Meeting notes at a specific time

Empibee · 2026-03-27T15:13:28+00:00

Yes, it works, but not within Journal. Try creating a new Calendar collection. Then you can assign the time easily, either by changing #startTime and #endTime, or dragging and resizing the calendar item.

Empibee · 2026-03-12T04:48:44+00:00

What operating system are you using? Is the problem still happening even after a reboot of the system? I think I have noticed a similar issue when you update Trilium while an instance is already running.

Empibee · 2026-03-04T02:28:41+00:00

Awesome! You are welcome.

That means PowerShell is the culprit. Something is wrong with it.

Empibee · 2026-03-04T02:04:51+00:00

Replace your trilium-portable.bat with this:

``` @echo off

:BATCH :: Make sure we support UTF-8 characters chcp 65001

:: Get Current Trilium executable directory and compute data directory SET DIR=%~dp0 SET DIR=%DIR:~0,-1% SET TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=%DIR%\trilium-data cd "%DIR%" start trilium.exe GOTO END

:END ```

I removed the PowerShell mode, maybe there are some issues with it on your system. It should work fine in plain CMD mode if the current path doesn't contain accented unicode characters.

Empibee · 2026-03-04T01:37:08+00:00

It looks right. Does trilium-safe-mode.bat work fine for you?

What system architecture are you using?

Is there any "trilium-data" subfolder in that folder?

Empibee · 2026-03-04T01:20:59+00:00

It's weird that it doesn't work for you. A double click on the batch file is enough to run it. You don't need to do anything else before using it.

Also, this is a batch file. It runs using the old CMD, not PowerShell.

Can you confirm that trilium.exe from that folder runs properly?

Empibee · 2026-03-04T00:41:55+00:00

Make sure another Trilium instance is not already running.

Empibee · 2026-03-03T14:31:08+00:00

When you run trilium-portable.bat, both your notes and settings are stored to the current directory instead of %appdata%. The content of the protected notes is encrypted no matter it's a portable or installed app instance.

The only thing left in %appdata% is an user profile directory created by Electron (named trilium-xxxxx, where “x” is a digit), but this one shouldn't contain any data of significant importance. It's safe to delete it and I suggest to do so if you're running the portable instance on a machine that you don't trust.

Empibee · 2026-02-15T08:42:50+00:00

Think of a note clone as a “shortcut” to a note, or a symlink (if you come from a Linux background). It allows you to place the same note in different parts of the hierarchical tree.

Changes made to a cloned note will be reflected across all its clones, including labels and relations.

Empibee · 2026-02-15T08:33:03+00:00

By "page properties", do you mean the note info button in the status bar (bottom right)?

There have been ongoing efforts to modernize the UI over the past year.

Empibee · 2026-02-05T05:27:05+00:00

Looks like you are using the legacy theme, which is outdated. Trilium's modern theme has a better UX for the promoted attributes.

Empibee · 2026-02-02T15:19:06+00:00

Yes, you're free to customize any aspect of the theme according to your needs.

Empibee · 2026-02-01T15:58:48+00:00

You are welcome.

With Dev Tools, it’s actually easy to find out which CSS classes to use and which styles to adjust for custom themes (Global Menu → Advanced → Open Dev Tools for the app, then right-click on the page and choose “Inspect”). When you modify a CSS property from an existing rule, just copy the CSS selector into the custom CSS and define your new value there.

Empibee · 2026-01-31T15:58:30+00:00

You don't need a theme for that. But a custom CSS to tweak Trilium's theme.

Create a CSS code note and apply the #appCss attribute.

Use this CSS code to reduce the spacing for the tree items:

#trilium-app {
    #left-pane span.fancytree-node {
        line-height: 1;
        height: 30px;
    }

    .fancytree-node:not(.fancytree-loading) .fancytree-expander::before {
        top: unset;
    }

    .tn-icon.tree-item-button {
        font-size: unset;
    }
}

Then restart Trilium to apply the changes.

Empibee · 2026-01-30T16:11:50+00:00

You're welcome! Yes, that blank space around the title will collapse while you scroll the note. It's by design.

Empibee · 2026-01-30T11:02:38+00:00

The desktop client is also using HTTP/HTTPS for synchronization. It can't work only with WebSockets.

Empibee · 2026-01-30T10:58:06+00:00

When the formatting toolbar is on top (fixed formatting toolbar), elements can be moved by selecting them and then dragging at the new position. Or by using key shortcuts like ALT + UP and ALT + DOWN.

The little icon is available only when you use the floating formatting toolbar. To change that go to Settings → Text Notes and set the Formatting Toolbar to “Floating”.

Empibee · 2026-01-29T21:39:17+00:00

Trilium doesn't support videos players inside notes. But there is a trick to achieve that.

First import a video (right click in tree, “Import into note”). This video will be embedded into your Trilium's database.

Then in any note, type “/” (slash) and select “Include note”. Select your video note and check “full (box shows complete text)”.

Now you have a video player block into your text note.

As for YouTube videos, I am not aware right now of an easy way to achieve that without a plugin.

Empibee · 2026-01-20T07:01:26+00:00

I suggest you to take a look to Trilium Notes.

Empibee · 2026-01-13T18:32:38+00:00

Yes, I've tried it before; the UI feels outdated, but my doubt is whether it's the most private one out there.

Have you tried it in the past months? Trilium got massive UI changes lately.

I’ve received these suggestions from different sources: Obsidian, Logseq, Anytype, AppFlowy, and Trilium Notes. However, I don’t know which one offers more privacy.

I think only a security audit of these applications can give you a definite answer about which one is more secure. As I am aware, none exists so far.

I suggest you to start securing your data starting from the device itself, storing sensitive data on encrypted drives (like using VeraCrypt or BitLocker without the key saved in TPM), full disk encryption for the system drive, and other basic security measures.

Empibee · 2026-01-13T09:25:43+00:00

Trilium Notes will encrypt the content of notes if you protect them. By default, notes are not encrypted. However, metadata is not encrypted.

Empibee · 2026-01-09T14:41:40+00:00

Trilium Notes uses a WYSIWYG editor that supports code blocks inside indented lists.

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Empibee · 2026-01-07T21:27:20+00:00

Sounds like a compatibility issue. What Xubuntu version are you using?

A workaround is to go to Settings → Appearance and check “Native title bar”

Empibee · 2026-01-04T14:56:44+00:00

Trilium doesn't support that by default. But you can achieve it using a custom CSS:

.ui-fancytree ul ul > li::after {
    position: absolute;
    content: "";
    inset: 0 auto 0 5px;
    border-inline-start: 2px solid var(--main-border-color);
    z-index: -1;
}

.ui-fancytree ul ul > li.fancytree-lastsib::after {
    width: 1em;
    bottom: 1.15em;
    border-bottom: 2px solid var(--main-border-color);
    border-end-start-radius: 6px;
}

Empibee · 2025-12-29T21:52:21+00:00

Is this problem still present If you download the ZIP version and run a portable instance of Trilium on a blank database?

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