Merge pull request #158 from SebastianMC/156-indexmd-based-folder-note-metadata

Index-based folder note metadata support

src/custom-sort-plugin.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import {
+    Plugin
+} from 'obsidian'
+
+export interface CustomSortPluginAPI extends Plugin {
+    indexNoteBasename(): string|undefined
+}

src/custom-sort/custom-sort.ts

@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ import {
 import {
 	BookmarksPluginInterface
 } from "../utils/BookmarksCorePluginSignature";
+import {CustomSortPluginAPI} from "../custom-sort-plugin";
 
 export interface ProcessingContext {
 	// For internal transient use
-	plugin?: Plugin                     // to hand over the access to App instance to the sorting engine
+	plugin?: CustomSortPluginAPI                     // to hand over the access to App instance to the sorting engine
 	_mCache?: MetadataCache
 	starredPluginInstance?: Starred_PluginInstance
 	bookmarksPluginInstance?: BookmarksPluginInterface,
@@ -371,6 +372,15 @@ export const matchGroupRegex = (theRegex: RegExpSpec, nameForMatching: string):
 	return [false, undefined, undefined]
 }
 
+const mdataValueFromFMCaches = (mdataFieldName: string, fc?: FrontMatterCache, fcPrio?: FrontMatterCache): any => {
+	let prioValue = undefined
+	if (fcPrio) {
+		prioValue = fcPrio?.[mdataFieldName]
+	}
+
+	return prioValue ?? fc?.[mdataFieldName]
+}
+
 export const determineSortingGroup = function (entry: TFile | TFolder, spec: CustomSortSpec, ctx?: ProcessingContext): FolderItemForSorting {
 	let groupIdx: number
 	let determined: boolean = false
@@ -466,10 +476,18 @@ export const determineSortingGroup = function (entry: TFile | TFolder, spec: Cus
 			case CustomSortGroupType.HasMetadataField:
 				if (group.withMetadataFieldName) {
 					if (ctx?._mCache) {
-						// For folders - scan metadata of 'folder note'
+						// For folders - scan metadata of 'folder note' in same-name-as-parent-folder mode
 						const notePathToScan: string = aFile ? entry.path : `${entry.path}/${entry.name}.md`
-						const frontMatterCache: FrontMatterCache | undefined = ctx._mCache.getCache(notePathToScan)?.frontmatter
+						let frontMatterCache: FrontMatterCache | undefined = ctx._mCache.getCache(notePathToScan)?.frontmatter
-						const hasMetadata: boolean | undefined = frontMatterCache?.hasOwnProperty(group.withMetadataFieldName)
+						let hasMetadata: boolean | undefined = frontMatterCache?.hasOwnProperty(group.withMetadataFieldName)
+						// For folders, if index-based folder note mode, scan the index file, giving it the priority
+						if (aFolder) {
+							const indexNoteBasename = ctx?.plugin?.indexNoteBasename()
+							if (indexNoteBasename) {
+								frontMatterCache = ctx._mCache.getCache(`${entry.path}/${indexNoteBasename}.md`)?.frontmatter
+								hasMetadata = hasMetadata || frontMatterCache?.hasOwnProperty(group.withMetadataFieldName)
+							}
+						}
 
