Any way to sort globally but keep folders on top?

[toddz262]

I'd like to apply a simple sort based on frontmatter (a date created field) to everything in my vault, but always keep folders & subfolders stacked at the top. I've looked at docs and it seems like a global sort always mixes folders in with files.

Is there a way to accomplish this?

[SebastianMC]

Hi @toddz262

to accomplish what you describe use the below sorting specification:

---
sorting-spec: |
  target-folder: /*
  > a-z by-metadata: date created
  /folders
  /:files
---

The specification if pretty self-explanatory:

• target-folder: /* tells to apply the sorting which follows to all folders in the vault, including the root folder
• > a-z by-metadata: date created sets the default order (inherited by all folders unless specified otherwise) by date created metadata field, newest items on top (aka descending order by date)
• /folders groups (sub)folders first and puts them in the top of the sorted folder
• /:files puts files below folders (this line kept for clarity and can be omitted - there are only files and folders in the vault, anyways)

[toddz262]

Aha, yes, that does it -- thanks much for the reply!

And thank you for the plugin. This finally solves the problem of listing things chronologically when file system creation dates aren't reliable.