# Tab to fill edit field with selected path **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature archive\ **Tags:** ui-ux\ **Created:** [October 25, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-to-fill-edit-field-with-selected-path/46088 "2022-10-25T05:42:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![CawlinTeffid](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/cawlinteffid/32/82899_2.png) [@CawlinTeffid](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/CawlinTeffid)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-to-fill-edit-field-with-selected-path/46088/2 "2022-10-26T05:10:13Z")
Related: > [@Suggestion for creating note in folder - better workflow](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/suggestion-for-creating-note-in-folder-better-workflow/4118): > > 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 shif… > [@When moving to another folder, autocomplete suggestion on tab press](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/when-moving-to-another-folder-autocomplete-suggestion-on-tab-press/24321): > > Use case or problem I use the quick command menu to move the current file to a folder, like Folder/Subfolder/SubSubFolder. If I have many subfolders, it is cumbersome to navigate with the arrows until I reach the expected subfolder, or to write the whole thing down. Proposed solution As i search, the fuzzy search already shows matching options. I could select Folder as I type “Fo”, press TAB to fill in the search “Folder”, add after that “/Su”, then press TAB again to fill in “Folder/Subfolder”… > [@Improvement to link suggestions - allow narrowing to folder while searching](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/improvement-to-link-suggestions-allow-narrowing-to-folder-while-searching/3056): > > The fuzzy searching presently in the link suggestions work very quickly but with one issue that it usually surfaces a lot of notes at the top that are meaningless sometimes. Here’s an example, [image] This happens many times both when searching for links and when using ⌘+O for opening notes. This can be improved by allowing to narrow the search to any particular folder in the vault by using a special character like ~ or -. Beginning the search with the special character could only show folde… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-to-fill-edit-field-with-selected-path/46088)._