Folder Note Plugin: Add description note to folder

exaltcovert · March 9, 2024, 9:17pm

Hi,
Is anyone else having an issue with AidenLx’s Folder Note? I am unable to click the folder notes in the file tree, I can only browse the file tree the old fashioned way. This is happening on both OSX and mobile, with the Minimal theme. I’m on the latest version of Obsidian and all the plugins are updated.

SebastianMC · March 12, 2024, 10:21pm

Hi @exaltcovert,

this problem is known, reported and discussed in github under #134: Folder notes no longer open when clicking on the folder (Obsidian Desktop v1.5.4)

To simplify the life of not advanced users I’ve recently created a patched copy of the alx-folder-note and exposed it for easy installation with the well known BRAT plugin. The repository name to use in BRAT is https://github.com/SebastianMC/alx-folder-note.

All details and the background are clarified in my comment under #134 and in the updated readme of GitHub - SebastianMC/alx-folder-note

Hopefully this will make our life easier until the author applies relevant fixes onto the main repository.

MitchWagner · March 13, 2024, 1:18am

As a workaround, I’ve found right-clicking on the folder and selecting “open folder note” does the job.

exaltcovert · March 17, 2024, 8:48pm

Thank you so much!

Bharath · July 4, 2024, 7:13am

Tysm for creating this. Very useful!

Serdj · February 13, 2025, 2:48pm

Hello, FYI if you put [folderName](obsidian://search?query=path:folderName) inside a note, clicking on it will display the list of files in that folder into the left sidebar of Obsidian.

Also, if there is an “index” note inside the folder, you can link it with [[FolderName/index|index of FolderName]]

Personally I prefer this kind of “web style”, which let me put whatever I want into the index file. This is not automated, however. So your plugin might be interesting to automatically generate the index (or content) note. I will try it.

digitaldoctors · September 17, 2025, 2:26pm

If you add this to your Folder Notes’ Note … it displays links to all the files in the folder

filters:
  and:
    - file.inFolder(this.file.folder)
views:
  - type: cards
    name: Table
    order:
      - file.name

it looks like this: