Show Folder Note Count in File Explorer

Feature requests
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Use case or problem

There needs to be a quick way to assess folder contents at a glance in the file explorer. While hover tooltips show counts, they’re not immediately visible and don’t work on mobile. The current solution relies on a community plugin, but, as of today, it’s experiencing reliability issues (sidebar-related loading error), and requires ongoing maintenance.

Proposed solution

Implement folder note counts directly in Obsidian core:

  1. Display total note count next to each folder in the file explorer.
  2. Make counts immediately visible without requiring hover.
  3. Support both expanded and collapsed folder states.
  4. Ensure mobile compatibility.
  5. Add a toggle in Settings to enable/disable this feature.
  6. Add a toggle to choose whether the count reflects the total number of notes (including those in subfolders) or only the count of notes in the top-level folder.

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Current workaround

Related feature requests

This request joins similar requests to make the file explorer more informative and visually appealing:

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Agree on this request, here I’m adding just another workaround plugin (I’m using it and it does a great job, except that does counts only MD files), which can help … meanwhile :smiling_face:

Cheers, Marko :nerd_face:

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Wonderful plugin that does what I need and more! Thanks for sharing.

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I agree that this is basic functionality that should be part of the core app, and your suggestions for implementation are well thought out.

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