base display of all notes

main.ts

@@ -1,72 +1,34 @@
 import { App, Editor, MarkdownView, Modal, Notice, Plugin, PluginSettingTab, Setting } from 'obsidian';
+import { ItemView, WorkspaceLeaf } from "obsidian";
 
 // Remember to rename these classes and interfaces!
 
-interface MyPluginSettings {
-	mySetting: string;
+interface CurrentFolderNotesDisplaySettings {
+	ExcludeTitlesFilter: string;
 }
 
-const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: MyPluginSettings = {
-	mySetting: 'default'
+const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: Partial<CurrentFolderNotesDisplaySettings> = {
+	ExcludeTitlesFilter: '_index',
 }
 
-export default class MyPlugin extends Plugin {
-	settings: MyPluginSettings;
+export default class CurrentFolderNotesDisplay extends Plugin {
+	settings: CurrentFolderNotesDisplaySettings;
 
 	async onload() {
 		await this.loadSettings();
 
-		// This creates an icon in the left ribbon.
-		const ribbonIconEl = this.addRibbonIcon('dice', 'Sample Plugin', (evt: MouseEvent) => {
-			// Called when the user clicks the icon.
-			new Notice('This is a notice!');
-		});
-		// Perform additional things with the ribbon
-		ribbonIconEl.addClass('my-plugin-ribbon-class');
+		// add a panel to the right sidebar - view 
+		this.registerView(VIEW_TYPE_CURRENT_FOLDER_NOTES_DISPLAY, (leaf) => new CurrentFolderNotesDisplayView(leaf));
 
-		// This adds a status bar item to the bottom of the app. Does not work on mobile apps.
-		const statusBarItemEl = this.addStatusBarItem();
-		statusBarItemEl.setText('Status Bar Text');
+		// Add a ribbon icon
+		this.addRibbonIcon('folder', 'Activate Folder Notes Display', () => {
+			// new Notice('This is a notice!');
+			this.activateView();
+		});
 
-		// This adds a simple command that can be triggered anywhere
-		this.addCommand({
-			id: 'open-sample-modal-simple',
-			name: 'Open sample modal (simple)',
-			callback: () => {
-				new SampleModal(this.app).open();
-			}
-		});
-		// This adds an editor command that can perform some operation on the current editor instance
-		this.addCommand({
-			id: 'sample-editor-command',
-			name: 'Sample editor command',
-			editorCallback: (editor: Editor, view: MarkdownView) => {
-				console.log(editor.getSelection());
-				editor.replaceSelection('Sample Editor Command');
-			}
-		});
-		// This adds a complex command that can check whether the current state of the app allows execution of the command
-		this.addCommand({
-			id: 'open-sample-modal-complex',
-			name: 'Open sample modal (complex)',
-			checkCallback: (checking: boolean) => {
-				// Conditions to check
-				const markdownView = this.app.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView);
-				if (markdownView) {
-					// If checking is true, we're simply "checking" if the command can be run.
-					// If checking is false, then we want to actually perform the operation.
-					if (!checking) {
-						new SampleModal(this.app).open();
-					}
-
-					// This command will only show up in Command Palette when the check function returns true
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-		});
 
 		// This adds a settings tab so the user can configure various aspects of the plugin
-		this.addSettingTab(new SampleSettingTab(this.app, this));
+		this.addSettingTab(new CurrentFolderNotesDisplaySettingTab(this.app, this));
 
 		// If the plugin hooks up any global DOM events (on parts of the app that doesn't belong to this plugin)
 		// Using this function will automatically remove the event listener when this plugin is disabled.
@@ -82,6 +44,30 @@ export default class MyPlugin extends Plugin {
 
 	}
 
+	async activateView() {
+		const { workspace } = this.app;
+		let leaf: WorkspaceLeaf | null = null;
+		const leaves = workspace.getLeavesOfType(VIEW_TYPE_CURRENT_FOLDER_NOTES_DISPLAY);
+
+		if (leaves.length) {
+			// A leaf with our view already exists, use that
+			leaf = leaves[0];
+		} else {
+			// Our view could not be found in the workspace, create a new leaf
+			// in the right sidebar for it
+			leaf = workspace.getRightLeaf(false);
+			if (leaf) {
+			await leaf.setViewState({ type: VIEW_TYPE_CURRENT_FOLDER_NOTES_DISPLAY, active: true });
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!leaf) {
+			new Notice('Could not create a new leaf for the view');
+			return;
+		}
+		workspace.revealLeaf(leaf);
+	}
+
 	async loadSettings() {
 		this.settings = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, await this.loadData());
 	}
@@ -91,26 +77,71 @@ export default class MyPlugin extends Plugin {
 	}
 }
 