 						if (hasMetadata) {
 							determined = true
@@ -554,12 +572,24 @@ export const determineSortingGroup = function (entry: TFile | TFolder, spec: Cus
 		if (isPrimaryOrderByMetadata || isSecondaryOrderByMetadata || isDerivedPrimaryByMetadata || isDerivedSecondaryByMetadata) {
 			if (ctx?._mCache) {
 				// For folders - scan metadata of 'folder note'
+				// and if index-based folder note mode, scan the index file, giving it the priority
 				const notePathToScan: string = aFile ? entry.path : `${entry.path}/${entry.name}.md`
 				const frontMatterCache: FrontMatterCache | undefined = ctx._mCache.getCache(notePathToScan)?.frontmatter
-				if (isPrimaryOrderByMetadata) metadataValueToSortBy = frontMatterCache?.[group?.byMetadataField || group?.withMetadataFieldName || DEFAULT_METADATA_FIELD_FOR_SORTING]
+				let prioFrontMatterCache: FrontMatterCache | undefined = undefined
-				if (isSecondaryOrderByMetadata) metadataValueSecondaryToSortBy = frontMatterCache?.[group?.byMetadataFieldSecondary || group?.withMetadataFieldName || DEFAULT_METADATA_FIELD_FOR_SORTING]
+				if (aFolder) {
-				if (isDerivedPrimaryByMetadata) metadataValueDerivedPrimaryToSortBy = frontMatterCache?.[spec.byMetadataField || DEFAULT_METADATA_FIELD_FOR_SORTING]
+					const indexNoteBasename = ctx?.plugin?.indexNoteBasename()
-				if (isDerivedSecondaryByMetadata) metadataValueDerivedSecondaryToSortBy = frontMatterCache?.[spec.byMetadataFieldSecondary || DEFAULT_METADATA_FIELD_FOR_SORTING]
+					if (indexNoteBasename) {
+						prioFrontMatterCache = ctx._mCache.getCache(`${entry.path}/${indexNoteBasename}.md`)?.frontmatter
+					}
+				}
+				if (isPrimaryOrderByMetadata) metadataValueToSortBy =
+					mdataValueFromFMCaches (group?.byMetadataField || group?.withMetadataFieldName || DEFAULT_METADATA_FIELD_FOR_SORTING,  frontMatterCache, prioFrontMatterCache)
+				if (isSecondaryOrderByMetadata) metadataValueSecondaryToSortBy =
+					mdataValueFromFMCaches (group?.byMetadataFieldSecondary || group?.withMetadataFieldName || DEFAULT_METADATA_FIELD_FOR_SORTING, frontMatterCache, prioFrontMatterCache)
+				if (isDerivedPrimaryByMetadata) metadataValueDerivedPrimaryToSortBy =
+					mdataValueFromFMCaches (spec.byMetadataField || DEFAULT_METADATA_FIELD_FOR_SORTING, frontMatterCache, prioFrontMatterCache)
+				if (isDerivedSecondaryByMetadata) metadataValueDerivedSecondaryToSortBy =
+					mdataValueFromFMCaches (spec.byMetadataFieldSecondary || DEFAULT_METADATA_FIELD_FOR_SORTING, frontMatterCache, prioFrontMatterCache)
 			}
 		}
 	}

src/main.ts

@@ -50,44 +50,26 @@ import {
 	getBookmarksPlugin,
 	groupNameForPath
 } from "./utils/BookmarksCorePluginSignature";
-import {getIconFolderPlugin} from "./utils/ObsidianIconFolderPluginSignature";
+import {
-import {lastPathComponent} from "./utils/utils";
+	getIconFolderPlugin
+} from "./utils/ObsidianIconFolderPluginSignature";
+import {
+	extractBasename,
+	lastPathComponent
+} from "./utils/utils";
 import {
 	collectSortingAndGroupingTypes,
 	hasOnlyByBookmarkOrStandardObsidian,
 	HasSortingOrGrouping,
 	ImplicitSortspecForBookmarksIntegration
 } from "./custom-sort/custom-sort-utils";
-
+import {
-interface CustomSortPluginSettings {
+	CustomSortPluginSettings,
-	additionalSortspecFile: string
+	CustomSortSettingTab,
-	suspended: boolean
+	DEFAULT_SETTING_FOR_1_2_0_UP,
-	statusBarEntryEnabled: boolean
+	DEFAULT_SETTINGS
-	notificationsEnabled: boolean
+} from "./settings";
-	mobileNotificationsEnabled: boolean
+import {CustomSortPluginAPI} from "./custom-sort-plugin";
-	automaticBookmarksIntegration: boolean
-	customSortContextSubmenu: boolean
-	bookmarksContextMenus: boolean
-	bookmarksGroupToConsumeAsOrderingReference: string
-}
-
-const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: CustomSortPluginSettings = {
-	additionalSortspecFile: '',
-	suspended: true,  // if false by default, it would be hard to handle the auto-parse after plugin install
-	statusBarEntryEnabled: true,
-	notificationsEnabled: true,
-	mobileNotificationsEnabled: false,
-	customSortContextSubmenu: true,
-	automaticBookmarksIntegration: false,
-	bookmarksContextMenus: false,
-	bookmarksGroupToConsumeAsOrderingReference: 'sortspec'
-}
-
-// On API 1.2.x+ enable the bookmarks integration by default
-const DEFAULT_SETTING_FOR_1_2_0_UP: Partial<CustomSortPluginSettings> = {
-	automaticBookmarksIntegration: true,
-	bookmarksContextMenus: true
-}
 
