Why Joplin Navigator?

Joplin Navigator is an independent release built from the original Full Notebook View project. It keeps the useful notebook tree, but adds a broader navigation workflow for people who manage large Joplin libraries.

This release exists to continue development independently and to ship improvements that were waiting on the original project. The goal is simple: make it faster to move through notebooks, tags, notes, and document structure without losing the current note or navigation position.

Features

Navigation views

• Notebooks — Browse notebooks, sub-notebooks, and notes in a tree.
• Tags — Browse tags as folder-like groups and open their notes.
• All Notes — View every note in one flat list, sorted by most recently updated by default.
• Outline — Extract Markdown headings from the current note and jump to them.
• Live selection sync — Keep the current note highlighted and reveal its notebook path when selected elsewhere in Joplin.

Search and organization

• Real-time search across notebooks and notes, including exact note-ID searches.
• Search results ordered by notebook match, note-title match, then note-body match.
• Search history and type/date filters.
• Sort controls for notebook and note views.
• Exclusion management for notebooks and notes.

Navigation history

The plugin records the selected note and editor cursor position every two seconds. Switching notes records a new entry immediately. The history stores up to 500 entries and suppresses repeated or minor movements.

When you navigate back or forward, the plugin moves through those entries. If the target is another note, Joplin opens it, then the plugin restores the saved line and column. A new navigation after going back starts a new branch and removes the old forward entries.

• Use editor toolbar buttons, mouse side buttons, or the Navigate Back and Navigate Forward commands.
• Configure keyboard shortcuts under Tools → Options → Keyboard Shortcuts (for example, Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right).

Note tools

• Context-menu actions for creating, renaming, moving, copying, exporting, publishing, and deleting notes.
• Toggle a note between Markdown and HTML markup.
• Todo status and notebook emoji support.
• One-click sync status and logs.
• Optional title-bar hiding.

Installation

Install from the Joplin Plugin Repository

1. Open Joplin and go to Tools → Options → Plugins.
2. Search for Joplin Navigator.
3. Click Install.

Manual installation

1. Build the plugin and obtain the .jpl file from publish/.
2. Open Joplin and go to Tools → Options → Plugins.
3. Click Install from File and select the .jpl file.

Usage

The plugin adds a navigation panel to Joplin. Use the toolbar button to toggle it. The panel provides tabs for notebooks, all notes, tags, and the current note outline.

Right-click notes and notebooks for additional actions. Use the search and sort controls to narrow or organize the view.

Build

npm install
npm run dist

The publish/ directory contains the .jpl package after a successful build.

Compatibility

• Joplin v3.5+
• Windows, macOS, and Linux

License

MIT