Here to chime in with my support for this feature request. I’m sorry to see it with so few likes since July.
Programs like Scrivener and Zim operate this way, as do most/all outliners.
This would allow Obsidian to be more easily used as an outliner and potentially open up a whole new userbase.
- Allowing folder/notes with the same name to be conflated in the Notes sidebar could get rid of the separation of notes and folders when sorting in alphabetical order. (This should of course be optional as many users may prefer this separation).
- Possible issue - when sorting by “date modified” folders do not have this attribute (at least to my knowledge on windows).
- Conflating folders and notes would allow attachments such as linked images from notes to be stored in the folder of that note. This would be great for organisation as a note could simply be expanded to see a list of all of the included images. This is, in my opinion, a huge secondary bonus and almost worth the feature request in itself. There could be an option for attachments to auto-save to a note’s matching folder (a note’s sub-folder).
- It also gives a sensible location in the filesystem for storing related filetypes not supported by Obsidian.
- It may be worth noting that Zim Wiki implement this feature by having the note and folder of the same name in the same folder level. The note is not within the folder it matches (as per @Kosyne’s “.” workaround for this feature). I think Zim’s implementation makes sense as the note is kept at the same level as other notes which match its level in the hierarchy, whether or not these other notes have matching folders.
- a shortcut key could be added to create a new note as a sub-note (placing it within the original note’s sub-folder).
Come on lads, let’s beef up the likes for this feature request 