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Jan 3

Index notes for project note folders

I'd like to be able to create index notes for folders of project notes. One use case: I use project notes as areas of responsibility (i.e. in the PARA sense). I'd like to be able to create an area hierarchy like this: ``` Areas/ ├─ Initech/ │ ├─ A Work Area │ ├─ Another Work Area ├─ Personal/ │ ├─ Family │ ├─ House │ ├─ Finances ``` And be able to reference (with backlinks) both [[Initech]] (currently represented by a folder) and [[A Work Area]] (a project note).
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May 7, 2024

linked to https://feedback.noteplan.co/general-feature-request/p/index…

May 7, 2024

Hey I see this feature request has another duplicate but this one is more recent and has more activity. I would really like the ability to reference folders as Chuck describes and I would also like the ability to create an `_index.md` (I blog in Hugo, that's where that comes from) or `index.md` file to be able to add some extra information to the index view of the folders, rather than simply listing all the notes, be able to add a short paragraph to provide context about that folder. See a picture attached of the current implementation, I would like the text of index.md to go between the title and the list of files. This would look even better if it were possible to swtich from "list view" or articles to a grid view, though I'll check if there's another request for a grid view

Jan 3, 2022

Eduard Metzger Kind of? Instead of a generated note, I'm envisioning a full-fledged editable note to supplement the folder listing, e.g. the attachment. The ability to `[[link]]` to this and have their backlinks listed is especially important for the use cases I have in mind. In terms of storage, perhaps it's just named `@index.[extension]` in that directory, is hidden from the directory listing, etc.

Jan 19, 2022

Chuck: Ok, so the advantage over the current way folder content is displayed is that you can link to the index. Basically, link to a folder?

Jan 19, 2022

Eduard Metzger: Link to and add content to a folder, yes! The plans you referenced [in this comment](https://noteplan.canny.io/general-feature-request/p/index-no…) are a much more elegant solution though, so consider this a vote for that.

Jan 22, 2022

Chuck: Which comment do you mean? The one about plugins? The link just points me to the same page (here). Or about the child notes?

Jan 3, 2022

You mean generate a note with the [[note name]] links from a folder? This could be built by a plugin I guess.

Jan 3, 2022

An alternative take to this request: allow notes to have embedded child notes, similar to how Craft and Notion work.

Jan 19, 2022

Chuck: That's actually planned!