v1.1.0-rc.1 — Tags as sole organizational label

What's changed

• Projects removed — tags promoted — The [project-name] bracket syntax is gone. Tags (#tag) are now the sole organizational label.
• Per-tag color configuration with border/fill style, driven by a user-defined priority list for cards with multiple tags.
• Legacy [bracket] tokens in existing files are silently stripped from rendered titles — no file migration required.

Installing via BRAT

Add jimblom/Hexfield-Deck as a beta plugin in BRAT and it will pick up this pre-release.

v1.0.0-rc — Obsidian plugin + v1.0.0 candidate

Release Candidate: v1.0.0

This is the release candidate for v1.0.0, which ships the full Obsidian plugin alongside the VS Code extension.

What's new

• Obsidian plugin — Full feature parity with VS Code: drag-and-drop, native context menus, filters, search, quick add, jump-to-source, sub-task checkboxes, project color config, wikilink rendering
• Native context menus — Right-click any card in Obsidian for the full context menu (priority, state, move, edit, delete) using Obsidian's native Menu API with checkmarks on current values
• Tag pill badges — `#tags` render as oval pill badges (separate row, purple); `[project]` bracket syntax is the distinct project identifier
• "All Slates" view — Combine all H1 slates into one board view
• Optional H2 headings — Tasks under an H1 with no preceding H2 fall into an implicit default row

Installing in Obsidian via BRAT

1. Install the BRAT community plugin
2. In BRAT settings → Add Beta Plugin → enter: jimblom/Hexfield-Deck
3. Enable Hexfield Deck in Settings → Community Plugins

Manual Obsidian install

1. Download obsidian-hexfield-deck.zip below
2. Extract into <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/hexfield-deck/
3. Enable Hexfield Deck in Settings → Community Plugins

VS Code install

Download hexfield-deck-1.0.0.vsix and install via Extensions → ⋯ → Install from VSIX...

v0.8.0 — The Board Comes Alive

Hexfield Deck v0.8.0 is the most polished release yet — and the last stop before v1.0.0 hits the VS Code Marketplace. This one is less about adding surfaces and more about making every surface feel like it belongs in your editor.

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What's new

The board talks back to your files

Click any card to jump to its source line. The editor opens, cursor lands on the task, view centers. No hunting through the file. This is the feature that closes the loop between the board and the markdown — the thing that makes it feel native instead of bolted on.

Your day, front and center

Today's swimlane row auto-expands on load. Everything else collapses out of the way. Open your weekly planner and you're already looking at today — not scrolling through Monday to get to Thursday.

Overdue work is impossible to miss

Cards with past due dates now show a red top border in addition to the existing date badge. You'll know at a glance what's slipped, even in a dense board.

Comments surface where they belong

The // comment syntax has been parsed since v0.7.0, but the text was silently discarded on the board. Now it shows up as a small italic note beneath the card title — your annotations are finally visible without opening the file.

Find anything, instantly

A search bar in the toolbar filters cards by title substring in real time. Works alongside the existing metadata filters. Great for boards with a lot of cards where you know what you're looking for.

Know where you stand

The header now shows Slate progress — 7 / 23 done with a progress bar. Won't Do and Blocked cards don't count against you. A quick read of the header tells you how the week is tracking.

Column counts in Standard view

Each column header in Standard view now shows a card count badge. Small thing, genuinely useful.

Status bar integration

While a board is open, the VS Code status bar shows the active filename (tasks.md — Hexfield Deck). A small signal that the extension is alive and which file it's watching.

Empty states

Two cases that previously showed a blank void now show helpful prompts: one when a Slate genuinely has no tasks, one when active filters are hiding everything (with a "clear all filters" link).

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Bug fix

• Swimlane grid with Blocked / Won't Do columns — The CSS grid template was hardcoded to 3 columns. Boards with Blocked or Won't Do cards had broken layouts. Now computed dynamically from the actual column count.

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What's next

v1.0.0 — VS Code Marketplace submission. The icon is the last open item. Everything else is ready.

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Named after the Hexfield Viewscreen on the Satellite of Love — your window into the work.

v0.6.1 — ProjectPanel bug fixes

Patch release fixing two bugs in the project color panel introduced in v0.6.0.

Fixed

• Project clear button (✕) — Clicking ✕ now correctly clears the color and style, retaining only the URL if one was set. Previously the button had no effect due to a spread bug that re-wrote the unchanged config.

• Project URL input — URL values now save reliably. Previously, clicking outside the panel closed it before the blur event fired, silently discarding any typed URL.

Full changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the complete history.

v0.6.0 — Project color panel + Hexfield Text compatibility

What's new

Project Color Selector Panel

New Projects button in the board toolbar (left of Filter). Opens a popover listing every #project tag discovered in the active file — no more editing settings JSON to configure project colors.

Per-project controls:

• Color dot → 12-swatch curated palette + native color wheel for custom hex + clear button
• Style dropdown — Border (3px left stripe), Fill (~10% opacity background tint), or Both
• URL input — makes the project badge a clickable link

Changes persist to hexfield-deck.projects in global VS Code settings immediately, with optimistic UI update for instant feedback.

Configurable Badge Colors

All metadata badge colors (project tags, priorities, due dates, time estimates) now read from hexfield.colors.* VS Code settings with hardcoded fallback defaults. Colors stay in sync with Hexfield Text when both extensions are installed.

Hexfield Text Compatibility

Hexfield Deck now accepts hexfield-markdown files promoted by the Hexfield Text companion extension — context menu entries and the openBoard command guard both recognize the new language ID. hexfield.colors.* configuration ownership moved to Hexfield Text (ADR-0007), eliminating "already registered" warnings when both extensions are installed.

type: hexfield-planner Frontmatter

Documented as the canonical file identity field for the Hexfield product family. Present in all examples, USER_GUIDE, and the week template generator.

