# Mastering Notebook Navigator for Obsidian  **Channel:** Johan Sanneblad **URL:** https://youtu.be/BewIlG8wLAM **Date processed:** 2026-03-20 --- ## Summary Notebook Navigator is an Obsidian community plugin by Johan Sanneblad that replaces the default left sidebar file explorer with a dual-pane interface featuring a navigation pane (shortcuts, recent files, folders, tags) and a list pane (file cards with preview text and feature images). The plugin aims to make vault navigation faster and more visual, particularly for users with large vaults who want multiple ways to browse and filter their notes. The walkthrough covers installation, the dual-pane vs single-pane layout, folder/tag navigation, the "Show notes from subfolders and descendants" toggle, search and tag filtering (including saved search shortcuts), pinned notes, per-folder sort and appearance overrides, and extensive UI customisation options. Sanneblad also covers frontmatter integration for icons, colours, and display names, plus recommended hotkey bindings for efficient keyboard-driven navigation. --- ## Key Points - Dual-pane layout splits navigation (folders, tags, shortcuts) from the file list; can also run in single-pane or vertical-split compact mode - "Show notes from subfolders and descendants" is a central toggle: on = flat view of all nested notes, off = current folder/tag only - Search field supports tag filters with AND (Cmd+click) and OR (Cmd+Shift+click), negation (`!#tag`), and untagged-note filtering (`#` alone) - Saved search shortcuts persist filtered views (e.g., "Sony cameras") as one-click items in the shortcuts bar - Per-folder/tag overrides for sort order, grouping, appearance, and compact mode — independent of global defaults - Pinned notes stick to the top of a folder or tag list; can be limited to their own folder to prevent clutter at higher levels - Folders and tags can have custom icons (Lucide, Emoji, or downloadable icon packs) and colours; root folder colours can inherit down the tree - Frontmatter properties (`icon`, `color`, `name`, `created`, `modified`) can drive the display, with optional migration from plugin settings to frontmatter - Recommended hotkeys: Cmd+Shift+E to refocus the list pane, rebind "Create new note" to Notebook Navigator's version so new notes land in the selected folder --- ## Detailed Notes ### Installation and First Look [0:00–1:06] Install from Community Plugins by searching "notebook". After enabling, Notebook Navigator replaces the left panel. Each file shows name, preview text, and feature image (if present). ### Dual Pane vs Single Pane [1:06–1:56] Default is single-pane (thin sidebar). Click the back button to toggle dual-pane mode, then resize the left panel. Dual-pane shows navigation (folders, tags) on the left and the file list on the right. ### Basic Settings [1:56–3:09] - Hide folders with glob patterns (e.g., `/_*` hides all underscore-prefixed root folders) - Change default sort order (e.g., Date Created instead of Date Edited) - Tags display inline on file cards; clicking a tag navigates to it ### Show Notes from Subfolders and Descendants [4:02–5:44] The toggle at the top of the list pane controls whether nested notes appear. The folder count shows "X - Y" (X = direct notes, Y = subfolder notes). Works identically for tags and subtags. If the list pane feels overwhelming on first use, this toggle is likely why. ### Compact and Vertical Layouts [5:44–7:54] Settings > General > Desktop appearance: switch orientation to Vertical split (panes stacked). List pane > Appearance: switch to Compact mode with tighter rows. Enable "Icon by file type" for a file-browser look. Current folder name can display in the list pane header. ### Shortcuts [8:00–11:06] Shortcuts bar is pinned at the top of the navigation pane by default. Add notes, folders, or tags via drag, Quick Action button, or right-click. Each shortcut gets a number (1–5) that can be bound to hotkeys (e.g., Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+5) for instant navigation. Shortcuts can be renamed for space. ### Recommended Hotkeys [9:55–12:20] - "Notebook Navigator: Open" — bind to Cmd+Shift+E to refocus the list pane from the editor - Rebind "Create new note" to Notebook Navigator's version so new notes are placed in the currently selected folder (not the active file's folder) - Navigate: Left/Right (or Shift+Tab/Tab) between panes, Up/Down within panes, Shift+click for multi-select ### Navigation Pane Customisation [12:21–13:39] Reorder sections (Shortcuts, Recent, Folders, Tags) via the Reorder button. Reorder root items manually if desired. Tag sort order can be changed to Frequency (most-used first) instead of A–Z — useful for vaults with hundreds of tags. ### List Pane: Sort, Group, Appearance Overrides [13:39–15:38] Per-folder/tag overrides for sort order, grouping (by date, folder, or none), compact mode, title rows, and preview rows. Overrides are indicated by a highlighted button. Revert with "Default" option. ### Search and Tag Filtering [15:39–19:30] - Type in the search bar to filter by filename - Add `#tag` to filter by tag; `!