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Custom File Explorer sorting for Obsidian

Manual or automatic config-driven reordering and sorting of files and folders in File Explorer.

Best For

power usersdevelopersresearchersacademicsGTD users

Key Use Cases

  • Reorganizing file structure by custom rules
  • Applying different sorting orders per folder
  • Combining manual drag-and-drop with automatic sorting

Pros

  • Highly customizable via configuration
  • Supports both manual and automatic sorting
  • Can apply per-folder sorting rules

Limitations

  • Requires learning configuration syntax
  • May conflict with other file-explorer plugins
  • Initial setup can be time-consuming

Tags

file-sortingfile-explorercustomizationorganizationconfig-driven

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