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Manual Sorting

kh4fkh4f67k downloads

Drag'n'Drop sorting within file explorer.

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📌 Manual Sorting

An Obsidian plugin that enables DnD sorting in the file explorer

   

Features  •  Usage  •  Installation  •  Credits


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🔥 Features

  • Enable manual sorting via the 📌 Manual sorting option
  • Reset custom order with the 🗑️ Reset order button
  • Seamlessly switch between manual and built-in sorting modes

🕹️ Usage

  1. Open the ⚙️ Change sort order menu
  2. Select 📌 Manual sorting
  3. Drag and drop items in the file explorer to reorder them

📥 Installation

  • Via the Obsidian Plugins marketplace: https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=manual-sorting
  • Using the BRAT plugin: Add Beta Plugin → kh4f/manual-sorting
  • Manually: extract the latest release manual-sorting-x.y.z.zip into vault/.obsidian/plugins/manual-sorting/

💖 Credits

  • Inspiration: Obsidian Bartender, Custom File Explorer sorting
  • Huge thanks to @Zweikeks, @Azmoinal, @SublimePeace, @Anonym0usPlayer for testing and feedback!
  • Special thanks to @Mara-Li for contributions!
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Enable manual sorting in the file explorer and drag and drop files and folders to define a custom order. Reset the custom order with one action and switch back to the built-in sorting mode whenever needed.
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Current version
3.2.4
Last updated
4 months ago
Created
Last year
Updates
60 releases
Downloads
67k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
License
MIT
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Author
kh4fkh4f
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