#tag` to exclude; bare `#` for untagged notes - Cmd+click a tag in navigation = AND filter; Cmd+Shift+click = OR filter - Save any search as a named shortcut for one-click access later - Drag notes onto tags (single or multi-select) to tag them; right-click > Add tag for search-based tagging ### Pinned Notes [19:30–21:19] Pin via Quick Action or right-click. Pinned notes float to the top of their folder/tag list. Pin context is separate for folders vs tags. Setting "Limit pinned notes to their folder" prevents pinned notes from cluttering parent folder views. ### Icons, Colours, and Styles [21:19–26:50] - Right-click any folder, tag, or file to change icon (Emoji, Lucide, or downloadable packs from GitHub — stored in local DB, not vault) - Copy/paste styles between items - Coloured tags sort to the left in inline tag lists - Root folder colours can inherit down subfolders via Settings > Folders & Tags > Inherit folder colors - Root item spacing adds visual separation in the navigation pane ### Style Settings Plugin Integration [25:16–26:50] Install the Style Settings community plugin for granular CSS-level control: border radius, font weights, indentation, item height, zoom level, and more. Notebook Navigator exposes its full styling surface through this plugin. ### Frontmatter Integration [27:06–29:04] - Enable "Use frontmatter metadata" in Settings > Notes - Supports `icon` and `color` properties (compatible with Iconize plugin format) - Optional `name`, `created`, `modified` fields for display name and date overrides - "Save icons/colors to frontmatter" recommended over plugin-settings storage; migration button available - Useful for Zettelkasten workflows where display name differs from filename --- ## Connections *Links to related vault notes will be added here* --- ## My Notes *Space for your own thoughts, reactions, and connections after watching* --- ## Full Transcript <details> <summary>Click to expand transcript</summary> [0:00] Hello, I'm Johan Sanneblad and I'm the author of Notebook Navigator, the Obsidian plug-in. [0:05] In this video, I'll walk you through everything you need to know about getting started quickly [0:10] with Notebook Navigator, and also mastering some of the advanced features. I have already [0:15] started to prepare a demo vault. It's called Demo and it has four folders: Resources, AI, [0:22] Photo, and Tech Insights. Let's get started. [0:28] The first thing we need to do is to install Notebook Navigator. You do that by going to [0:32] Settings, either by clicking the button in the lower left corner here, or you press command [0:39] comma, like this. You then click on Community plugins, and if this is the first time you enable [0:44] community plugins, you first need to click the button Turn on community plugins, like this. You [0:53] then click Browse and just enter "notebook" and you should see the plug-in right away. Click [0:59] on Notebook Navigator and click on Install. When it's finished, just click on Enable and [1:07] close the window like this. Okay, as you can see, the left panel has now been replaced by Notebook [1:12] Navigator. Each file is now represented by the name, a preview text, and a feature image, if it [1:20] has one. Default display mode of Notebook Navigator, if you have a thin left panel, is in [1:26] single pane mode. To switch it to dual pane mode, you click the back button in the top left corner, [1:31] and then you click the button again which now says Show dual panes. You then need to resize the left [1:40] panel a bit. And let's also resize the navigation pane a bit. As you can see, I have my folders here [1:48] as well, Resources, AI, Photo, and Tech Insights, but I also see tags that are present in my [1:56] notes in the tags view like this. So I just want to quickly change a few settings in Notebook [2:02] Navigator first. For example I don't want all the images from Resources to be shown in my list [2:10] here. So I go to Settings and at the bottom now you can see I have a new new group called Notebook [2:16] Navigator. You click it. And to hide the Resources folder, you see that it begins with an underscore. [2:22] You just go to Hide folders and just write slash underscore and star. This means that all [2:31] folders in the root that have an underscore will now be hidden from Notebook Navigator. I will [2:37] also go into the list pane settings and change the default sort mode. The default sort mode is [2:44] Date edited with newest on top. And let's change it to Date created instead with newest on top. [2:51] And we close it like that. And now we can see, we don't see our images in the resources [2:56] folder. And we see all our files to the right here in the list pane. You can also see if [3:02] files have tags like this. You have the #openai tag. They are also listed with the tags visible. [3:09] And you