testxlog

1. Requirements#

• Create fill-in-the-blank questions in Obsidian
• In preview mode, the answer should be displayed when the mouse pointer hovers over it instead of clicking
• It should also be exportable as a PDF with blanks for easy printing

2. Attempt One#

• Using the Masking Type plugin
• And modifying some code
  • Add the following code to its styles.css file

/* The following is for printing fill-in-the-blank questions */

/* Cloze and Hover in Source Mode */

span.cm-em.cm-formatting.cm-formatting-em {
  display: none;
}

.hoverText em, span.cm-em {
  color: transparent;
  background-color: transparent;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
  font-style: normal;
}

.hoverText em:hover, span.cm-em:hover {
  color: #000000;
}

/* Cloze and Hover in Preview Mode */

@media print {

  em {
    color: transparent;
    background-color: transparent;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    font-style: normal;
  }

}

• Search for Click in its manifest.json file and replace all with mouseenter

3. Result One#

• Italic content enclosed in a pair of asterisks will be obscured
• In preview view, hovering the mouse will display the answer
• Can correctly export PDFs with blanks under various themes
• Shortcomings: The answer is displayed when the mouse hovers, but it does not automatically obscure when the mouse moves away; it requires hovering again
• Plan to raise an issue with the plugin author to achieve the above requirements

4. Attempt Two (Preferred)#

• Using the Cloze plugin
• Can display bold, italic, highlighted, etc., as fill-in-the-blanks
• Shortcomings: Same as above
• Additionally, it can export PDFs with blanks in preview mode, but the answer still shows in edit view