An Obsidian plugin that adds manual drag&drop sorting to the file explorer.
(File explorer tree theme used: LennZone/enhanced-file-explorer-tree)
Key Features β’ How To Use β’ Installation β’ Credits

(File explorer tree theme used: LennZone/enhanced-file-explorer-tree)
- Your custom sort order is preserved and synced across devices
- Enable manual sorting mode via
βοΈ Manual sorting
option - Toggle dragging using
βοΈ Dragging
checkbox - Reset custom order with
ποΈ Reset order
button - Seamlessly switch between manual and other sorting modes
- Open the
βοΈ Change sort order
menu and selectβοΈ Manual sorting
mode. - Enable drag&drop by checking the
βοΈ Dragging
option. - Freely reorder items within the file explorer by dragging them!
- Via Obsidian Community Plugins: https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=manual-sorting
- Using the BRAT plugin:
Add Beta Plugin
βkh4f/manual-sorting
- Manually: go to the latest release β copy
main.js
,manifest.json
,styles.css
toyour-vault/.obsidian/plugins/manual-sorting/
- 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!
MIT licensed | Β© 2025 Kh4f