Could a note be assigned/flagged as a “Parent Note” and a “Child Note” or “Sub Note”?
For instance, I have a topic called “Subsets,” and I want to make two distinct child items using the following method (such hierarchy would appear as such in folder/explorer view)
–Subsets
|— Proper Subsets
|— Improper Subsets
I am not keen on using folders, there are way too many folders in my vault
There are folders and notes, but default / vanilla Obsidian has no concept of a parent or child note. That’s something, to be generous let’s call it a “thought technology”, that you bring to it.
There are probably some plugins to help you out.
Why do you need folders?
You can also add nested tags:
Subsets/Proper Subsets
Subsets/Improper Subsets
By using hash # or properties.
I’m recently thinking about the same thing. I’m still experimenting, but currently, mimicking folder structure using links/Dataview is working well for me.
The dataview table shows the child notes.
I’m using Minimal Cards to render the dataview table as pretty cards but this is only optional.
---
tags:
- hub
cssclasses:
- cards
---
```dataview
TABLE links as Link
WHERE hub = this.file.link
```
A child note has the link to the parent note as a property.
---
hub: "[[Parent]]"
---
Nested tags are also useful, but in this case, we need a hierarchy between specific notes rather than tags in my opinion.
Also, you might want to take a look at these plugins, although I have not tried them myself.
@ariehen : I have tried a number of them from the plugin store, but none of them appear to work well or be simple.
@AdrianoCzelentano I rarely use tags and only do so when absolutely necessary to avoid complicating the text or my thinking. I try not to do them too much.
@ush : I appreciate you providing options. Since my brain is somewhat hardwired for SQL, even though I greatly value dataview, I frequently make mistakes with it.
@looney.apache You might find this interesting: Dataview JS Getting The Tree Root - #28 by holroy
@I-d-as It seems excellent, however I want to stay away from Dataview because I make simply too many mistakes.
I believe my expectation that there would be a plugin option to flag notes and query for primary subjects may not be accurate (apparently such plugin is not there yet).
Have you looked into the Excalibrain ( or Breadcrumbs) plugins, as suggested above? I do believe these offer what you’re looking for using rather simple property usage.
@holroy Although I already had them, I didn’t find them helpful in my situation.
I want to be able to connect my notes in file explorer with ease by marking/flagging them as parent/child. Canvas is too much for what I need and I cannot seem to think of something I could use.
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