Create toolbars from Note Toolbar Callouts that you may have created, or may have been shared with you, in one of two ways:

• Import a callout into a new or existing toolbar in settings; or
• Right-click on a callout and select Create Note Toolbar from callout

Import callout items into an existing toolbar

Use the import button (above the toolbar's item list).

Notes:

• The callout's heading is not required. If provided, styles, and the imported callout toolbar name, are ignored.

Right-click on a callout

Select some Note Toolbar Callout markdown in a note, then right-click and select Create Note Toolbar from callout. This will attempt to import the callout as a new toolbar.

The callout must start with > [!note-toolbar] in order to be recognized.

What's supported

How callouts are translated back into toolbars:

• The toolbar's name is used if provided at the end of the first line of the callout, unless you are importing a callout into an existing toolbar.
• Toolbar styles (except custom styles) are imported if they're valid, unless you are importing a callout into an existing toolbar.
• Icons are imported if they're built-in to Obsidian (Lucide) and in Iconize format (e.g., :LiHome:).
• Tooltips are imported from comments at the end of each line.
• Data elements and Note Toolbar URIs can be imported for command/menu/folder items, and are translated into the appropriate item types.

See creating callouts from toolbars to see how toolbars can be exported to callouts. All of the supported features noted there can be imported again.

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