Notebook Navigator Integration

If you use Notebook Navigator as your file sidebar, Breadcrumbs will keep it in sync automatically — clicking a breadcrumb link reveals the target file in Notebook Navigator, the same way core Obsidian links reveal in the File Explorer.

Setup

There’s nothing to configure. Breadcrumbs detects Notebook Navigator automatically:

1. Install and enable the Notebook Navigator community plugin.
2. Click any breadcrumb link. The file opens and Notebook Navigator scrolls to and highlights it.

If Notebook Navigator isn’t installed or isn’t enabled, breadcrumb links just behave as normal — nothing errors, nothing changes.

Where this applies

Any breadcrumb link reveals in Notebook Navigator on click, including:

• The trail at the top of a note (both grid and path layouts)
• The prev/next navigation buttons
• The matrix side view
• The tree side view and the tree codeblock
• The jump to neighbour commands

Known limitations

• Middle-click doesn’t reveal. Middle-clicking a link opens it in a background tab without moving the Notebook Navigator selection.
• Markmap codeblocks don’t reveal. Clicking a node in a markmap codeblock opens the note but doesn’t update Notebook Navigator.
• No opt-out. The reveal happens automatically whenever Notebook Navigator is installed — there’s currently no setting to disable it.

If any of these limitations affect your workflow, open an issue on the Breadcrumbs issue tracker.