can even click on a tag like this to go to the tag and see all the notes with that tag. [3:17] If you wanted to quickly see the hidden files you have in the vault, you can click the Show hidden [3:23] files button at the top. If you click on this one, your hidden folders will be shown again, and [3:29] all the files in those folders will be shown. And if you of course want to hide the notes again, you [3:35] can just click the hide button and they are hidden again, like that. The main window of Notebook [3:41] Navigator is split into two panes. The left pane is called the navigation pane. And here's where [3:46] you can see your shortcuts, your recent files, your folders, and your tags. And to the right you [3:51] have the list pane, and here you see all the files in your vault. To the top of the list pane, you [3:57] have different buttons. You have a Search button, you have a Sort button, you have an Appearance [4:02] button and you have a button for New note. You also have this button which is called Show notes [4:08] from subfolders and descendants. And this is maybe one of the most important buttons in entire [4:14] Notebook Navigator. So let's talk about this one. This button means that you will show all notes in [4:21] the current folder and all subfolders in the same list. So for example, if I click on Tech Insights [4:27] here, you can see that in the left pane here, you see that it says 4 - 94, and it means that you have [4:34] four notes in the Tech Insights folder and you have 94 notes in the subfolders. So if I disable [4:43] the Show notes from subfolders here, you will only see notes in your current folder. So for example, [4:51] if I go into photo and I click the Photo button, it's empty and you can see I click Nature and I [5:00] have four notes in the Nature folder. If I then enable Show notes from subfolders or descendants, [5:07] you will then see all the notes from the Nature and the Astro folder at the same time. This also [5:13] works with tags. So if you click the #ai tag here, you will see all the tags that are within the #ai [5:21] and all the subtags from it. But if you disabled Show notes from descendants, you will only see the [5:30] notes within a specific folder or tag like this. So if you start up Notebook Navigator and you get [5:38] overwhelmed with all the notes in your list pane, this is probably why. So if you don't like this [5:44] view, just disable Show notes from subfolders and descendants. If you prefer to work in the more [5:50] compact layout, maybe you don't have room for these dual panes on your computer, you can switch [5:56] to a much more compact layout. I will show you. You go to the Settings and you click the General [6:02] tab and you scroll down until you come to Desktop appearance. Here you have the Dual pane layout [6:08] and the Dual pane orientation. So switch the orientation into Vertical split. This means that [6:14] the two panes are sorted above each other like this. You can then also change the layout of [6:21] the list pane to be more compact. So let me go into Settings again. Go to List pane and scroll [6:28] down to Appearance. You can now change the Default list mode to Compact like this. And you can even [6:36] make the rows tighter like this. So you get room with more icons. And if you really wanted to [6:42] mimic the look of a file browser, you can go to Notes and you can enable Icon by file type. [6:52] This means that you will very quickly be able to identify different file types in your vault. Right [6:56] now you can see I have only notes enabled. If I enable Show hidden files, now suddenly see [7:06] all my images as well in the same list, like this. So, if you ever feel that you're getting out of [7:12] space with this dual pane layout, you can just switch to this. And there are so many different [7:17] options. For example, as you can see now, the Demo, the folder name here is not really visible. [7:23] So I can just go into Settings as well and change that to be Show in list pane. And that way you [7:29] can have it even more compact like this. So you see the current folder you're in, and you see all [7:36] the files, and you see all the folders and tags, like this. Let me just quickly change this back [7:43] to where we were. So go into this go into this, and we reset this one and set to standard [7:54] and we go back to the Horizontal split again. And if you sometimes feel that you don't see your [8:00] list pane, you just need to probably resize the left panel like this. And we go back into Demo, [8:08] like this. Okay, let's talk about Shortcuts. Shortcuts is the area in the top left corner of [8:14] Notebook Navigator. It's pinned by default. So if you scroll down the list, you can see that [8:19] it keeps sticked in the top left corner. If you wanted to scroll with the list, you can click the [8:24] Unpin shortcuts button, or you can right-click and choose Unpin shortcuts, like this. But I prefer to [8:31] have it pinned. To add