I’m going to chime on on this feature request. @joshuawilliam described it well. I’ve asked about this in DISCORD community. It’s a UI behavior for file management that we’re all so familiar with on the Mac and Windows. Often I’m writing and just crafting ideas at a fast pace. Over time I realize folders are needed for grouping and then certain files need to moved around for better organization. it’s part of the creation process.
Is it documented anywhere how to do this?
I’m on 0.11.13. I was trying to move all the note files with a certain tag to a folder and couldn’t figure out how to do it. I was only able to select one note at a time.
Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately, it doesn’t solve my problem.
That selects from item A to item B. What I want to do is to select several items at abitrary positions (i.e. what is commonly achieved through ctr+click).
I’ve figured out, that Alt+click is working just as you described — you can select multiple files from the file explorer and drag them to create links at once!
Sorry to be back and forth with my answers. I CAN select multiple items from the file navigation. I CANNOT select multiple files from Search (which would be very useful).
That would need to be a new feature request if you want it considered.
Do check out this semi-related thread. Unified files and search view There is a good point in there from argentum: The search doesn’t just return files and folders. It also searches content. And it can show multiple items from one single file. So selecting multiple search elements may or may not be as straight-forward as in the file view.
That’s a good point about the search results consisting of both files and content. A lot of programs do search both and make the files themselves selectable, but they have other downsides.
I’m still working on adjusting my workflow to Obsidian from EN. I’m doing pretty well with new info, but finding old info I’ve imported isn’t always so smooth.