# Suggestion for creating note in folder - better workflow

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/suggestion-for-creating-note-in-folder-better-workflow/4118>\
**Category:** Feature archive\
**Created:** [August 7, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/suggestion-for-creating-note-in-folder-better-workflow/4118 "2020-08-07T05:11:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![cobblepot](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@cobblepot](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/cobblepot)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/suggestion-for-creating-note-in-folder-better-workflow/4118/1 "2020-08-07T05:11:03Z")

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Currently, the only way to create a note in a folder rather than in the root directory is to use the mouse (sin #1) to right-click (sin #2) and choose `New note` (sin #3).

Instead, how about specifying a symbol that, when typed at the beginning of a new note title, creates a drop-down for existing folders and, when a folder is selected, puts the new note in that title? It could even be one of the symbols currently excluded because they are not allowed in filenames, such as `\`.  
e.g. `Control+N` shifts focus to the note title name and the user types `\`, gets a drop-down auto-fill list, picks the right folder and hits `Enter`, and then the correct folder is highlighted in the valult File Explorer and the title bar is cleared for the user to enter the note title.

If `\` won’t work for technical reasons, you can have a user-definable symbol or character sequence such as `zzz` activate the folder chooser.

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**Author:** ![ryanjamurphy](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/ryanjamurphy/32/334_2.png) [@ryanjamurphy](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ryanjamurphy)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/suggestion-for-creating-note-in-folder-better-workflow/4118/2 "2020-08-07T14:19:19Z")

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For clarity, that isn’t the only way to create a note in a specific folder. There is an option in preferences to create a new note in the same folder as the current note. So, you can navigate to a note in the folder you want and then create the new note in that folder with ctrl/cmd+n.

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**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/suggestion-for-creating-note-in-folder-better-workflow/4118/3 "2023-04-16T15:55:19Z")

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You can specify the path in quick switcher (ctrl-n) and then create the note with shift-enter.

There is also a new command for moving a note to another folder.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/b/e/bec35fbd23ab28909bb6bfe62cb32eb82dd34019.png) [@system](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/suggestion-for-creating-note-in-folder-better-workflow/4118/4 "2023-07-15T15:56:07Z")

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Closed on July 15, 2023, 3:56pm UTC

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