Sort folders and files like in cherrytree and onenote

[mikey7]

What I’m trying to do

How do I sort all the folders, subfolders by the creation time; same thing for files, in each folder first note created is on top. Like in cherrytree and onenote

The order in which I actually created these folders where:

1. Open Redirect

• What is + examples

2. XSS

• What is
• Lab 1
• Lab 2
• Lab 3
• Lab 4

3. CSRF

• What is

4. IDOR

• What is
• Lab 1

5. LFD

• What is

Things I have tried

I have tried the in-built sort option, but that only seems to work for files and not folders. I tried a plugin:

GitHub - SebastianMC/obsidian-custom-sort: Take full control over the order...

but I cant get it to work. Someone please help.

[smiggles]

@mikey7

but I cant get it to work. Someone please help.

You need to create a config file

Then add this to the created file

---
sorting-spec: |
  order-desc: advanced created
---

Then click this icon,

[mikey7]

This is only working for notes, not folders.

[smiggles]

I edited the response, my apologies

[mikey7]

I tried this actually, Parsing succeeds and custom sort is displayed as on, but no changes.

[smiggles]

Thats odd, it seems to work fine for me

Are you 100% sure you typed in the file path correctly, formatted the metadata correctly, and clicked the icon?

It has to be in the root folder, putting it in a folder makes it specific to said folder

[mikey7]

Can you clarify about the file path and metadata? I tried your solution and it works for the root folders in the vault, but not for the sub directories such as XSS, CSRF etc.

I also tried this which did not work:

[mikey7]

I was able to achieve the result using the following:

---
sorting-spec: |
    target-folder: /*
    > advanced modified
---