Settings Sidebar Organizer

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by Golomp

Groups Community Plugins into folders, allows renaming, reordering, and compacting the sidebar.

★ 15 starsUpdated 14d agoMITDiscovered via Obsidian Unofficial Plugins
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🗂️ Obsidian Settings Sidebar Organizer

Tame your plugin list. Group Community Plugins into custom collapsible folders, rename them (alias), reorder them manually, compact the sidebar UI headers, and more...

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🗿 Why?

Created because I had too many plugins and got lost in the sidebar; feedback welcome!

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[!CAUTION] Experimental "DOM Hack" This plugin manipulates the Obsidian UI directly because there is no official API for the settings sidebar.

  • Risk: If Obsidian updates their UI structure (CSS classes), this plugin might break or stop working until updated.
  • Stability: It creates "proxy" buttons. When you click an item in a folder, it programmatically clicks the real, hidden button.

✨ Key Features

1. 📂 Grouping & Organization

  • Custom Folders: Create your own categories (e.g., "Design", "Automation").
  • Keyword Matching: Automatically sorts plugins into folders based on words in their names.
  • "Ungrouped" Folder: Automatically catches any plugin that doesn't match your keywords so nothing gets lost (can be hidden).

2. ✏️ Aliases & Order

  • Renaming (Aliasing): Rename plugins in the sidebar to save space or improve clarity.
  • Manual Reordering: Use Up/Down arrows to sort plugins exactly how you want them.

3. 📉 Compact & Clean UI

  • Compact Mode: Hides the large "Core plugins" and "Community plugins" tabs. It moves them to small ⚙️ icons in the section headers to improve clarity.
  • Collapsible Headers: Allows you to fold the main "Options", "Core plugins", and "Community plugins" sections.

📦 Installation

Method 1: Manual (recommended)

  1. Download main.js, styles.css, and manifest.json.
  2. Create folder .obsidian/plugins/settings-sidebar-organizer/.
  3. Paste files and reload Obsidian.

Method 2: BRAT

  1. Install BRAT from the Community Plugins store.
  2. Go to Settings > BRAT > Add Beta plugin.
  3. Paste this repo URL: https://github.com/CyrylSz/obsidian-settings-sidebar-organizer
  4. Click Add Plugin.

⚙️ How to use

Everything is configured via Settings > Settings Sidebar Organizer:

  1. Create Group: Click + Add Group.
  2. Assign Plugins: Type keywords (comma-separated) in the "Keywords" box.
  3. Fine-tune: Click the Gear Icon (⚙️) next to a group to:
    • Set an Alias (rename).
    • Reorder items.

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