📌 Manual Sorting

An Obsidian plugin that adds manual drag&drop sorting to the file explorer.

Key Features • How To Use • Installation • Credits

(File explorer tree theme used: LennZone/enhanced-file-explorer-tree)

🎯 Key Features

Your custom sort order is preserved and synced across devices
Enable manual sorting mode via ✔️ Manual sorting option
Toggle dragging using ☑️ Dragging checkbox
Reset custom order with 🗑️ Reset order button
Seamlessly switch between manual and other sorting modes

🔍 How to Use

Open the ⚙️ Change sort order menu and select ✔️ Manual sorting mode.
Enable drag&drop by checking the ☑️ Dragging option.
Freely reorder items within the file explorer by dragging them!

📥 Installation

Via Obsidian Community Plugins: https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=manual-sorting
Using the BRAT plugin: Add Beta Plugin → kh4f/manual-sorting
Manually: go to the latest release → copy main.js, manifest.json, styles.css to your-vault/.obsidian/plugins/manual-sorting/

💖 Credits

Powered by: SortableJS, monkey-around
Icon library: Lucide (for the custom menu options)
Inspiration: Obsidian Bartender, Custom File Explorer sorting
Huge thanks to @Paining1, @Azmoinal, @SublimePeace for testing and providing feedback on the plugin!
Special thanks to @Mara-Li for contributions and feature suggestions!

Name	Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
Latest commit renovate[bot] chore(dev-deps): bump `@types/node` from 24.7.2 to 24.8.0 Oct 19, 2025 9aaae71 · Oct 19, 2025 History 492 Commits
.github	.github	chore(package-manager): bump `pnpm` from 10.18.2 to 10.18.3	Oct 19, 2025
.vscode	.vscode	chore(debug): configure debuggin directly from VS Code	Sep 30, 2025
benches	benches	perf(benches): add optimized incremental insertion with `Map` lookup	Oct 12, 2025
src	src	refactor(order-manager): log updated order before calling `saveSettings`	Oct 19, 2025
.gitignore	.gitignore	chore(gitignore): add `main.js.map` to ignored files	Sep 30, 2025
CHANGELOG.md	CHANGELOG.md	chore(release): 2.5.1	Oct 15, 2025
LICENSE	LICENSE	style(license): remove trailing newline	Sep 27, 2025
README.md	README.md	docs(readme): update formatting and improve feature descriptions	Apr 18, 2025
eslint.config.ts	eslint.config.ts	style(codebase): simplify arrow function syntax with `as-needed` parens	Oct 3, 2025
manifest.json	manifest.json	chore(release): 2.5.1	Oct 15, 2025
package.json	package.json	chore(dev-deps): bump `@types/node` from 24.7.2 to 24.8.0	Oct 19, 2025
pnpm-lock.yaml	pnpm-lock.yaml	chore(dev-deps): bump `@types/node` from 24.7.2 to 24.8.0	Oct 19, 2025
pnpm-workspace.yaml	pnpm-workspace.yaml	chore(package): add `simple-git-hooks` and `lint-staged` for pre-comm…	Sep 30, 2025
relion.config.ts	relion.config.ts	chore(relion): migrate config to `relion` v0.23.0	Oct 16, 2025
styles.css	styles.css	fix(dnd): correct hover state after dragging	Apr 28, 2025
tsconfig.json	tsconfig.json	chore(tsconfig): enable `verbatimModuleSyntax` and update type imports	Sep 27, 2025
tsdown.config.ts	tsdown.config.ts	revert(tsdown): remove `i18next` from `noExternal` dependencies	Sep 30, 2025
versions.json	versions.json	chore(release): 2.5.1	Oct 15, 2025
vitest.config.ts	vitest.config.ts	chore(vitest): scope `happy-dom` environment to benchmark tests	Oct 19, 2025

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