I suspect like many here, I have been looking at Capacities. While I like a number of its features, I find the dogmatic lack of folders there (at least as an option) problematic, and this to me is one of the key features of Obsidian. On the other hand, there is one feature of Capacities that would be nice to see as a core in Obsidian - that is strong object types. While one can now create a new note via a template, which is fine, this is not quite the same. So for example, I want to keep a note on every book I’ve read. I can initially set up a template with properties such as author, publication date, title, publisher, etc. and then use this to set up each note. But suppose after making many notes on books, I decide I really needed to add metadata on the cost of the book. There is no way to do that without manually changing all the notes I’ve created. With a strong object type, when I create a new note it would have a property, “object_type”. There would be a corresponding Object_Type template (maybe need a different word) such that I could change/add/delete properties to that Object_Type template and the change would propogate to all notes of that type. Not sure how much of a heavy lift this would be to program, but this would import one of the novel features of Capacities.

I think it’s better you continue here: [image] Super FR: Enhance Obsidian with a type system for notes and database-like views (metadata, object oriented model) Feature requests Even though Obsidian doesn’t natively provide database-like features (ala Notion/Airtable), the introduction of YAML attributes and a constellation of plugins have emerged to provide some support for this functionality (dataview, dbfolder, metaedit, metadata menu, etc) [Recently Obsidian Project]. It would be nice if Obsidian could provide direct support. Specifically, Obsidian’s notes could be enhanced with type system and queries/views be generated over notes of a certain type. Broadly spe… [image] Bases: New With Template (for 'New' Button) Feature requests Use case or problem I absolutely love the Bases feature. I love that I can make a list of files. I also love the “new” button at the top. However, with the current use, my workflow is add a new note, delete everything in the note, and replace with a template (because it won’t replace the properties therein). Proposed solution Please add a dropdown (or modifier to the button, like ctrl-button) to allow us to create with a template. It can auto tie into the core templates plugin, or the templ…

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WhiteNoise September 4, 2026, 2:58pm 2

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