Filter List Items by Inline Tag in Obsidian with DataviewJS

A DataviewJS snippet to query all list items — bullets, tasks, or journal entries — that contain a specific inline tag across your entire Obsidian vault.

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I use Obsidian for interstitial journaling and wanted to list all of my specific list items containing the #journal tag.

This DataviewJS snippet gets all items where they include¹ a specific tag (#journal):

//```dataviewjs
dv.list(dv.pages().file.lists.where(t => t.text.includes("#journal")).map((t ) => t.text))
//```

Being able to query individual list items is a power boost for anyone using Obsidian for interstitial journaling and keeping their journal entries in a daily note!

It doesn't have to be a tag, includes is a JavaScript string function, which means you could @ mention something, filter by some thing that could be queried with a Regular Expression or even link to another file! ↩

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