 const SORTSPEC_FILE_NAME: string = 'sortspec.md'
 const SORTINGSPEC_YAML_KEY: string = 'sorting-spec'
@@ -99,7 +81,10 @@ type MonkeyAroundUninstaller = () => void
 
 type ContextMenuProvider = (item: MenuItem) => void
 
-export default class CustomSortPlugin extends Plugin {
+export default class CustomSortPlugin
+	extends Plugin
+	implements CustomSortPluginAPI
+{
 	settings: CustomSortPluginSettings
 	statusBarItemEl: HTMLElement
 	ribbonIconEl: HTMLElement     // On small-screen mobile devices this is useless (ribbon is re-created on-the-fly)
@@ -149,10 +134,14 @@ export default class CustomSortPlugin extends Plugin {
 				if (aFile.name === SORTSPEC_FILE_NAME ||                         // file name == sortspec.md ?
 					aFile.name === `${SORTSPEC_FILE_NAME}.md` ||                 // file name == sortspec.md.md ?
 					aFile.basename === parent.name ||           // Folder Note mode: inside folder, same name
+
 					aFile.basename === this.settings.additionalSortspecFile ||   // when user configured _about_
 					aFile.name === this.settings.additionalSortspecFile ||       // when user configured _about_.md
 					aFile.path === this.settings.additionalSortspecFile ||       // when user configured Inbox/sort.md
-					aFile.path === `${this.settings.additionalSortspecFile}.md`  // when user configured Inbox/sort
+					aFile.path === `${this.settings.additionalSortspecFile}.md` || // when user configured Inbox/sort
+
+					aFile.basename === this.settings.indexNoteNameForFolderNotes ||   // when user configured as index
+					aFile.name === this.settings.indexNoteNameForFolderNotes          // when user configured as index.md
 				) {
 					const sortingSpecTxt: string = mCache.getCache(aFile.path)?.frontmatter?.[SORTINGSPEC_YAML_KEY]
 					// Warning: newer Obsidian versions can return objects as well, hence the explicit check for string value
@@ -737,7 +726,7 @@ export default class CustomSortPlugin extends Plugin {
 		const data: any = await this.loadData() || {}
 		const isFreshInstall: boolean = Object.keys(data).length === 0
 		this.settings = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, data);
-		if (requireApiVersion('1.2.0')) {
+		if (requireApiVersion('1.2.0') && isFreshInstall) {
 			this.settings = Object.assign(this.settings, DEFAULT_SETTING_FOR_1_2_0_UP)
 		}
 	}
@@ -745,166 +734,16 @@ export default class CustomSortPlugin extends Plugin {
 	async saveSettings() {
 		await this.saveData(this.settings);
 	}
-}
 
-const pathToFlatString = (path: string): string => {
+	// API
-	return path.replace(/\//g,'_').replace(/\\/g, '_')
+	derivedIndexNoteNameForFolderNotes: string | undefined
-}
+	indexNoteNameForFolderNotesDerivedFrom: any
 