-class SampleModal extends Modal {
-	constructor(app: App) {
-		super(app);
+
+export const VIEW_TYPE_CURRENT_FOLDER_NOTES_DISPLAY = "current-folder-notes-view";
+
+export class CurrentFolderNotesDisplayView extends ItemView {
+	plugin: CurrentFolderNotesDisplay;
+	settings: CurrentFolderNotesDisplaySettings;
+	constructor(leaf: WorkspaceLeaf) {
+		super(leaf);
 	}
 
-	onOpen() {
-		const {contentEl} = this;
-		contentEl.setText('Woah!');
+	getViewType() {
+		return VIEW_TYPE_CURRENT_FOLDER_NOTES_DISPLAY;
 	}
 
-	onClose() {
-		const {contentEl} = this;
-		contentEl.empty();
+	getDisplayText() {
+		return "CurrentFolderNotesDisplay view";
+	}
+
+	async onOpen() {
+		const container = this.containerEl.children[1];
+		container.empty();
+
+		container.createEl("h4", { text: "Notes in Current Folder" });
+
+		// Get the current file's path
+		const activeFile = this.app.workspace.getActiveFile();
+		const currentFilePath = activeFile ? activeFile.path : '';
+
+		// Extract the parent folder path
+		const parentFolderPath = currentFilePath.substring(0, currentFilePath.lastIndexOf('/'));
+
+		// Get all markdown files in the vault
+		const allMarkdownFiles = this.app.vault.getMarkdownFiles();
+
+		// Filter the files to only include those in the parent folder
+		const parentFolderFiles = allMarkdownFiles.filter(file => file.path.startsWith(parentFolderPath));
+
+		// Filter out notes that match the exclude filter
+		// const excludeFilter = this.plugin.settings.ExcludeTitlesFilter;
+		
+
+		const filteredFiles = parentFolderFiles;
+
+		// Iterate over the files and add their names to the container
+		filteredFiles.forEach(file => {
+			const p = container.createEl('p');
+			const a = p.createEl('a', { text: file.basename });
+			a.style.cursor = 'pointer';
+			a.style.color = 'var(--text-accent)';
+			a.style.textDecoration = 'underline';
+			a.addEventListener('click', () => {
+				this.app.workspace.openLinkText(file.basename, parentFolderPath);
+			});
+		});
+	}
+
+	async onClose() {
+		// Nothing to clean up.
 	}
 }
 
-class SampleSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
-	plugin: MyPlugin;
+class CurrentFolderNotesDisplaySettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
+	plugin: CurrentFolderNotesDisplay;
 
-	constructor(app: App, plugin: MyPlugin) {
+	constructor(app: App, plugin: CurrentFolderNotesDisplay) {
 		super(app, plugin);
 		this.plugin = plugin;
 	}
@@ -121,13 +152,13 @@ class SampleSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 		containerEl.empty();
 
 		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName('Setting #1')
-			.setDesc('It\'s a secret')
+			.setName('Exclude Titles Filter')
+			.setDesc('What notes to exclude from the view')
 			.addText(text => text
-				.setPlaceholder('Enter your secret')
-				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.mySetting)
+				.setPlaceholder('_Index')
+				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.ExcludeTitlesFilter)
 				.onChange(async (value) => {
-					this.plugin.settings.mySetting = value;
+					this.plugin.settings.ExcludeTitlesFilter = value;
 					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
 				}));
 	}

manifest.json

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
-	"id": "sample-plugin",
-	"name": "Sample Plugin",
+	"id": "current-folder-notes-pamphlet",
+	"name": "Current Folder Notes",
 	"version": "1.0.0",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
-	"description": "Demonstrates some of the capabilities of the Obsidian API.",
-	"author": "Obsidian",
+	"description": "Shows a list of notes in the current folder, and allows you to filter using tags to include or exclude notes.",
+	"author": "Pamela Wang",
 	"authorUrl": "https://obsidian.md",
 	"fundingUrl": "https://obsidian.md/pricing",
 	"isDesktopOnly": false