Move a specific file to a folder with a command or click

Language:: Quickadd
Program:: Obsidian
URL:: Script to move current file to a specific folder · chhoumann/quickadd · Discussion #386 · GitHub

Summary

How to move a file to a specific folder with a single command / click.

Code

Recently, a question popped up on the Obsidian discord about how to move a file to a specific folder with a single command / click.
Here's a script you can use to do that. Just add it to a macro and bind that to a command/hotkey.

const targetDir = "targetFolderHere"; // e.g. '1 - Areas'. Don't end with a slash. Empty for root directory.

module.exports = async () => {
    const currentFile = app.workspace.getActiveFile();
    if (!currentFile) {
        new Notice(`No active file to move.`);
        return;
    }

    if (currentFile.parent.name === targetDir) {
        new Notice(`File is already in target folder.`);
        return;
    }

    try {
        await app.vault.rename(currentFile, `${targetDir}/${currentFile.name}`);
    } catch (error) {
        new Notice(`Error moving file: ${error}`, 15000);

        const folder = app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(targetDir);
        if (!folder) {
            new Notice(`Target folder '${targetDir}' does not exist.`, 15000);
        }
    }
};

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