Hi - I have a generated note of links to external files, organized in an outliner-style hierarchy. Works great, but it’s a large note of 260,000 words and takes a bit of time to load. So I’ve pinned it, and drag it in from a tab on the right sidebar when I need it.
But any links to this note open a new rendition of it. Doesn’t matter whether it’s a square-bracket link, an Obsidian URI, File Navigation, or even the Quick Switcher.
So I’m wondering what’s state of the art in linking to a note that’s already pinned or tabbed in the sidebar, quickly recognizing its existence and moving it to center pane. Perhaps a plug-in or an option I’ve missed.
Have searched for “pinned pane”, “tabbed pane”, “pinned note”. Existing approach of dragging the note to center pane from a sidebar works well enough, but seems clunkier than it could be.
As far as I know, obsidian can’t recognize if a note is already open or not. If you click a link, it will open that link - regardless if it is already open in another pane.
I am not quite sure if I understood you right: did you drag the note into your sidebar or is it open in another pane?
Edit: And just out of interest - what is your goal of clicking a link to a note that’s already opened anyway?
Thanks, @alltagsverstand. The note is tabbed in the sidebar when I drag it there. I’d like to click links to it to view it in center pane, as easily as I would any other note. Also have a navigation note with links to the most active notes, mainly Kanban boards, but this one among them.
Clicking on a link is just a bit easier than opening the sidebar, finding the right tab, and dragging it to the spot that fills the center space.
Yep. The disadvantage in this case is that I’d be slow-reloading a document of two million characters that is already in the buffer as a sidebar tab. Just looking for the easiest way to get the existing rendition front and center.