1.4.0

Explorer changelog

1.4.0 (10-06-2026)

Note previews

• Cards and modern list rows can now show short previews from the note body.
• Added showPreviews as a default block setting and a per-block override, so previews can be turned off for individual Explorer blocks.
• Preview extraction ignores frontmatter, code fences, callouts, comments, and other structural Markdown before selecting readable content.

Virtual folder notes

• Folder notes can now be virtual, with no physical .md file on disk.
• Virtual folder-note settings are stored in folder-data.json, keyed by folder path.
• Folder note settings now include Add file and Remove file actions for converting between virtual folder notes and physical Markdown folder notes.
• Save folder note as Markdown converts the active virtual folder note into a physical Markdown file.

Folder-note creation

• New folders created from Explorer are file-free by default.
• Added Create Markdown folder notes for new folders for users who want new folders to immediately get Folder/Folder.md.
• Create missing folder notes when now supports Always create, Missing links and edits, and Edits only; new installs default to Edits only.
• Existing users keep their previous missing-folder-note behavior during migration.

Navigation and sync

• Folder data follows folder renames and is removed when a folder is deleted.
• Creating a physical folder note removes the matching virtual-folder data row to avoid duplicate configuration sources.
• Sidebar folder clicks can open physical or virtual folder views while keeping collapse-arrow and whitespace behavior unchanged.
• Folder and folder-note rename synchronization continues to keep matching physical notes aligned when enabled.

Layout and settings

• Refined card, modern list, pagination, folder, and action-bar styling.
• Reworked UI primitives and metadata components so list and card layouts share more of the same rendering path.
• Added compact card and compact action-bar controls to the block settings schema.
• Cleaned setting labels and descriptions for clearer Obsidian settings UI text.