It could be complemented with a command in palette: “Re-open last closed note”.
It should restore the pane in corresponding position relative to other panes. (I am using Andy mode, I assume applies to normal layout too.)
Related feature requests:
- Hotkey to "Focus on last active pane"
- history of visited notes:
- existing plugin for in Obsidian: Recent Files List Plugin
- existing implementation in TheBrain for inspiration: Option to quickly open specifc notes
- Compress history for Navigate Back
- Breadcrumb / path display / list view for "How'd I get here"