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Callouts
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.

> [!info]
> Here's a callout block.
> It supports **Markdown**, [[Internal link|Wikilinks]], and [[Embed
files|embeds]]!
> ![[og-image.png]]

Info

Here's a callout block.

It supports Markdown, Wikilinks and embeds!

Callouts are also supported natively on Obsidian Publish.

Note

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.

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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? ​

Yes! In a foldable callout, the contents are hidden when collapsed.

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

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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.

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] .

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

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Abstract

> [!abstract]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Aliases: summary , tldr

Info ​

> [!info]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Todo ​

> [!todo]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Tip ​

> [!tip]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Aliases: hint , important

Success ​

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> [!success]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Aliases: check , done

Question ​

> [!question]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Aliases: help , faq

Warning ​

> [!warning]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Aliases: caution , attention

Failure ​

> [!failure]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Aliases: fail , missing

Danger ​

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> [!danger]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Alias: error

Bug ​

> [!bug]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Example ​

> [!example]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Quote ​

> [!quote]
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Alias: cite

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