items to Shortcuts, you can just drag them like this. You can click the Quick [8:38] action button, like this. This is also very handy for removing them from Shortcuts. Or, you can just [8:45] right-click and choose Add to shortcuts, like this. You can also add folders to Shortcuts, like this. [8:51] And you can add tags to Shortcuts, like this. And now if you click a folder or a tag, you will [8:57] be taken immediately to that location in the vault. Or if you go to the note, you will see [9:04] that it gets selected automatically. To the right of each shortcut, you will see a number 1, 2, 3, 4 [9:11] and 5. And these numbers are very useful if you bind your shortcuts to quick commands. And you do [9:18] that in Settings. You go to Hotkeys, and you can search for "shortcut". And now I'm going to bind my [9:25] first shortcut to control 1, the second to control 2, and the third to control 3. Now if I click [9:33] control 1, I'm getting the first note, control 2, the second, and control 3. So this is a very handy [9:40] way to quickly navigate around the vault and navigating into folders or tags as well. You can [9:48] also rename shortcuts by right clicking them and just picking Rename and make them limit them to [9:55] something else if they are too large to fit on the screen. When talking about Shortcuts, there are [9:59] two other Shortcuts I would really like recommend that you change. The first one is Open and I have [10:10] set it already but this is the shortcut used when you switch from editing in Obsidian back to [10:18] Notebook Navigator. So I typically have this one bound to command shift E. And what this does is [10:23] that when you are in the text editor and you want to use keyboard to put back focus into the [10:30] list pane, I can now press command shift E and I can now navigate around in the vault. You go from [10:35] list pane to navigation pane with left and you go from navigation pane to list pane with right. [10:40] You can also use shift tab and tab of course and you move up and down. You also have multi section. [10:48] So you can click items, for example like this. You can hold shift to move up and move down and this [10:56] and you can also then if you want to add many items to Shortcuts like that. So this setting is [11:06] really handy, the "Open" setting, "Notebook navigator: Open". Before leaving shortcuts and [11:13] hotkeys there's one other setting I want you to change and that is the Create new note. By default [11:20] in Obsidian you can choose between three different ways to store new notes. It's either in the top of [11:26] your vault, it's in a specific folder, or it's in the same folder as the current note. This doesn't [11:31] really work very well with Notebook Navigator because when you create new notes, you typically [11:35] want them to be placed in the folder you have selected in Notebook Navigator. So I would really [11:42] recommend that you unbind Create new note by default and bind it instead to Notebook Navigator. [11:48] So now if I click the Nature folder here and you can see I have no notes selected in this folder. [11:55] So if I would have used the built-in Obsidian command, the notes would have been created where [12:00] my currently selected note is located, not in the Nature folder. But if I now click command [12:06] N like this you can see that the note is created in the folder that had selected in [12:11] the navigation pane. And this is really really useful if you are using this a lot. Let's talk [12:21] more about the navigation pane. The navigation pane has four sections. Shortcuts, Recent files, [12:27] Demo, and Tags. Let's say you are primarily a tag user. Then you probably don't want folders to [12:34] be shown above tags. So what you can do then is you go into the top button here called Reorder [12:40] navigation. You click that. And then you just move tags to be shown above folders like this. And if I [12:48] close it, Done reordering, you can now see I have the tags on top and you have my folders below. [12:54] So if you primarily work with tags, this is probably the way you want things structured. You [13:00] can also reorder root items. For example, if there are specific tags or folders that you use often, [13:04] you can put them at the top of the list, if you don't want to use alphabetical ordering. [13:10] And when it comes to ordering, there's also another sort order for tags. So if you go into [13:15] Settings, and we go into the Folders & tags section like this, and we go into tags, you can [13:22] see you have an option called Tag sort order, A to Z. If you change this instead to Frequency, [13:29] you will have your most used tags at the top instead and sorted on frequency. This [13:34] is very handy if you have lots of tags like hundreds or thousands of tags. You just put the [13:39] most used tags on top, like this. Okay, let's talk about the list pane. At the top of the list pane, [13:46] you have five buttons. Search, Show notes