-class CustomSortSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
+	indexNoteBasename(): string | undefined {
-	plugin: CustomSortPlugin;
+		if (!(this.indexNoteNameForFolderNotesDerivedFrom === this.settings.indexNoteNameForFolderNotes)) {
-
+			this.derivedIndexNoteNameForFolderNotes = extractBasename(this.settings.indexNoteNameForFolderNotes)
-	constructor(app: App, plugin: CustomSortPlugin) {
+			this.indexNoteNameForFolderNotesDerivedFrom = this.settings.indexNoteNameForFolderNotes
-		super(app, plugin);
+		}
-		this.plugin = plugin;
+		return this.derivedIndexNoteNameForFolderNotes
-	}
-
-	display(): void {
-		const {containerEl} = this;
-
-		containerEl.empty();
-
-		// containerEl.createEl('h2', {text: 'Settings for Custom File Explorer Sorting Plugin'});
-
-		const additionalSortspecFileDescr: DocumentFragment = sanitizeHTMLToDom(
-			'A note name or note path to scan (YAML frontmatter) for sorting specification in addition to the `sortspec` notes and Folder Notes<sup><b>*</b></sup>.'
-			+ '<br>'
-			+ ' The `.md` filename suffix is optional.'
-			+ '<p><b>(*)</b>&nbsp;if you employ the <i>Index-File based</i> approach to folder notes (as documented in '
-			+ '<a href="https://github.com/aidenlx/alx-folder-note/wiki/folder-note-pref"'
-			+ '>Aidenlx Folder Note preferences</a>'
-			+ ') you can enter here the index note name, e.g. <b>_about_</b>'
-			+ '<br>'
-			+ 'The <i>Inside Folder, with Same Name Recommended</i> mode of Folder Notes is handled automatically, no additional configuration needed.'
-			+ '</p>'
-			+ '<p>NOTE: After updating this setting remember to refresh the custom sorting via clicking on the ribbon icon or via the <b>sort-on</b> command'
-			+ ' or by restarting Obsidian or reloading the vault</p>'
-		)
-
-		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName('Path or name of additional note(s) containing sorting specification')
-			.setDesc(additionalSortspecFileDescr)
-			.addText(text => text
-				.setPlaceholder('e.g. _about_')
-				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.additionalSortspecFile)
-				.onChange(async (value) => {
-					this.plugin.settings.additionalSortspecFile = value.trim() ? normalizePath(value) : '';
-					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-				}));
-
-		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName('Enable the status bar entry')
-			.setDesc('The status bar entry shows the label `Custom sort:ON` or `Custom sort:OFF`, representing the current state of the plugin.')
-			.addToggle(toggle => toggle
-				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.statusBarEntryEnabled)
-				.onChange(async (value) => {
-					this.plugin.settings.statusBarEntryEnabled = value;
-					if (value) {
-						// Enabling
-						if (this.plugin.statusBarItemEl) {
-							// for sanity
-							this.plugin.statusBarItemEl.detach()
-						}
-						this.plugin.statusBarItemEl =  this.plugin.addStatusBarItem();
-						this.plugin.updateStatusBar()
-
-					} else { // disabling
-						if (this.plugin.statusBarItemEl) {
-							this.plugin.statusBarItemEl.detach()
-						}
-					}
-					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-				}));
-
-		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName('Enable notifications of plugin state changes')
-			.setDesc('The plugin can show notifications about its state changes: e.g. when successfully parsed and applied'
-			+ ' the custom sorting specification, or, when the parsing failed. If the notifications are disabled,'
-			+ ' the only indicator of plugin state is the ribbon button icon. The developer console presents the parsing'
-			+ ' error messages regardless if the notifications are enabled or not.')
-			.addToggle(toggle => toggle
-				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.notificationsEnabled)
-				.onChange(async (value) => {
-					this.plugin.settings.notificationsEnabled = value;
-					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-				}));
-
-		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName('Enable notifications of plugin state changes for mobile devices only')
-			.setDesc('See above.')
-			.addToggle(toggle => toggle
-				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.mobileNotificationsEnabled)
-				.onChange(async (value) => {
-					this.plugin.settings.mobileNotificationsEnabled = value;
-					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-				}));
-
-		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName('Enable File Explorer context submenu`Custom sort:`')
-			.setDesc('Gives access to operations relevant for custom sorting, e.g. applying custom sorting.')
-			.addToggle(toggle => toggle
-				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.customSortContextSubmenu)
-				.onChange(async (value) => {
-					this.plugin.settings.customSortContextSubmenu = value;
-					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-				}));
-
-		containerEl.createEl('h2', {text: 'Bookmarks integration'});
-		const bookmarksIntegrationDescription: DocumentFragment = sanitizeHTMLToDom(
-			'If enabled, order of files and folders in File Explorer will reflect the order '
-			+ 'of bookmarked items in the bookmarks (core plugin) view. Automatically, without any '
-			+ 'need for sorting configuration. At the same time, it integrates seamlessly with'
-			+ ' <pre style="display: inline;">sorting-spec:</pre> configurations and they can nicely cooperate.'
-			+ '<br>'
-			+ '<p>To separate regular bookmarks from the bookmarks created for sorting, you can put '
-			+ 'the latter in a separate dedicated bookmarks group. The default name of the group is '
-			+ "'<i>" + DEFAULT_SETTINGS.bookmarksGroupToConsumeAsOrderingReference + "</i>' "
-			+ 'and you can change the group name in the configuration field below.'
-			+ '<br>'
-			+ 'If left empty, all the bookmarked items will be used to impose the order in File Explorer.</p>'
-			+ '<p>More information on this functionality in the '
-			+ '<a href="https://github.com/SebastianMC/obsidian-custom-sort/blob/master/docs/manual.md#bookmarks-plugin-integration">'
-			+ 'manual</a> of this custom-sort plugin.'
-			+ '</p>'
-		)
-
-		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName('Automatic integration with core Bookmarks plugin (for indirect drag & drop ordering)')
-			.setDesc(bookmarksIntegrationDescription)
-			.addToggle(toggle => toggle
-				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.automaticBookmarksIntegration)
-				.onChange(async (value) => {
-					this.plugin.settings.automaticBookmarksIntegration = value;
-					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-				}));
-
-		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName('Name of the group in Bookmarks from which to read the order of items')
-			.setDesc('See above.')
-			.addText(text => text
-				.setPlaceholder('e.g. Group for sorting')
-				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.bookmarksGroupToConsumeAsOrderingReference)
-				.onChange(async (value) => {
-					value = groupNameForPath(value.trim()).trim()
-					this.plugin.settings.bookmarksGroupToConsumeAsOrderingReference = value ? pathToFlatString(normalizePath(value)) : '';
-					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-				}));
-
-		const bookmarksIntegrationContextMenusDescription: DocumentFragment = sanitizeHTMLToDom(
-			'Enable <i>Custom-sort: bookmark for sorting</i> and <i>Custom-sort: bookmark+siblings for sorting</i> (and related) entries '
-			+ 'in context menu in File Explorer'
-		)
-		new Setting(containerEl)
-			.setName('Context menus for Bookmarks integration')
-			.setDesc(bookmarksIntegrationContextMenusDescription)
-			.addToggle(toggle => toggle
-				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.bookmarksContextMenus)
-				.onChange(async (value) => {
-					this.plugin.settings.bookmarksContextMenus = value;
-					if (value) {
-						this.plugin.settings.customSortContextSubmenu = true; // automatically enable custom sort context submenu
-					}
-					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-				}))
 	}
 }

