From 2683ee1a1a69fd23f29e24424305c63970006027 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul <70213368+LostPaul@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:22:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix function for getting the folder of a folder note

---
 src/events/MutationObserver.ts       | 4 ++--
 src/functions/folderNoteFunctions.ts | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/events/MutationObserver.ts b/src/events/MutationObserver.ts
index aadd237..0281823 100644
--- a/src/events/MutationObserver.ts
+++ b/src/events/MutationObserver.ts
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ async function updateFolderNamesInPath(
 		const folderNote = getFolderNote(plugin, folderPath);
 		const viewHeaderTitle = titleContainer.querySelector('.view-header-title');
 
-		if (viewHeaderTitle) {
+		if (viewHeaderTitle && folderNote) {
 			const filePath = path + (viewHeaderTitle as HTMLElement).innerText.trim() + '.md';
 			const file = plugin.app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(
 				filePath);
-			const folder = getFolderNoteFolder(plugin, file?.path ?? '', file?.name ?? '');
+			const folder = getFolderNoteFolder(plugin, folderNote, file?.name ?? '');
 			if (folder && file && file.path === folderNote?.path && file.parent?.path !== '/') {
 				viewHeaderTitle.parentElement?.classList.add('hide-folder-note-title-in-path');
 				viewHeaderTitle.classList.add('path-is-folder-note');
diff --git a/src/functions/folderNoteFunctions.ts b/src/functions/folderNoteFunctions.ts
index a7d5123..f589edc 100644
--- a/src/functions/folderNoteFunctions.ts
+++ b/src/functions/folderNoteFunctions.ts
@@ -556,6 +556,13 @@ export function getFolderNoteFolder(
 		filePath = folderNote.path;
 	}
 	const folderName = extractFolderName(plugin.settings.folderNoteName, fileName);
+	if (!plugin.settings.folderNoteName.includes('{{folder_name}}') && plugin.settings.storageLocation === 'insideFolder') {
+		if (folderNote instanceof TFile) {
+			return folderNote.parent;
+		}
+		const file = plugin.app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(filePath);
+		return file instanceof TFile ? file.parent : null;
+	}
 	if (!folderName) return null;
 	let folderPath = getFolderPathFromString(filePath);
 	if (plugin.settings.storageLocation === 'parentFolder') {