from subfolders & descendants, Sort order, Appearance, [13:53] and New note. The default sort order is changed in Settings, but you can then override this for each [14:00] folder or tag. So, if I go up to Sort order here and click Title (A on top), it's only changed for [14:07] this folder. So if I go to another folder, you can see that it changes back to the default order. You [14:13] can also see that you have set a custom value since the button is highlighted like this. If [14:20] you want to revert it, you just click Default, date created, like that. You can also override [14:25] some of the appearance parameters per folder. For example, compact mode for some folders if you want [14:30] that. Or you can change the number of title rows if you have long titles for folders like this. [14:39] Or you can change the number of preview rows. For example, if you don't want two [14:43] lines of preview rows for specific folders or you want maybe five rows for specific folders, [14:48] you can change it like that. And of course, you can also change the grouping. By default, [14:54] it's grouped by date. You can remove grouping all together if you want to. But you can also [14:59] Group by folder. And this means in this case that it's sorted by subfolder. So we go into [15:04] top here. You can see that it's sorted by the AI first and you get all the AI notes and then [15:10] you have all the Photo notes afterwards like that. So, it's all depending on how you want [15:15] things to do. Remember that these settings are per tag and folder and they are not the default [15:22] settings. If you want to change the default settings, you go to Settings, List pane, [15:30] and you have can choose here how you want to sort them and so on and group them like that. [15:39] Okay, let's talk about Search. Search is accessed with a Search button at the top of the list pane. [15:45] So, if I quickly wanted to see all my notes that have Sony in the file name, I just write Sony like [15:51] this. And you can also filter by tags. As you can see in the bottom here, you have a note with a #50 [15:58] mm tag. So if I quickly wanted to see all the notes with the name Sony that also has the #50 [16:04] mm tag, I just write #50 like this. And I can now see all the notes with the #50 mm tag. And you can [16:12] also see in the navigation pane here that the tag #50 mm is marked with green color like this. [16:20] You can also see all the notes that do not have this tag by putting exclamation mark [16:25] before it. The color in the left navigation pane changes to red and you now only see [16:30] notes which do not have the #50 mm tag. If you want to see notes that have no tags at all, [16:38] you just remove it like this and you will now see all notes that have no tags at all. [16:46] So if you quickly wanted to if you're working with tags and you quickly want to see which notes you [16:51] have not tagged and quickly tag them this is the way to do it. So how do you add tags in Notebook [16:57] Navigator like this? It's very simple. You can either just click on an note like this and drag [17:05] it to a tag like this. This adds it to the tag and it's removed from the non-tag list. You can [17:12] also right-click and pick Add tag. And there you have a search tag modal, like this. And you can just [17:19] add for something like #photo or you can create a new tag if you want to, maybe a new #sony [17:25] tag. Sorry, #sony. And now the note was added to a new #sony tag like this. Or you can also even drag [17:35] multiple notes to tags like this to tag them. And now I'm done. And I can close this search [17:44] filter. The search filters are actually very handy. So for example, say I just search [17:50] for something like Sony like this. And this is something I do often. Then maybe I should [17:56] just want to save that search. I can click this Save search shortcut and Sony cameras. And you [18:04] can now see at the Shortcuts at the top that they have a new shortcut called Sony cameras. [18:10] So, if I remove the search filter, maybe close the search button, I go back to the [18:19] top here. If I click the filter Sony cameras, it's now enabled. I can search for Sony like this [18:26] right away. You can also do some pretty advanced things with tags on the search field. For example, [18:34] if I press command and press a tag like this, #35 mm, it's automatically added to [18:41] the to the search field. If I press another tag now and still holding the command button, [18:48] it's added with an AND button. So, you have the #35 mm tag and #photo like this. And you can see, [18:56] of course, it still shows the notes. But if I can also hold down shift + command. So if I [19:03] press command shift #35 mm and command shift #50 mm, you will now show all the notes with either #35 [19:12] mm or #50 mm like this. This is also very handy if you are quickly working with many tags and want [19:19] to filter them in different ways. I can just save them at