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# 📂 Current Folder Notes Pane
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Welcome to **Current Folder Notes Pane**—an Obsidian plugin designed to transform how you organize and navigate your writing projects! This plugin is perfect for writers who keep their chapters and related files within a single folder.
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## ✨ What Is It?
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Imagine having a specialized sidebar that shows just the notes you care about from your current folder, intelligently sorted by chapter numbers. Current Folder Notes does exactly that by providing a clean, focused view of your writing project.
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## 🌟 Key Features
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- 📋 **Smart Note Listing**: Automatically lists and sorts notes in your current folder (perfect for chapter organization like "Chapter T1 - Hello World", "Chapter T2 - Running"...)
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- 🔍 **Powerful Filtering**: Include only the notes that matter (like chapters or about files) and exclude others (like index files)
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- ✏️ **Pretty Title Case**: Option to automatically format your note titles in Title Case for better readability
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- 📚 **Outline Integration**: View headings from your current file or all files right in the pane
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- 📁 **Subfolder Support**: Optionally include notes from subfolders
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- ⭐ **Visual Indicators**: Current file is highlighted with a star for quick identification
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## 🚀 How to Use
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1. **Open the Pane**: Click the folder icon in the ribbon or use the command "Open Pane"
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2. **Navigate Your Project**: Click on any file in the list to open it
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3. **Jump to Headings**: Click on any heading in the outline to jump directly to that section
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Perfect for:
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- 📝 Novel writing with multiple chapters
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- 🎓 Research projects with related notes
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- 📊 Any project where you need to see a focused list of related files
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## ⚙️ Settings
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Customize Current Folder Notes to perfectly match your workflow:
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- **Exclude Titles Filter**: Hide specific notes (e.g., "_index" files)
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- **Include Titles Filter**: Only show notes containing specific words (e.g., "chapter", "about")
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- **Pretty Title Case**: Toggle automatic title formatting for better readability
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- **Include Subfolder Notes**: Choose whether to include notes from subfolders
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- **Current File Outline**: Show headings from your active file
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- **All Files Outline**: Show headings from all files in the folder
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## 📋 Example Settings
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Perfect for writers organizing a novel project:
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## 💻 Installation
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### Community Plugins (Coming Soon)
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1. Open Settings > Community plugins
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2. Click "Browse"
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3. Search for "Current Folder Notes"
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4. Click "Install"
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5. Once installed, enable the plugin
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### Manual Installation
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- Copy over `main.js`, `styles.css`, `manifest.json` to your vault `VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/current-folder-notes/`
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- Restart Obsidian
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- Enable the plugin in Settings > Community plugins
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## 💡 Tips for Writers
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- Use a consistent naming convention for your chapters (e.g., "Chapter T1 - Introduction")
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- Create an "about-characters" or "about-settings" file to keep track of your world-building
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- Use headings within your chapters for easy navigation via the outline feature
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## ☕ Support This Project
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If you find Current Folder Notes Pane useful on your writing journey, I'd truly appreciate your support. Please consider buying me a coffee on [Ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/pamelawang_mwahacookie) — your contribution helps me keep making tools that make your creative life easier.
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Thank you for being a part of this adventure. Happy writing and organizing your brilliant ideas!
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## ❓ Questions or Feedback?
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Love the plugin? Found a bug? Have a feature request? Feel free to reach out!
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Enjoy organizing your writing projects with Current Folder Notes Pane!
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