Auto Fold Properties

Auto Fold Properties (Obsidian Plugin)

An Obsidian plugin that automatically collapses note frontmatter / properties upon opening a note, keeping your editor clean and focused.

✨ Features

• Automatic Property Folding: Notes open with the properties section neatly folded into a header bar.
• Native Click-to-Open: Clicking the properties header expands it natively and stays open while you type (no auto-closing when moving your mouse away).
• New Note Exemption: When creating a brand-new note, properties remain unfolded so you can immediately add metadata and tags.
• Target Folder Filtering: Choose specific folders where property auto-folding should apply (with interactive folder autocompletion), or leave empty to apply across your entire vault.
• Fold Once Per Session: An optional toggle that auto-folds properties only the first time a note is opened per app session. If you unfold a note, it remembers your choice until Obsidian is restarted.

🚀 Installation

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release (main.js and manifest.json).
2. Inside your Obsidian vault, navigate to .obsidian/plugins/.
3. Create a folder named auto-fold-properties and place main.js and manifest.json inside it.
4. In Obsidian, go to Settings → Community plugins, click Reload plugins, and enable Auto Fold Properties.

⚙️ Settings

• Fold Once Per Session:
  • Enabled: Properties are folded only the first time you open a note in that app session. If you unfold it, it stays unfolded until you close Obsidian.
  • Disabled (Default): Properties are folded every time a note is opened or reopened.
• Target Folders:
  • Add specific folder paths from your vault to restrict where the plugin acts.
  • Leave empty to automatically fold properties across all notes in your vault.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Developed by Vishwas Upponi.