Top lenses like this. Now you can [19:25] see it's added to the shortcut list to the left. That's search. Okay, let's talk about pinned notes. [19:35] Pinning notes is very handy if you quickly want to access a note that is a bit down in a long list of [19:41] notes. For example, let's go down to the folder 2025 here. And let's say there's a note here that [19:46] I access regularly. I can then either click pin note in the Quick actions field or I can right [19:53] click and choose Pin note. This moves it to the top of the list. So, even if I go out to another [20:01] folder and I go back to this folder, I still get this note at the top. This is very handy if there [20:07] are notes you're working with and you quickly want to get back to them and you quickly want to find [20:10] them. Notes that are pinned in folders are not automatically pinned in tags. There are different [20:17] contexts. You can have a note being pinned in a folder but not pinned in a tag and so on. [20:23] Also, if I go up a folder, in this case to Tech Insights, you can see that the note is [20:28] still pinned, and you can see also I have the option Show notes from subfolders and descendants [20:35] on. If I disable it, of course, I don't see the note. But if you have many pinned notes, [20:40] then there's a big risk that your root vault folder will become crowded with dozens of pinned notes at [20:47] the top. So my recommendation would be that if you feel that you end up with too many pinned notes, go [20:54] into Settings, List pane and enable Limit pinned notes to their folder. This means that the notes will only [21:01] be shown as pinned in the folder that they're existing. So in this case, if I click on Tech [21:06] Insights, it's still in the middle of the list, and I click 2025, it's now pinned to the top of the [21:12] list in that folder. In this case, I don't have so many pinned notes, so I just keep them pinned [21:19] wherever they are, in whatever hierarchy folder I am working. Let's talk about customization. [21:28] Every folder and tag can be customized with a custom icon and color. For example, [21:33] I can right click the Photo folder. And just click Change icon and maybe show the... write "camera" [21:42] and change the icon like this. By default, if you go into Change icon, you can see that there are [21:48] Emoji and Lucide icons available. If I want more icons, I can go into Settings and go to Icon packs [21:57] and I can then download one of these icon packs. These icon packs are downloaded straight from the [22:03] GitHub repository for Notebook Navigator and they are saved to a database in the device. So there [22:11] is nothing that is written to your vault. Now when Bootstrap icons are installed I can go back [22:17] to Photo, click Change icon, write "camera" and I now have a bit more different options to choose from. [22:27] You can also change different styles. In this case, you can right click. If you say [22:32] you wanted this icon to a tag as well, I can then you go to Style, Copy style, scroll down, [22:38] and maybe paste it to a tag like this. This is very handy if you quickly want to access [22:45] different styles to many different items. You can also go into files like this and right click and [22:53] also paste style into item. This sets icons to files as well. And you can also change colors [22:59] for different items if you want to have some items to stand out. You can do it like that. One thing [23:06] to notice is that if you have many tags, in this case let's let's add a few tags to this one. [23:15] #photo, #AI. We add #sony as well. We have three tags. Let's say you have many many tags and you wanted [23:21] some of the tags to be sorted to the left on the list here. What you can do then is you can set a [23:26] color to a tag like this. I pick #sony pick the green color and the colored tags are always shown to [23:33] the left in the tag list. This is a quick tips if you have many tags and you quickly wanted to [23:40] change which ones are always visible to the left here, otherwise they're sorted alphabetically. [23:47] Let's talk a bit about customization. There are just so many different things you can customize [23:52] in Notebook Navigator. I will just show show you one setting which makes the entire navigation [23:58] pane look completely different. So what we'll do is that we will change different [24:03] colors to our root folders. For example, AI in this case we change the background color to [24:11] blue variant like this. We change the Photo background color to maybe a green variant like this. [24:19] And we change the Tech Insight background color to a purple color like this. Then we go into Settings [24:29] and we go into Folders & tags and there is a setting in Folders that says Inherit folder colors. [24:37] If you enable this one, you can see that the folders inherit the root folder color like [24:44] this. There's also a setting at if you go into Navigation pane and