nextcloud / nextcloud/notes

Notes not seen from nextcloud files for separate management

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Description

Description of the problem

As described in Notes app description: "Notes are saved as files in your Nextcloud, so you can view and edit them with every Nextcloud client."
While it can be useful for some, it can become quite messy if you do not want to mix notes and files.
For example, when I'm searching in my files for a content, I do not want to see my shopping list because the word I'm looking for is contained in this note. The same when I look to recent files, I find notes within the files I recently used, while I want to have a quick look to the files I used (not the notes).

Conclusion / Proposition

The user of Notes app should be able to separate the management of his notes from the nextcloud files. The user would then only be able to edit its notes within the Notes app (not from the files). This option could perfectly fit in the settings.

Solution

A simple evolution would be to store the notes files outside the files (not in //files/)
I don't know the good practices for that:

  • Could it be somewhere in /appdata_xxx/? (/appdata_xxx/notes//?)
  • Could it be in //notes/?

Thank you all!

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Research direction

Start by reviewing how the Notes app currently stores files under //files/ and how its settings are handled. Compare the proposed appdata_xxx/notes// and //notes/ locations, then define the storage and file-management behavior that would keep notes out of Nextcloud file search and recent files while preserving editing in Notes.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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