src/settings.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+import {App, normalizePath, PluginSettingTab, sanitizeHTMLToDom, Setting} from "obsidian";
+import {groupNameForPath} from "./utils/BookmarksCorePluginSignature";
+import CustomSortPlugin from "./main";
+
+export interface CustomSortPluginSettings {
+    additionalSortspecFile: string
+    indexNoteNameForFolderNotes: string
+    suspended: boolean
+    statusBarEntryEnabled: boolean
+    notificationsEnabled: boolean
+    mobileNotificationsEnabled: boolean
+    automaticBookmarksIntegration: boolean
+    customSortContextSubmenu: boolean
+    bookmarksContextMenus: boolean
+    bookmarksGroupToConsumeAsOrderingReference: string
+}
+
+export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: CustomSortPluginSettings = {
+    additionalSortspecFile: '',
+    indexNoteNameForFolderNotes: '',
+    suspended: true,  // if false by default, it would be hard to handle the auto-parse after plugin install
+    statusBarEntryEnabled: true,
+    notificationsEnabled: true,
+    mobileNotificationsEnabled: false,
+    customSortContextSubmenu: true,
+    automaticBookmarksIntegration: false,
+    bookmarksContextMenus: false,
+    bookmarksGroupToConsumeAsOrderingReference: 'sortspec'
+}
+
+// On API 1.2.x+ enable the bookmarks integration by default
+export const DEFAULT_SETTING_FOR_1_2_0_UP: Partial<CustomSortPluginSettings> = {
+    automaticBookmarksIntegration: true,
+    bookmarksContextMenus: true
+}
+
+const pathToFlatString = (path: string): string => {
+    return path.replace(/\//g,'_').replace(/\\/g, '_')
+}
+
+export class CustomSortSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
+    plugin: CustomSortPlugin;
+
+    constructor(app: App, plugin: CustomSortPlugin) {
+        super(app, plugin);
+        this.plugin = plugin;
+    }
+
+    display(): void {
+        const {containerEl} = this;
+
+        containerEl.empty();
+
+        // containerEl.createEl('h2', {text: 'Settings for Custom File Explorer Sorting Plugin'});
+
+        const additionalSortspecFileDescr: DocumentFragment = sanitizeHTMLToDom(
+            'A note name or note path to scan (YAML frontmatter) for sorting specification in addition to the `sortspec` notes and Folder Notes.'
+            + '<br>'
+            + ' The `.md` filename suffix is optional.'
+            + '<br>'
+            + '<p>NOTE: After updating this setting remember to refresh the custom sorting via clicking on the ribbon icon or via the <b>sort-on</b> command'
+            + ' or by restarting Obsidian or reloading the vault</p>'
+        )
+
+        new Setting(containerEl)
+            .setName('Path or name of additional note(s) containing sorting specification')
+            .setDesc(additionalSortspecFileDescr)
+            .addText(text => text
+                .setPlaceholder('e.g. sorting-configuration')
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.additionalSortspecFile)
+                .onChange(async (value) => {
+                    this.plugin.settings.additionalSortspecFile = value.trim() ? normalizePath(value) : '';
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                }));
+
+        const indexNoteNameDescr: DocumentFragment = sanitizeHTMLToDom(
+            'If you employ the <i>Index-File based</i> approach to folder notes (as documented in '
+            + '<a href="https://github.com/aidenlx/alx-folder-note/wiki/folder-note-pref"'
+            + '>Aidenlx Folder Note preferences</a>'
+            + ') enter here the index note name, e.g. <b>_about_</b> or <b>index</b>'
+            + '<br>'
+            + ' The `.md` filename suffix is optional.'
+            + '<br>'
+            + 'This will tell the plugin to read sorting specs and also folders metadata from these files.'
+            + '<br></br>'
+            + 'The <i>Inside Folder, with Same Name Recommended</i> mode of Folder Notes is handled automatically, no additional configuration needed.'
+            + '</p>'
+            + '<p>NOTE: After updating this setting remember to refresh the custom sorting via clicking on the ribbon icon or via the <b>sort-on</b> command'
+            + ' or by restarting Obsidian or reloading the vault</p>'
+        )
+
+        new Setting(containerEl)
+            .setName('Name of index note (Folder Notes support)')
+            .setDesc(indexNoteNameDescr)
+            .addText(text => text
+                .setPlaceholder('e.g. _about_ or index')
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.indexNoteNameForFolderNotes)
+                .onChange(async (value) => {
+                    this.plugin.settings.indexNoteNameForFolderNotes = value.trim() ? normalizePath(value) : '';
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                }));
+
+        new Setting(containerEl)
+            .setName('Enable the status bar entry')
+            .setDesc('The status bar entry shows the label `Custom sort:ON` or `Custom sort:OFF`, representing the current state of the plugin.')
+            .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.statusBarEntryEnabled)
+                .onChange(async (value) => {
+                    this.plugin.settings.statusBarEntryEnabled = value;
+                    if (value) {
+                        // Enabling
+                        if (this.plugin.statusBarItemEl) {
+                            // for sanity
+                            this.plugin.statusBarItemEl.detach()
+                        }
+                        this.plugin.statusBarItemEl =  this.plugin.addStatusBarItem();
+                        this.plugin.updateStatusBar()
+
