# Automatically reveal active file in navigation **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature archive\ **Created:** [April 11, 2021, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/automatically-reveal-active-file-in-navigation/16311 "2021-04-11T10:38:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vojta](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/vojta/32/10971_2.png) [@vojta](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/vojta)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/automatically-reveal-active-file-in-navigation/16311/1 "2021-04-11T10:38:20Z")
### Use case or problem Frequently it is interesting for me to look what other files are in the same folder as current note. ### Proposed solution Option to automatically reveal focused file in navigation. ### Current workaround Manually triggering action “Reveal active file in navigation”. ### Related feature requests [Reveal note in sidebar - #23 by selrond](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/reveal-note-in-sidebar/993/23) - previously suggested there. ---
**Author:** ![DEV\_Scribbles](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/dev_scribbles/32/25838_2.png) [@DEV\_Scribbles](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/DEV_Scribbles)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/automatically-reveal-active-file-in-navigation/16311/2 "2021-04-11T13:02:30Z")
There is the [Reveal Active File plugin](https://github.com/shichongrui/obsidian-reveal-active-file) you can use ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/b/e/bec35fbd23ab28909bb6bfe62cb32eb82dd34019.png) [@system](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/automatically-reveal-active-file-in-navigation/16311/3 "2021-04-12T13:02:35Z")
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