;
 
-		// This adds a simple command that can be triggered anywhere
-		this.addCommand({
-			id: 'open-sample-modal-simple',
-			name: 'Open sample modal (simple)',
-			callback: () => {
-				new SampleModal(this.app).open();
-			}
-		});
-		// This adds an editor command that can perform some operation on the current editor instance
-		this.addCommand({
-			id: 'sample-editor-command',
-			name: 'Sample editor command',
-			editorCallback: (editor: Editor, view: MarkdownView) => {
-				console.log(editor.getSelection());
-				editor.replaceSelection('Sample Editor Command');
-			}
-		});
-		// This adds a complex command that can check whether the current state of the app allows execution of the command
-		this.addCommand({
-			id: 'open-sample-modal-complex',
-			name: 'Open sample modal (complex)',
-			checkCallback: (checking: boolean) => {
-				// Conditions to check
-				const markdownView = this.app.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView);
-				if (markdownView) {
-					// If checking is true, we're simply "checking" if the command can be run.
-					// If checking is false, then we want to actually perform the operation.
-					if (!checking) {
-						new SampleModal(this.app).open();
-					}
-
-					// This command will only show up in Command Palette when the check function returns true
-					return true;
+	async onload() {
+		this.registerEvent(
+			this.app.vault.on("create", () => {
+				this.lastOpened = this.app.workspace.getMostRecentLeaf();
+			})
+		);
+		this.registerEvent(
+			this.app.workspace.on("file-open", (file: TFile) => {
+				const timeSinceCreation = Date.now() - file.stat.ctime;
+				const leaf = this.app.workspace.getMostRecentLeaf();
+				if (
+					this.lastOpened &&
+					this.lastOpened !== leaf &&
+					!this.lastOpened.getViewState().pinned &&
+					timeSinceCreation < 1000
+				) {
+					this.lastOpened.detach();
 				}
-			}
-		});
-
-		// This adds a settings tab so the user can configure various aspects of the plugin
-		this.addSettingTab(new SampleSettingTab(this.app, this));
-
-		// If the plugin hooks up any global DOM events (on parts of the app that doesn't belong to this plugin)
-		// Using this function will automatically remove the event listener when this plugin is disabled.
-		this.registerDomEvent(document, 'click', (evt: MouseEvent) => {
-			console.log('click', evt);
-		});
-
-		// When registering intervals, this function will automatically clear the interval when the plugin is disabled.
-		this.registerInterval(window.setInterval(() => console.log('setInterval'), 5 * 60 * 1000));
-	}
-
-	onunload() {
-
-	}
-
-	async loadSettings() {
-		this.settings = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, await this.loadData());
-	}
-
-	async saveSettings() {
-		await this.saveData(this.settings);
-	}
-}
-
-class SampleModal extends Modal {
-	constructor(app: App) {
-		super(app);
-	}
-
-	onOpen() {
-		const {contentEl} = this;
-		contentEl.setText('Woah!');
-	}
-
-	onClose() {
-		const {contentEl} = this;
-		contentEl.empty();
-	}
-}
-
-class SampleSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
-	plugin: MyPlugin;
-
-	constructor(app: App, plugin: MyPlugin) {
-		super(app, plugin);
-		this.plugin = plugin;
-	}
-
-	display(): void {
-		const {containerEl} = this;
-
-		containerEl.empty();
-
-		containerEl.createEl('h2', {text: 'Settings for my awesome plugin.'});
-
-		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName('Setting #1')
-			.setDesc('It\'s a secret')
-			.addText(text => text
-				.setPlaceholder('Enter your secret')
-				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.mySetting)
-				.onChange(async (value) => {
-					console.log('Secret: ' + value);
-					this.plugin.settings.mySetting = value;
-					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-				}));
+			})
+		);
 	}
 }

manifest.json

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 {
-	"id": "obsidian-sample-plugin",
-	"name": "Sample Plugin",
+	"id": "no-tabs",
+	"name": "No Tabs",
 	"version": "1.0.0",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
-	"description": "This is a sample plugin for Obsidian. This plugin demonstrates some of the capabilities of the Obsidian API.",
-	"author": "Obsidian",
-	"authorUrl": "https://obsidian.md",
-	"fundingUrl": "https://obsidian.md/pricing",
+	"description": "Obsidian plugin that replaces the previous tab when creating a new note",
+	"author": "Tobias Schuster",
+	"authorUrl": "https://github.com/TS-Tobias",
 	"isDesktopOnly": false
 }