+                    } else { // disabling
+                        if (this.plugin.statusBarItemEl) {
+                            this.plugin.statusBarItemEl.detach()
+                        }
+                    }
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                }));
+
+        new Setting(containerEl)
+            .setName('Enable notifications of plugin state changes')
+            .setDesc('The plugin can show notifications about its state changes: e.g. when successfully parsed and applied'
+                + ' the custom sorting specification, or, when the parsing failed. If the notifications are disabled,'
+                + ' the only indicator of plugin state is the ribbon button icon. The developer console presents the parsing'
+                + ' error messages regardless if the notifications are enabled or not.')
+            .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.notificationsEnabled)
+                .onChange(async (value) => {
+                    this.plugin.settings.notificationsEnabled = value;
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                }));
+
+        new Setting(containerEl)
+            .setName('Enable notifications of plugin state changes for mobile devices only')
+            .setDesc('See above.')
+            .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.mobileNotificationsEnabled)
+                .onChange(async (value) => {
+                    this.plugin.settings.mobileNotificationsEnabled = value;
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                }));
+
+        new Setting(containerEl)
+            .setName('Enable File Explorer context submenu`Custom sort:`')
+            .setDesc('Gives access to operations relevant for custom sorting, e.g. applying custom sorting.')
+            .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.customSortContextSubmenu)
+                .onChange(async (value) => {
+                    this.plugin.settings.customSortContextSubmenu = value;
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                }));
+
+        containerEl.createEl('h2', {text: 'Bookmarks integration'});
+        const bookmarksIntegrationDescription: DocumentFragment = sanitizeHTMLToDom(
+            'If enabled, order of files and folders in File Explorer will reflect the order '
+            + 'of bookmarked items in the bookmarks (core plugin) view. Automatically, without any '
+            + 'need for sorting configuration. At the same time, it integrates seamlessly with'
+            + ' <pre style="display: inline;">sorting-spec:</pre> configurations and they can nicely cooperate.'
+            + '<br>'
+            + '<p>To separate regular bookmarks from the bookmarks created for sorting, you can put '
+            + 'the latter in a separate dedicated bookmarks group. The default name of the group is '
+            + "'<i>" + DEFAULT_SETTINGS.bookmarksGroupToConsumeAsOrderingReference + "</i>' "
+            + 'and you can change the group name in the configuration field below.'
+            + '<br>'
+            + 'If left empty, all the bookmarked items will be used to impose the order in File Explorer.</p>'
+            + '<p>More information on this functionality in the '
+            + '<a href="https://github.com/SebastianMC/obsidian-custom-sort/blob/master/docs/manual.md#bookmarks-plugin-integration">'
+            + 'manual</a> of this custom-sort plugin.'
+            + '</p>'
+        )
+
+        new Setting(containerEl)
+            .setName('Automatic integration with core Bookmarks plugin (for indirect drag & drop ordering)')
+            .setDesc(bookmarksIntegrationDescription)
+            .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.automaticBookmarksIntegration)
+                .onChange(async (value) => {
+                    this.plugin.settings.automaticBookmarksIntegration = value;
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                }));
+
+        new Setting(containerEl)
+            .setName('Name of the group in Bookmarks from which to read the order of items')
+            .setDesc('See above.')
+            .addText(text => text
+                .setPlaceholder('e.g. Group for sorting')
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.bookmarksGroupToConsumeAsOrderingReference)
+                .onChange(async (value) => {
+                    value = groupNameForPath(value.trim()).trim()
+                    this.plugin.settings.bookmarksGroupToConsumeAsOrderingReference = value ? pathToFlatString(normalizePath(value)) : '';
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                }));
+
+        const bookmarksIntegrationContextMenusDescription: DocumentFragment = sanitizeHTMLToDom(
+            'Enable <i>Custom-sort: bookmark for sorting</i> and <i>Custom-sort: bookmark+siblings for sorting</i> (and related) entries '
+            + 'in context menu in File Explorer'
+        )
+        new Setting(containerEl)
+            .setName('Context menus for Bookmarks integration')
+            .setDesc(bookmarksIntegrationContextMenusDescription)
+            .addToggle(toggle => toggle
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.bookmarksContextMenus)
+                .onChange(async (value) => {
+                    this.plugin.settings.bookmarksContextMenus = value;
+                    if (value) {
+                        this.plugin.settings.customSortContextSubmenu = true; // automatically enable custom sort context submenu
+                    }
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                }))
+    }
+}

