Well, I’m trying to create a note that can exist in more than one folder at the same time. For example, let’s call the note X, I want to put note X in folder Z and Y, with note X being editable regardless of the folder. Is there a method for this?
Can you say more about why you want to do this? It might influence the types of suggestions.
One easy thing would be to embed a link to the note in a different note.
![[Link To The Note]]
Brooo, I had written it but it disappeared. Basically, my question was that I want to create a note that can exist in multiple folders. For example, a note X that can exist in folder Y and Z, with you being able to edit it simultaneously regardless of the folder.
Ah I see, you wrote it inside comment tags, so it’s hidden. I edited your post to remove the comments.
What you are trying to do is clear. I was asking about the “why”. Why do you need to edit a note from 2 different places? If you explain that, someone might have a better idea for you. You might be trying to find a workaround for something where a tool already exists.
And did you actually mean “simultaneously” as in at the same time? I assume you just mean whenever you want. Just checking. If you’re talking about 2 different people editing the same file from 2 different locations at the same time, that would be important to mention.
Thanks for editing, friend. We’re in this together!
Organization, for example, I’m creating an RPG document. In it, I have two folders, “X” and “Y.” However, I have a character that I put in a note and I want him to be part of both “X” and “Y.” But I don’t want this note to be a copy and paste. I want it to be the same note as the other folder, as if it were just one note in two folders.
As Obsidian notes are just .md files in your file system, you can of course have a note of the same name in multiple places, but they are different files/notes on disk. e.g. two separate mynote.md files:
.
└── Vault/
├── X-folder/
│ └── mynote.md
└── Y-folder/
└── mynote.md
Symlinks are an option if you are brave, but you make those outside of Obsidian and →
We strongly advise against using symbolic links.
Jumping off of what rigmarole suggested, you could try embedding a note in another note. Here I have named the notes differently, but the content shown will be 99% the same (in Live Preview and Reading view).
The Galactica note only has this written in it:
[[Galactica.actual]]
![[Galactica.actual]]
The first link is for easy use of the popup Page Preview, and the second link with the ! is the embed. You can use CSS to remove the vertical left border, etc., if you’d like.
Yep, the second option with the example you sent from rigmamore’s suggestion is perfectly what I have in mind for my project. But how do you remove the borders and how do you use this preview when hovering over the link?
If I understand correctly, you can make embeds blend into the note using css: "Naked" Embeds (CSS tweak). With page preview, you just click into it to make edits.
The simplest CSS snippet would be something like:
body {
--embed-border-start: unset; /* Obsidian v1.6+ */
--embed-padding: 0;
}
but there are more rules you could add, options for hiding the title(s) and headings, etc.
For Page preview, the default is to hold Cmd/Ctrl while hovering over a link (in the editor) and then click into it to edit as l-d-as mentioned. Check the link above and settings for it.
Thanks, good night 
