Duplicate folder from inside obsidian

[y.h]

Use case or problem

I have a “template” folder for longform projects (for which I use the longform plugin). When creating a new project, I want to be able to just duplicate a folder and its content by right-clicking on it and selecting “duplicate”.

Proposed solution

Add the “duplicate” option to the right-click menu.

Current workaround (optional)

I need to go outside of Obsidian and into windows file explorer to duplicate the folder.

[rigmarole]

Alternatively, I believe you can already create folder templates using the Template plugin:

How Do I Create a Template Folder

I turned on the Template plugin, but I do not understand how to create the template folder. Where exactly do I create this folder? And how do I name this folder? I understand I put the folder in my vault but that did not work–I went into my vault through my computer to set it up. I couldn’t find anything on here to answer my question and the plugin itself seems to assume you know what to do. I’m using Windows 10. Thanks, David

[carlosbaraza]

I solved the problem of creating folders using the Templater plugin, which exposes an API to create a folder. However, it’d be nice if we had a simple duplicate folder option in Obsidian.

Link to my solution using Templater: Create a folder, move file to it and add check list · Discussion #569 · SilentVoid13/Templater · GitHub

[y.h]

Thanks @rigmarole for the suggestion.

And thank you for sharing your code @carlosbaraza !!
I guess that will do for now

I do really hope Obsidian will implement a “duplicate folder” shortcut. And in the future, allow “folder templates”

[EleanorKonik]

I can definitely see the value of this and am surprised this doesn’t already exist. If I were still doing novels I probably would have noticed the lack sooner.