src/test/unit/utils.spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
     lastPathComponent,
-    extractParentFolderPath
+    extractParentFolderPath,
+    extractBasename
 } from "../../utils/utils";
 
 describe('lastPathComponent and extractParentFolderPath', () => {
@@ -25,3 +26,20 @@ describe('lastPathComponent and extractParentFolderPath', () => {
         }
     )
 })
+
+describe('extractBasename', () => {
+    const params: Array<(string|undefined)[]> = [
+        // Obvious
+        ['index', 'index'],
+        ['index.md', 'index'],
+        // Edge cases
+        ['',''],
+        [undefined,undefined],
+        ['.','.'],
+        ['.md',''],
+        ['.md.md','.md']
+    ];
+    it.each(params)('>%s< should result in %s', (s: string|undefined, out: string|undefined) => {
+        expect(extractBasename(s)).toBe(out)
+    })
+})

src/utils/utils.ts

@@ -16,3 +16,11 @@ export function extractParentFolderPath(path: string): string {
 	const lastPathSeparatorIdx = (path ?? '').lastIndexOf('/')
 	return lastPathSeparatorIdx > 0 ? path.substring(0, lastPathSeparatorIdx) : ''
 }
+
+export function extractBasename (configEntry: string | undefined): string | undefined {
+	if (typeof configEntry === 'string' && configEntry.endsWith('.md')) {
+		return configEntry.slice(0, -'.md'.length)
+	} else {
+		return configEntry
+	}
+}