you scroll down to the bottom, [24:53] that's called Root item spacing. So, if you increase this value just a bit, [24:58] you can see that you get some spacing in-between the root items like this. [25:05] Let's leave it at three like this. Now we have a completely different look [25:10] for the navigation pane. You can also customize the styles for almost [25:16] everything within Notebook Navigator using the Style settings plugin. So for example, [25:20] if I go to Settings and I click the plug-in Style settings, if you haven't got it installed, just [25:25] search for it on Community plugins. At the top of style settings, you have Notebook Navigator and [25:30] you can customize almost every single value in the style plugin here. For example, if I go into the... [25:37] ... you have the Item border radius, File count backgrounds. Maybe I want to see the file counts [25:43] more visible like this. This maybe is better for me with these colors, for example. You can [25:52] change font weights, colors, styles, basically almost everything in the entire application how [25:59] you want it to look. And also if you think that it's like too small or too big, you can go into [26:05] Notebook Navigator in the Navigation pane and you can for example change the indentation for [26:12] the tree if you want it in a different way. Here you can change the Item height if you want to fit [26:17] more things on the screen at the same time. If you are maybe writing in Chinese or in other [26:26] languages maybe you don't want the font size to be decreased with the line spacing like you can [26:30] change that like that, and you can also in Notebook Navigator change the overall zoom level for the [26:38] UI. So if you want Notebook Navigator to be bigger or smaller compared to the rest of interface, [26:44] you can actually resize the Notebook Navigator interface specifically like that. [26:51] That was just a few things about the customizations. Just click around, [26:56] look at the style, icon, color and background, go into Settings, go into Style settings, and just [27:01] play around with the settings. There are just so many ways you can customize how you want to work [27:06] with Notebook Navigator. Before I wrap this up, I quickly wanted to talk a bit about frontmatter. [27:12] Obsidian creates all files as markdown files. And each markdown file has an optional front- [27:19] matter section. You can see this if you switch to source mode. It's the area between the three [27:24] dashes at the top of the file. Not all files have this, but in this case, I have a property called [27:30] "created" with the creation date. I typically add this to my notes just in case the file date [27:36] should change by the file system. You can enable Notebook Navigator to read properties from the [27:45] frontmatter to use when listing the files in the list pane. You go into Settings and Notes [27:52] tab and on top here you see a setting called Use frontmatter metadata. If you enable this one, [27:59] you can see two fields, icon and color. And this means that if you have an icon property set in [28:05] your note, that icon will be used to display the note in the list pane. The format used by [28:10] this property is the same as the very popular plug-in Iconize. You can also read the color [28:16] value directly from the property here. By default, icons and colors are saved into plug-in settings [28:23] by Notebook Navigator. If you instead, which I recommend, want to save the icons and colors [28:29] to your frontmatter data, you enable this button here. If you already have saved icons and colors [28:35] to your settings, there will be a button here that says migrate which you can click to [28:40] migrate data from plug-in settings over to frontmatter for all your notes. You can also add fields [28:46] for name, created, and modified. So in case you have a specific field set to the name of each note [28:53] that you want to show instead of the file name, maybe you use a system called Zettelkasten, then [28:58] you can use this instead. Very handy. So look into this. If you use frontmatter settings. Okay, this [29:05] was it for the walkthrough of Notebook Navigator. I hope you learned something and I hope you're [29:11] really enthusiastic about getting started working with Notebook Navigator and Obsidian. If you have [29:16] any questions or comments, you are very welcome to join our Discord server. And if you have any [29:20] feature requests or bugs you find in the software, you're very welcome to post them in the GitHub [29:25] page. I respond and read every single request posted to the GitHub. And I'm usually pretty [29:30] quick fixing bugs and adding small new features as well. Longer feature requests take more time, but [29:36] I will be working on this for a very long time. So, if the feature isn't there now, there's a [29:41] really good chance it will be in the near future. Thank you for listening and happy note-taking. </details>