I searched the feature request section and couldn’t find anything specific to this request.
Use case or problem
I love the file explorer’s sorting mechanism via “new”, “alphabet” etc. However sometimes I would just like one page to be above the rest, for example a “dashboard” or “index page”. Just 1 or 2, you know, that sits above the rest, even on top of folders, and ignores sorting?
Proposed solution
Right click > Pin page to top.
Pinned.
To un-pin, right click > unpin.
Current workaround (optional)
There is the Starred pages panel, but this isn’t the most ideal because I would love to be able to see everything in one single pane, especially difficult to navigate between panes on mobile. Maybe there could be an option to integrate the starred pages directly inside the File explorer panel?
so I was trying to pin an individual file to he top of the file list (directory thing?) but of course it wouldn’t let me because that is not a feature this program has.
Proposed solution
right click to add a pin to top button (like a favorites/star/pin button idk)
Current workaround (optional)
if you add a specific number or letter to the start of your file you can force it to organize them using the alphabetical sorting thing, however folders will still appear above all files including those ones which is um. unhelpful, to say the least.
even spotify lets you like, pin playlists to the top of your library so this seems like a pretty obvious thing to be able to do? like so obvious that when i realized it wasnt a button in the right click menu i googled how to do it because i thought there was no way this program didnt already have this feature
Related feature requests (optional)
so, something extremely similar to this has been posted twice before, but that was about 4 years ago and then 2 years ago, and nothing has been done about it.
Then please reply in the one you found instead of double-posting. Merged these threads.
Workarounds in the meantime:
Bookmarks core plugin
Custom Sort plugin (you can configure it to bring notes with a certain property to the top)
Pinned Notes plugin
Make your own custom note listing your favourite links and pin that note in the sidebar.
Use Dataview or a built-in query to search notes that match. You could make your own custom tag or property and have that note dynamically list them. And pin that note in the sidebar too.
I’d love the ability to pin pages to the top of folders in the file explorer. It would make important notes, like dashboards, much easier to access. Starred pages work, but they add extra navigation, especially on mobile. A simple right-click > pin option would be ideal, and maybe a visual highlight for pinned pages to make them stand out.
Bookmarks are definetly not a solution to what OP said regarding having a file on top of a folder á la index. Would adore a plugin-less option, as having to install an external plugin to just pin a file is quite not what I’m looking for — pretty sure many can agree on this being a very basic QoL feature that wouldn’t be too much of a hassle to add.
For the record: I’m not anti-plugins. Managed to reduce my +70 plugins list to around +10 with CSS and / or HTLM and I’m following that path for now.
For those interested; FileExplorer++ is able to achieve this flawlessly, and includes many other pretty neat QoL features as well.
