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Folder Focus Mode

grochowskigrochowski18k downloads

Focus the file explorer on chosen folder and its files and subdirectories, while hiding all the other elements.

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Adds an option to folder's context menu, which allows to focus file explorer on chosen folder and its files and subdirectories, while hiding all the other elements.

In order to disable this mode, you have to use a global command 'Disable folder focus mode' or open context menu for previously chosen folder and choose 'Unfocus'. You can also choose to add an icon on the top of the explorer view, to rapidly switch between focus and unfocus.

✒️ Moreover, if you use folder note with external file strategies you need to activate the option to focus on the linked folder.

Plugin is a quick draft, as I really needed this function. I strongly recommend joining and developing it with me to make it even more useful 🌚.

Special thanks to:

  • Lisandra-dev

Install the plugin

You can activate this plugin within Obsidian by searching for 'focus mode' among the community plugins.

Manually installing the plugin

  • Copy over main.js, styles.css, manifest.json to your vault VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-folder-focus-mode/.

Development

  • Clone this repo.
  • npm i or yarn to install dependencies
  • npm run dev to start compilation in watch mode.
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Focus the file explorer on a selected folder and its files and subdirectories, hiding all other files and directories. Toggle focus via the folder context menu, an optional explorer icon, or a global command, and enable focusing on linked folders from folder notes.
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Details
Current version
0.9.13
Last updated
2 years ago
Created
4 years ago
Updates
12 releases
Downloads
18k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.12.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
grochowskigrochowski
mgrochowski.com
GitHubgrochowski
  1. Community
  2. Plugins
  3. Folders
  4. Folder Focus Mode

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