Tag view: Display Tags as "Folders" of notes matching that tag

The Problem

The biggest problem that I have with my obsidian setup is organization. The solution to organizing that obsidian provides is the tagging system, but I find that it could be better implemented. For example: within the tag menu, you are unable to see the notes underneath each tag, instead, you click on each tag to open the search pane and search for all notes under that tag. In my opinion, this is over-complicated for a system which is already complicated to begin with.

Proposed solution

The solution that I think would be perfect would be to treat the tags menu as if each tag were a folder. If you click on each tag, it would expand the hierarchy and show every note with that tag on it. If you right click on a tag, you could create a note with that tag on it. This sounds like a small change for the user-experience, but in an app that you are constantly interacting with throughout each day, keeping things organized and minimizing clicks really helps. Heck, even putting a search bar right above it would make the UI even more simplified and user-friendly.

Current workaround

My current workaround is a plugin that essentially does this, called “Tag Folder”, but I find that it kind of defeats it’s own organizational purpose by splitting itself into multiple windows. If you click on a tag in it, instead of expanding that hierarchy to show all the notes with the tag, it instead opens a new window for all of them.

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You can use bases to show all notes for a specific tag.

I don’t think this is what’s meant in this feature request.
You’re welcome to open your own feature request if you’re interested in such a feature.

Another workaround available would be the notebook navigator plugin. It supports listing tags like folders.

renamed this thread for clarity