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Callouts

12 Sept 20253 min read

Use callouts to include additional content without breaking the flow of your notes.

To create a callout, add [!info] to the first line of a blockquote, where info is the type identifier. The type identifier determines how the callout looks and feels. To see all available types, refer to Supported types. Callouts are also supported natively on Obsidian Publish.

Markdown

Here’s a callout title

Here’s a callout block.
It supports Markdown, Wikilinks and embeds!
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You can insert a default ![note] callout using the Insert callout command. The cursor automatically positions in the callout name field, letting you delete the default name and type a new one before editing the content.

To wrap existing content in a callout, select the text (including lists, code blocks, etc.) and run the Insert callout command. The selected content will be automatically enclosed in the callout.

In Live Preview, you can also right-click the callout name to change the callout type.

Do you use the Admonitions plugin?

If you’re also using the Admonitions plugin, you should update it to at least version 8.0.0 to avoid problems with the new callout feature.

Change the title

By default, the title of the callout is its type identifier in title case. You can change it by adding text after the type identifier:

> [!tip] Callouts can have custom titles
> 
> Like this one.

Callouts can have custom titles

Like this one.

You can even omit the body to create title-only callouts:

> [!tip] Title-only callout
>

Title-only callout

Foldable callouts

You can make a callout foldable by adding a plus (+) or a minus (-) directly after the type identifier.

A plus sign expands the callout by default, and a minus sign collapses it instead.

> [!faq]- Are callouts foldable?
> 
> Yes! In a foldable callout, the contents are hidden when the callout is collapsed.

Are callouts foldable?

Nested callouts

You can nest callouts in multiple levels.

> [!question] Can callouts be nested?
> 
> > [!todo] Yes!, they can.
> > > [!example]  You can even use multiple layers of nesting.

Can callouts be nested?

Yes!, they can.

You can even use multiple layers of nesting.

Customize callouts

CSS snippets and Community plugins can define custom callouts, or even overwrite the default configuration.

To define a custom callout, create the following CSS block:

.callout[data-callout="custom-question-type"] {
    --callout-color: 0, 0, 0;
    --callout-icon: lucide-alert-circle;
}

The value of the data-callout attribute is the type identifier you want to use, for example [!custom-question-type].

  • --callout-color defines the background color using numbers (0–255) for red, green, and blue.
  • --callout-icon can be an icon ID from lucide.dev, or an SVG element.

Note about lucide icon versions

Obsidian updates Lucide icons periodically. The current version included is shown below; use these or earlier icons in custom callouts.

SVG icons

Instead of using a Lucide icon, you can also use a SVG element as the callout icon.

--callout-icon: '<svg>...custom svg...</svg>';

Supported types

You can use several callout types and aliases. Each type comes with a different background color and icon.

To use these default styles, replace info in the examples with any of these types, such as [!tip] or [!warning]. Callout types can also be changed by right-clicking a callout.

Unless you Customize callouts, any unsupported type defaults to the note type. The type identifier is case-insensitive.

Note

> [!note]
> 
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Abstract

Aliases: summary, tldr

Info

Todo

Tip

Aliases: hint, important

Success

Aliases: check, done

Question

Aliases: help, faq

Warning

Aliases: caution, attention

Failure

Aliases: fail, missing

Danger

Alias: error

Bug

Example

Quote

Alias: cite

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