Collapsible notes

Features
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Many note taking apps are now including collaspable notes. I would love to be able to make a list and collaspe it and have a list under it that could also be collaspable. Workflowy, Appflowy, Notion, and Upnote are a few who have this feature.

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Here's how you can enable collapsible lists and other lines in Joplin:

  1. Enable the beta editor: Tools > Options > General > Opt-in to the editor beta
  2. Install the Extra Markdown Editor Settings plugin and restart Joplin
  3. Enable code folding: Tools > Options > Extra editor settings sidebar item > Check Enable code folding > Change other settings while you're here

Click ⌄ left of a line to collapse or fold it.

Click › left of a line (or the … button on the right) to expand or unfold it.

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What do I click to make the arrow point down to collaspe or fold? I can't find the v (this is just athe letter v) symbol on my keyboard.

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Actually I figured it out. This only works in markdown mode yes?

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you can also use the following:

<details>
  <summary>foo</summary>
bar
</details>

It will render as:
image

image

You can nest content inside, just make sure to leave empty lines.
I often combine with the search plugin. For instance:

<details>
  <summary>Invoices 2024</summary>

``search                    (you need 3 backtick here)
tag:invoice
tag:2024
``                          (here too)

</details>
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Both code folding and the details tag only work in the markdown editor, not in the WYSIWYG editor. Feature request, please.

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Joplin also doesn’t seem to remember the fold-state if you switch to another note and back, which kind of defeats the purpose imo.

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There’s an option in the plug-in settings to have it remember the fold state:

Remember when a collapsible block is left opened or closed in the webview

that is the setting name, and is described, thus:

If disabled, opening or closing collapsible blocks in the webview will not change their state in the editor, which will cause them to always display as opened or closed, depending on their state in the editor, when a note is reloaded.

In fact, apart from the global setting to remember or not the state of each block when you move away from a note, there is a way to override the chosen default behaviour in particular cases also. This post may may be of interest in that regard: Plugin: Collapsible blocks - #3 by ntczkjfg

HTH

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Are we talking about the extra markdown settings plugin? I don’t see any such option to remember what blocks are folded. I don’t particularly want to use the collapsible block plugin; I use lots of bullet lists and don’t want to have to put extra formatting around them but thank you for the suggestion.

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My mistake, for some reason I thought this was referring to the Collapsible Blocks plug-in.

Folding otherwise is only available in the markdown editor and does not remember fold-state, and needs the Extra Markdown plug-in, as you say.

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