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Quote storage system using queries and smartblocks

Quote storage system using queries and smartblocks

Capture and review what you read using this simple query system.

In this video, Jeffrey Webber walkthroughs his quote-capture system. Using built-in queries and Logseq smartblocks, he's made it super easy to collect and retrieve insightful quotes.

Timestamps

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:32 The Final Product
  • 01:45 Creating the Template
  • 05:23 Running the Smartblock
  • 07:21 Creating the Query
  • 09:01 Custom Query CSS
  • 10:05 Intentional Friction
  • 10:54 Outro

Screenshots from the video

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Custom CSS from the video

/* Hide "table view" from queries */
div.mx-2 {
  display: none;
}

/* Remove the actual query displayed in simple query tables */
div.dsl-query > div.custom-query > div.flex > div.content {
  display: none;
}

/* Style the heading row of Query Table */
th {
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  color: #3f74bf;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-transform: capitalize;
  background-color: #ffce54;
  border-radius: 10px;
}

/* Wrap text in query table */
td {
    white-space: pre-wrap !important;
}

Logseq Smartblocks (available from the Marketplace)

GitHub - sawhney17/logseq-smartblocks
If this plugin helps you, I'd really appreciate your support. You can buy me a coffee here. This plugin allows you to create a templater button, which on click, inserts the contents of the template you've specified, under the block. Allows for advanced features and workflows.
GitHub - sawhney17/logseq-smartblocks
https://github.com/sawhney17/logseq-smartblocks/
GitHub - sawhney17/logseq-smartblocks
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