Hexfield Ecosystem Spec

docs/hexfield-ecosystem.md — the integration reference documenting shared contracts between Hexfield extensions: file identity, language ID, configuration namespace ownership, CSS variables, and the shared color palette.

Fixed

• Project clear button (✕) — now correctly clears color and style, retaining only the URL if set
• Project URL input — URL values now save reliably regardless of how the panel is closed

Full changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the complete history.

v0.5.0 — Metadata Filtering

What's New

Metadata Filtering

Filter the board down to exactly the cards you need. The new [Filter ▾] button in the toolbar opens a multi-section dropdown:

Dimension	Options
Project	Multi-select from all projects active in the current file
Status	To Do / In Progress / Done
Priority	High / Medium / Low
Due Date	Overdue / Due Today / Due This Week / No Due Date
Time Estimate	Short (≤30m) / Medium (30m–2h) / Long (2h+) / No Estimate

• AND logic between dimensions, OR logic within each dimension
• Active filter count shown as a badge on the Filter button
• Filters persist when switching between Standard, Swimlane, and Backlog views
• "Clear all filters" button restores the full board instantly

Upgrade Notes

No breaking changes. Open any existing planner file — filtering is off by default and the board behaves identically until you engage it.

What's Next

Phase 8: Week Navigation — Browse forward and backward through weeks directly from the board, with auto-creation of new week files from a configurable template.

v0.4.0 - Inline Markdown Rendering

Phase 6: Inline Markdown Rendering

Card titles and sub-task titles now render inline markdown formatting across all three views — Standard, Swimlane, and Backlog.

What's New

• Bold, italic, strikethrough, and `code spans` render directly on cards
• Markdown links [text](url) open in your default browser
• Sub-task titles support the same inline formatting
• Clicking a link on a card or sub-task does not trigger drag-and-drop
• Columns are now equal-width thirds regardless of content length
• Long titles and rendered links wrap cleanly within cards

Bug Fixes

• #fragment in a URL (e.g. https://example.com/page#section) is no longer mistakenly extracted as a project tag — project tags require a space before #
• Sub-task titles with markdown links now render correctly instead of showing raw markdown

Usage

Write standard inline markdown in any task or sub-task title:

- [ ] Ship **v0.4.0** release #hexfield [2026-02-15] !!!
  - [ ] Update [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/jimblom/Hexfield-Deck)
  - [ ] Run \`pnpm test\` and confirm green
  - [x] ~~Write placeholder copy~~ (done)

Plain titles with no markdown formatting are unaffected.

Installation

Download hexfield-deck-0.4.0.vsix above and install via Extensions → ⋯ → Install from VSIX... in VS Code.

v0.4.0-rc.1 — Phase 6: Inline Markdown Rendering

Phase 6: Inline Markdown Rendering (RC)

Card titles now render inline markdown — bold, italic, strikethrough, code spans, and links all display properly across all three views (Standard, Swimlane, Backlog).

What's New

• Bold, italic, strikethrough, and `code` in card titles render as formatted text
• Markdown links open in the browser (via VS Code's external link handler)
• Drag-and-drop is preserved — clicking a link in a card does not trigger a drag
• All three views (Standard, Swimlane, Backlog) updated

Notes

• marked (inline parser) is bundled into the webview VSIX — no separate install needed
• Plain titles with no markdown are unaffected

Testing

Install the attached .vsix and verify:

1. - [ ] **Bold** and *italic* task → renders correctly
2. - [ ] Run `npm test` → code span in monospace
3. - [ ] See [the docs](https://example.com) → link renders, click opens browser
4. Drag a card — no accidental drag when clicking links
5. Plain titles → no regression

v0.3.0 — Phase 5: Context Menu & CRUD

What's new in v0.3.0

Phase 5: Context Menu & CRUD Operations

Right-click any card in any view to access a full task management menu:

• Open in Markdown — jumps the editor to that task's source line
• Edit Title / Due Date / Time Estimate — VS Code input boxes, pre-filled with current values
• Set Priority — High / Medium / Low / None submenu
• Change State — To Do / In Progress / Done submenu
• Move to Day — submenu populated from your week's day sections
• Move to Backlog — Now / Next 2 Weeks / This Month / This Quarter / This Year / Parking Lot
• Delete Task — modal confirmation before removing

Quick Add

New + button in the toolbar:

• Standard / Swimlane view → inserts into today's day section
• Backlog view → inserts into the "Now" bucket

Also in this release

• Fixed blank webview on installed extension (v0.2.2 hotfix, now rolled in)

Phase 5: Context Menu & CRUD (w/ missing resource fix)

What's new in v0.3.0-rc.2

Phase 5: Context Menu & CRUD Operations

Right-click any card to access a full task management menu:

• Open in Markdown — jumps your editor to the task line
• Edit Title / Due Date / Time Estimate — VS Code input boxes, pre-filled with current values
• Set Priority — High / Medium / Low / None submenu
• Change State — To Do / In Progress / Done submenu
• Move to Day — submenu populated from your week's day sections
• Move to Backlog — Now / Next 2 Weeks / This Month / This Quarter / This Year / Parking Lot
• Delete Task — modal confirmation before removing

Quick Add

New + button in the toolbar inserts a new task:

• Standard / Swimlane view → inserts into today's day section (or the first day if today isn't found)
• Backlog view → inserts into the "Now" bucket

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Pre-release — RC for Phase 5. Branch: feature/phase-5-context-menu. Not yet merged to main.