3. Organizing Notes in PinSlip

3. Organizing Notes

Once you have a lot of notes, you need to find them and keep them sorted.
This chapter covers how PinSlip helps you stay organized: search / folders / tags, plus the three views for browsing and managing notes, and the recycle bin.

3.1 Search

PinSlip searches titles, tags, and bodies — you can always find a note.

How to Use It

• Search starts as you type

• Matches titles, tags, and body text

• Hits are highlighted in bright yellow

3.2 Tags

Notes can carry multiple tags.

Adding Tags to a Note

1. Open the note and put the cursor in it.

2. Click 🏷 in the bottom toolbar.

3. The tag panel appears:

   • Type a name → press Enter to add

   • Click × next to a tag to remove it

   • You can also click ＋ to add

   

   When a note has tags, the 🏷 icon turns solid and shows the count.

Tag View

Switch the middle tab of the main window to Tags:

• Sorted by tag frequency (most-used first)

• Click a group title to collapse / expand that tag's notes

• Notes with no tags land in the last group, "Untagged"

3.3 Folders

Folders are physical directories under notes/. Nesting is unlimited.

Choosing a Folder for a Note

1. Open the note.

2. Click 📁 in the bottom toolbar.

3. The panel shows the current location; you can Open Folder or Move to Another Folder.

4. Once you have many folders, a "search folder" filter appears (automatically once you have more than 5 folders).

Folder View

Switch the middle tab of the main window to Folders:

• Tree-style browsing

• Breadcrumb navigation (collapses to … for long paths)

• Right of the current directory:

  • ＋ Create a note in the current directory

  • 📁＋ Create a subfolder

Folder Operations

• Rename: click the pencil icon at the end of the folder row, edit inline.

• Delete: click the trash icon at the end of the folder row.

  • Empty folders delete directly.

  • Non-empty folders offer two choices:

    • Move the notes up to the root (keeping them)

    • Send all notes to the recycle bin for later recovery.

Moving a Note

Click the 📂 button on a list item → choose a target file in the popup (with a filter).

3.4 Views

The main window has three tabs in the middle:

The bottom also shows character count + last-updated time.

3.5 Recycle Bin

Accidental deletes are safe. Everything deleted goes to .trash/ first.

Auto Cleanup

• Settings → Recycle Bin → Auto-cleanup after:

  • 7 days / 30 days (default) / 90 days / Never

• Expired files are scanned on every launch and emptied automatically.

Manual Operations

• Open the recycle bin: opens .trash/ in your system file manager.

• Recover a mistake: drag the file back anywhere under notes/. PinSlip detects it and rebuilds the index.

• Empty the recycle bin: click the Empty button (two-step confirmation to avoid accidents).

Dragging a folder (instead of a single file) also recovers the contents; PinSlip handles nested directories automatically.

3.6 Sharing a Vault With Obsidian

PinSlip and Obsidian are fully compatible with the same directory:

• Point both at the same vault

• Changes show up live in both directions (PinSlip watches file changes)

• Images live in attachments/, readable from both apps