obsidian-folder-notes
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LostPaul
Option to make every new note or canvas a folder
Hi,
I would like if there was an option to make every new note or canvas a folder automatically. I am using another plugin to control the sorting of folders/files in the binder to make the order type-agnostic; it sorts folders and files purely by name. So I see folders as just an aspect of files. As long as a hierarchical file organization is used, it is quite often the case that I would want to put something below a note/canvas, for example attachments to show within the note or sub concepts or have it extensible for later.
A problem with the distinction between folder and note/canvas is that you cannot easily move files below notes (like CTRL+M) unless you had turned them into a folder priorly or on the other hand jump to folders with CTRL+O. If everything was a folder, it would be much faster and more convenient.
This already exists for new folders but not for files yet, thank you for the suggestion and the explanation for why this would be needed. I might add this kind of feature in the next days but I also would want to add a whitelist for file extensions that would automatically turn into a folder note and that it isn't only for canvas and normal notes only. What do you think about that?
Sorry, I confused the repository, I had been using https://github.com/xpgo/obsidian-folder-note-plugin. So was not aware that, here, notes could already be automatically created for new folders. Trying your plugin now.
I think it would be interesting if other files could be automatically turned into folders as well. I had been pondering how to annotate other files seamlessly and be able to externalize them (https://github.com/qawatake/obsidian-binary-file-manager-plugin/issues/13).
For normal notes and canvases I would also like to suggest another mechanism: UI-wise, folders suggest that there is something below them. If everything is turned into a folder, then it looks expandable everywhere even when there is nothing below it. Maybe instead of turning everything into a folder from the getgo, it would be possible to target normal files for folder operations, like if you opend the modal for moving a file (CTRL+M), you could also target normal files there and turn them into folders just-in-time. Alternatively, I guess, the visualization could be changed to display folders differently when there is nothing in them.
