# Highlight note in graph view when hovered in sidebar file list **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Tags:** reading, graph-view\ **Created:** [March 30, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/highlight-note-in-graph-view-when-hovered-in-sidebar-file-list/15577 "2021-03-30T12:34:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jpoliachik](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/jpoliachik/32/12463_2.png) [@Jpoliachik](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Jpoliachik)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/highlight-note-in-graph-view-when-hovered-in-sidebar-file-list/15577/1 "2021-03-30T12:34:37Z")
I love using graph view to traverse related topics, quickly, but I find it very difficult to find a specific note in the huge tree. I’m often working on a note, or have several recent ones in the left sidebar that I need to find quickly in the graph view. My suggestion is when hovering over a note in the left sidebar, highlight the node in the graph view. This would allow us to find and traverse quickly in graph view! ---
**Author:** ![Jare](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/jare/32/7374_2.png) [@Jare](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Jare)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/highlight-note-in-graph-view-when-hovered-in-sidebar-file-list/15577/3 "2021-08-14T06:01:34Z")
I think this request is actually different: the one you linked to seems to talk about a “selected note”, which I interpret to mean a note that is currently opened. However, this feature request is about to highlight a note that is not necessarily open in Obsidian, but that is hovered with the mouse cursor in the side menu. That would be a quick way to go through notes listed in the menu and see where each of them are located in the graph. I’d love this kind of feature. ❤ ---
**Author:** ![JonathanBuchh](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/jonathanbuchh/32/12455_2.png) [@JonathanBuchh](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/JonathanBuchh)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/highlight-note-in-graph-view-when-hovered-in-sidebar-file-list/15577/4 "2021-08-14T16:45:28Z")
Thanks for the correction @Jare I’ve withdrawn my previous post. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![couragist](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@couragist](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/couragist)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/highlight-note-in-graph-view-when-hovered-in-sidebar-file-list/15577/5 "2022-10-14T14:19:53Z")
Hello! Did you built that feature in the latest update1.0.0 ?? It would be so GOOD TO HAVE! ---
**Author:** ![yusufhgmail](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/yusufhgmail/32/11912_2.png) [@yusufhgmail](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/yusufhgmail)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/highlight-note-in-graph-view-when-hovered-in-sidebar-file-list/15577/6 "2023-04-08T07:57:48Z")
This seems like such a no-brainer… It’s really, really hard to find the note you’re currently looking at in the graph view. Can this please be implemented? There’s no real point of looking at a graph view if you can’t find what you’re looking for in it. ---
**Author:** ![Gddr00](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gddr00](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Gddr00)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/highlight-note-in-graph-view-when-hovered-in-sidebar-file-list/15577/7 "2025-02-09T08:29:45Z")
This suggestion seems to be included in this very relevant feature request: # Graph View UI improvements - 42070 (sorry I can’t insert the link apparently) Hoping there will some interest in this suggestion… ---
**Author:** ![jakdab](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/jakdab/32/95624_2.png) [@jakdab](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/jakdab)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/highlight-note-in-graph-view-when-hovered-in-sidebar-file-list/15577/8 "2026-08-14T14:31:39Z")
I ran into exactly this, @Jpoliachik . I wanted the note or folder I’m hovering in the sidebar to be highlighted in the graph, couldn’t find a solution, so I built a plugin for it. It’s called Graph Files Highlight Sync, and it’s just been published, You can find it in: Settings → Community plugins → Browse → search for “Graph Files Highlight Sync”. I have a fresh forum account, so I’ll add the repo link and a demo GIF once the forum lets me post links. Hovering a note in the file explorer lights up its node and its direct neighbours, and dims the rest of the graph. It does the same for folders — hover a folder and every note inside it, including subfolders, lights up at once. That second half turned out to be the more useful one for me: it answers “is this folder a real cluster, or just a drawer?” There is one thing: the graph view has no public API, so this relies on Obsidian’s internal renderer fields — the same approach Graph Search Sync takes. It works today, but a future Obsidian release could break it. If that happens, let me know, and I’ll try to fix it. Feedback and bug reports are welcome 🤙🏻. ---
**Author:** ![jakdab](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/jakdab/32/95624_2.png) [@jakdab](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/jakdab)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/highlight-note-in-graph-view-when-hovered-in-sidebar-file-list/15577/9 "2026-08-17T12:13:26Z")
link to the plugin here: > **[Graph Files Highlight Sync](https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/graph-files-highlight-sync)** > > Highlights a note in the graph view when you hover over it in the file explorer — or every note in a folder when you hover the folder.