Use case or problem Currently, Obsidian does not support manual drag-and-drop sorting of items in core features such as Bases, files, or lists. Sorting is limited to preset options like alphabetical or date-based ordering. This creates friction when working with projects, research, or curated lists…

For file explorer, continue here: [image] File Explorer Custom Sort Feature requests I would like to be able to drag/drop files in the file explorer into a custom sort that can be toggled on/off along with other sort options. For lists, continue here: [i…

Add Native Drag-and-Drop Sorting across Obsidian

Feature archive

ariehen September 26, 2025, 8:43am 3

This FR covers the Files tab: