I like and need this function very much. Is this function available now? 
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Unfortunately, still waiting for this feature.
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Yes +1
The more I think about “Image management” the more I think it’s urgent and important to do something quickly about it.
Why? Well, you don’t want to create hundreds of notes with attached images and have to migrate your own notes because at last, a new feature is coming 
And I now think it’s a Must-Have.
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Don’t forget to “like” my original post at the top to bring attention to this feature request 
ZIM-like attachment browser
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A while ago I used Zim-Wiki App and liked their approach to attachments. In my opinion, this was one of their best features and I would like to see it in Obsidian. It works like this:
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After creating a note and dragging a file (or an image) into it to create a link in the note, the attachment folder is created with the same name as the note and in the same folder.
(Say, you create a note “TEST” in folder X. The note file will have a path “…/X/TEST.md” and its attachment folder will have a path “…/X/TEST”).
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So far, nothing special. But what matters is the following:
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Moving & renaming. If you rename or move the note, the attachment folder is automatically renamed (moved) as well. That is, the attachment folder always follows its note, and they always remain interconnected and in the same folder.
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Attachment browser. You can see all your files (images) related to the note in a separate sidebar pane — called “Attachment Browser” in a similar way you can see “Backlinks”, “Outline”, “Tags”. From there, you can open individual files or you can open the attachment folder in your System Explorer. This is very handy for example, when you need to send all documents related to the topic to someone else.
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Attachment Folders/Files hidden in the “File Explorer”. The attachment folders and individual files are not shown in the “File Explorer” (I mean in your vault´s tree). This is great because they don’t clutter your tree and the tree is greatly reduced and simplified. You have all your files related to the topic nicely organized and can see them in the attachment browser, when necessary.
This is a great way of organization for my purposes. I´m a lawyer. When I have a note about some legal issue, I can just dump all related sources (court decisions, articles, etc) into its attachment folder and always find them there. And in my tree (left-side pane) I have only the name of the topic and not a bunch of notes, files and other clutter; the tree always remains simple and uncluttered.
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I, also, was a fan of Zim’s clever and elegant way of handling the file system !
There is a plugin that aims to offer the same functionality : xpgo/obsidian-folder-note-plugin: Plugin to add description note to a folder for Obsidian. (here on the forum : Folder Note Plugin: Add description note to folder)
It’s not quite there yet, in particular you have to click to ask for a specific note to turn into a folder note, it’s not as seamless as Zim.
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What exactly should happen when notes are renamed? The related {notename}.assets folder should also be renamed?
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Yes it should !
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I really like this idea. My notes, which I use for my trainings and presentations, have many images. So, not only form my file handling this would be a great solution.
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So much want this
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Using {{filename}} variable would be great, but {{date}} would also be very useful.
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thanks for bring this up. this is a minor feature but can provide a huge experience improvement.
personally, i put a lot related markdown files in one folder. current setting only allows me to use the same subdirectory for all markdown files, which is unconvinent to manage or edit the images. put filename in the path variable will be great help.
+1 !!
Upvote on allowing a filename variable in the folder path! It would make the organization of files/attachments so much better!
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@popebabylon @fmzz @edo @Martin @luckman212 @Slavomir @Ellanxis @Tchak
I developed a plugin which allow users to modify attachment folder path and pasted image name with variables(i.e ${filename}, ${date}).
Don’t forget to STAR me if you like it 
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RainCat1998/obsidian-custom-attachment-location-plugin
The plugin only work with obsidian newer than v0.12.17. (Current stable version is v0.12.15, insider v.0.12.19). It’s possible to support older version (just hook cm.__handler.paste) but the solution is not that stable.
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Nice, thank you.
Can you provide some info how to use?
I installed it, set ${filename} or .\${filename} or $filename or .\$filename folder name in plugin settings, drag&drop photo and it was added to “same folder as current file” like in “File & Links” settings.
@RainCat
I’ve downloaded the code and extract to plugin folder of obsidian. However, I could not enable it to be activated. Could you please suggest how should I enable the plugin? By the way, the Obsidian version is 0.12.19
@Ellanxis @greatqs
This plugin is still under development and I didn’t implement setting tab in 0.0.2.
I will fix some bugs and release a “stable” version(0.0.3) today. Also I will update README.md with more detail.
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@RainCat unfortunately, I downloaded v0.03 and followed your README to copy main.ts and monifest.json to plugin folder. Still, I can see the plugin in Obsidian but I cannot activate it.
You should download main.js, manifest.json in the latest release.
Obsidian plugin is wriitten in typescript and main.ts is the souce code and you should build it and the output is main.js.
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Just simply go to latest release page. and download main.js and manifest.json into your plugin subfolder.
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