Sectioned Sidebar 1.1.7

Sectioned Sidebar for Obsidian

Sectioned Sidebar is an Obsidian community plugin for organizing real notes and folders into customizable sidebar sections. It provides a compact, Notion-inspired navigation experience without moving files or replacing the native file explorer.

Install in Obsidian · Plugin directory · Documentation

Highlights

• Create, rename, reorder, collapse, and remove virtual sidebar sections.
• Pin existing notes and folders without changing their real vault paths.
• Expand ordinary folders and browse nested content in place.
• Reuse familiar Obsidian file and folder context-menu actions.
• Follow file renames and remove references after confirmed deletions.
• Use Simplified Chinese, English, or follow the Obsidian interface language.

Changes in 1.1.7

• Add signed GitHub artifact attestations for Obsidian release assets.
• Verify release assets byte-for-byte against the release tag before signing.

This release contains no functional plugin behavior changes.

Release provenance

GitHub Actions creates signed build-provenance attestations for main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css.

Verify a downloaded asset with GitHub CLI:

gh attestation verify main.js --repo blank247d/sectioned-sidebar

Sectioned Sidebar 1.1.6

Changes

• Show complete filenames, including extensions.
• Preserve sidebar scroll position across refreshes.
• Support modifier-key note opening through Obsidian navigation.
• Improve accessible labels for icon controls.
• Remove matching pinned references and expanded descendants after confirmed vault deletion events.

Sectioned Sidebar 1.1.5

Changes

• Change the plugin ID to sectioned-sidebar.
• Rename internal view, command, menu, and CSS identifiers to match the new ID.
• Document migration from the earlier plugin directory names while preserving data.json.

Existing users can keep their configuration by renaming the plugin folder to .obsidian/plugins/sectioned-sidebar/ and retaining data.json.

1.1.4

Rename the public plugin name to Sectioned Sidebar while keeping the marketplace ID sidebar-navigation. Refresh the README screenshot and GIF using the isolated fictional demo vault.

1.1.3

Use the new marketplace plugin ID sidebar-navigation so the plugin can be submitted from its current GitHub repository. Existing pre-release testers can preserve settings by renaming the plugin folder and keeping data.json.

1.1.2

Author identity update.

• Use blank247d consistently as the public plugin author and copyright holder.

1.1.1

Community directory compatibility update.

• Adjust the plugin description to meet directory guidelines.
• Use the Obsidian interface font variable.
• Remove unnecessary CSS !important declarations.

1.1.0

Initial public release for the Obsidian Community directory.

• Customizable virtual sidebar sections backed by real vault files and folders.
• Familiar file-management context menus.
• Simplified Chinese and English interface support.
• Real Obsidian screenshots and interaction demo.