Backup, restore & rule search
Settings → Conditional Properties → Backup and restore, and the search field right above your rule list.
Export settings
Writes conditional-properties-settings-YYYY-MM-DD.json to your vault’s root folder (not your OS’s Downloads folder) and shows a Notice confirming the path. This works the same way on desktop and mobile — it writes through Obsidian’s own vault API rather than triggering a browser download dialog, which isn’t reliable in Obsidian Mobile’s WebView.
The full path of the most recent export is also shown as Latest export, right under this section’s description. On desktop that’s the full OS filesystem path (e.g. /Users/name/Vault/conditional-properties-settings-2026-08-29.json); mobile has no real filesystem path to show, so it falls back to the vault-relative one. It stays there after reopening the settings tab or restarting Obsidian.
Import settings
Opens a file picker; pick any exported JSON file to restore your rules and scan settings. Useful for moving your rule set to another vault, or restoring after experimenting with changes.
Rule search
Right under the Rules heading, above the rule list: a dropdown (Property / First level title / Note file) plus a search field that filters the list live as you type, once you’ve typed at least 2 characters.
It searches whichever field that condition type stores its text in:
| Condition type | Searches |
|---|---|
| Property | The property name typed in the IF condition |
| First level title | The text typed in the IF condition |
| Note file | The text typed in the IF condition |
Matching is case-insensitive and a literal substring — a /regex/-mode condition value is matched as that literal text, slashes included, never interpreted as a pattern. A rule shows up if any of its IF conditions of the selected type matches, regardless of the rule’s own Match (Any/All) setting.
Search: Property → "people"
Shows only rules with a Property condition whose property name contains “people” — matches people, peoples_list, etc.
The search field is Obsidian’s native search input, with its own built-in clear (“×”) button. The filter resets every time you reopen the settings tab.