When clicked, it would unfold the corresponding folder and highlight the file (briefly highlight it, in the same way footnotes are highlighted when clicked eg. .markdown-preview-view .mod-highlighted)
this would complement these other feature requests :
When opening a file (such as through the quick switcher), it would be awesome to be able to see where that file is in its folder structure. This is a feature in Visual Studio Code, which I have found to be very helpful on occasion for orienting myself in a hierarchy of folders.
Example:
Obsidian is open. All folders are collapsed.
I quick search for “File A”, and open it, not knowing necessarily where it is in my vault.
All parent folders of “File A” expand, and “File A” is highlighted as the selected file.
Though I personally attempt to use folders sparingly, I think this would become extra valuable to people who use deep hierarchies. Even with a shallow hierarchy, common notes tend to live together, and seeing which files are around the current file can help orienting oneself to a topic.
I often use the button to create a new note and then have no idea which folder it is in.
Very frustrating so some form of show current structure/breadcrumb would be immensely helpful.
If Notion and Roam both have it, that’s a hint it is very useful
When I’m on a folder, it would be nice to have an option at the title bar area/hotkey to allow you to go back to a parent folder. Right now, the only way I’ve been able to do this is just by searching the note and look through the backlinks
It would be helpful to have a “locate file” functionality from the editor.
If i.e. a note is selected from the graph view or via fulltext search there is currently no possibility to locate the file in the tree structure of the file browser. This is required though if one wants to i.e. move the file, etc.
I strongly agree. the currently chosen note should be visible in the tree-view to the left. I really liked the Joplin view - All the Notebooks were visible and also all the notes from the currently chosen Notebook (folder). Hoipefully Obsidian will have this feature soon.
For my workflow, I divide the projects into folders. For example:
Month & Year of Project (Super Parent Folder) -> Review of Book xyz (Parent Folder) -> Individual Reviews of Chapters (md files).
Now when I am working with “Chapter 2 Review.md”, it would be great if the file explorer automatically shows the content of the folder, in which the current file is situated. If I go to another file in another folder using breadcrumbs, the file explorer view should shift to that folder.
At the moment, I am using windows explorer to view the folder and filename, after interrupting my work flow -> then get back into obsidian again after locating the file -> go to search (or breadcrumbs) and locate the file I want. The current view of the file explorer is basically of no use to me.
I am eagerly awaiting the feature that would make file explorer display the contents of the currently focussed file.
