Folder Expand Collapse

An Obsidian plugin that adds recursive expand and collapse to individual folders in the file explorer.

Obsidian's built-in expand/collapse buttons operate on the entire vault. This plugin lets you target a specific folder — expand everything inside it without blowing up your whole navigation tree, or collapse it back down without resetting every other folder you had open.

Usage

Right-click

Right-click any folder in the file explorer to see two new menu items:

• Expand all children — recursively expands the folder and every subfolder inside it
• Collapse all children — recursively collapses the folder and everything inside it

Alt+Click

Hold Alt and click a folder to recursively expand or collapse it. The folder toggles normally, then all children follow.

Installation

From Community Plugins

1. Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse
2. Search for "Folder Expand Collapse"
3. Click Install, then Enable

Manual

1. Download main.js and manifest.json from the latest release
2. Create a folder at <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/folder-expand-collapse/
3. Copy both files into that folder
4. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins

Building from source

git clone https://github.com/tyrannikal/obsidian-folder-expand-collapse.git
cd obsidian-folder-expand-collapse
npm install
npm run build

This produces main.js in the project root.