Folder View

A table view over a collection of notes with sortable columns and grouping. Like a database for your notes.

When to Use

When you want a database-like overview rather than the linear sidebar list. Especially useful when notes have custom properties you want to compare side-by-side.

Columns

By default the table shows:

• Title
• Tags
• Created
• Modified

You can show / hide columns including any custom property:

• Click the column picker in the header
• Toggle each property on/off
• Drag headers to reorder

Property columns let you sort and filter by typed values (numbers, dates, select).

Sorting

Click any header to sort. Click again to reverse direction. ⇧+click for secondary sort (sort by A then B).

Grouping

Group rows by:

• Folder
• Tag
• Property value (e.g. all rows with Status: Live)

Group headers count rows and roll up subgroup counts.

Filtering

A filter bar above the table accepts:

• Free-text search across visible columns
• Property-specific filters (e.g. Created after: 2026-01-01)
• Tag filters (#tagname)

Active filters show as chips you can dismiss.

Density

A density toggle in the toolbar:

Density	Row height
Compact	minimal padding
Normal	comfortable
Spacious	extra room

Persisted per device.

Inline Editing

Click any editable cell to update a property in place. Supported types:

• Text
• Number
• Date
• Select / multi-select
• Checkbox

Some fields (e.g. created date) are read-only.

Bulk Operations

Select rows with checkboxes for:

• Move to folder
• Add / remove tags
• Set / clear properties (for editable types)
• Delete

The bulk action bar appears at the top of the table when rows are selected.

Saved Views

Save the current columns, sort, group, and filters as a named view with Add view in the toolbar. Switch between saved views from the same dropdown, duplicate one as a starting point, set one as the default, or delete it. Saved views persist across restarts and sync to your other devices.

Opening a tag (see Properties & Tags) shows this same folder view, scoped to that tag, with its own set of saved views — a "By status" view saved on tag work doesn't show up on tag personal. Renaming a saved view isn't available for tags yet; rename, duplicate, default, and delete all work normally.

Breadcrumb

If you opened folder view from a folder, a breadcrumb at the top lets you navigate up to parent folders. A tag-scoped folder view shows the tag instead, as a locked tag = <name> filter chip that can't be removed — it defines the view.

Staying Up To Date

A folder view refreshes itself as the vault changes, so you can keep one open in a split pane next to the note you are writing.

Rows appear, disappear, and move immediately when a note is created, renamed, moved to another folder, or deleted — whether you did it in Memry, another device did it and it arrived over sync, or you did it in Finder, Explorer, or Obsidian. Tag-scoped views update the same way when a note gains or loses the tag.

Row contents — Modified, word count, properties, title, emoji — settle a few seconds after you stop typing rather than on every autosave. Which notes are listed is never delayed; only their columns are.

See Also

• Properties & Tags
• Tabs & Split View — folder views open as tabs