Feature Request: Restore native ⇧/⌘ multi-selection for *folder-notes* (parity with Notion / Apple Notes “pages” workflow)

[YGMaerz]

The problem

Obsidian itself lets us ⇧-click for range-select and ⌘/Ctrl-click for discontiguous select on plain files.
As soon as Folder Notes is enabled, clicking on any folder immediately opens the folder-note, so the File Explorer never enters “selection” mode. This means:

• Can’t drag-and-drop several folder-notes to a new parent folder.
• Can’t right-click a group to “Move to…”, rename, or delete in bulk.

For users who treat folders+folder-notes as “pages” (the mental model that makes Notion and Apple Notes so approachable), the lack of bulk operations breaks the flow.

Steps to reproduce

1. Enable Folder Notes (default config).
2. Create three folders—Inbox A, Inbox B, Inbox C—and generate a folder-note for each.
3. Try ⇧-click to select A→C, or ⌘-click each individually.
4. Only the last-clicked folder opens; no multi-selection appears.

Expected behaviour

• ⇧-click should select a continuous range of folder-notes/folders.
• ⌘/Ctrl-click should toggle selection of individual folder-notes/folders.
• Once selected, all standard file operations (drag, context-menu Move, Delete, etc.) should work—exactly as they already do for plain .md files.

Why this belongs in Folder Notes

• The plugin already intercepts clicks to implement special Cmd-click behaviour (Folder notes visible upon restart of vault #269) and other modifier logic (Reopen Obsidian plugin loading failed #258) :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}, so it’s the natural place to hand back control to Obsidian’s native selection code when a modifier key is present.
• Restoring multi-select would complete the “folders-as-pages” experience and make bulk organisation possible—crucial for anyone using an Inbox → Archive or Kanban-style folder-move workflow.

Possible implementation ideas

1. Modifier key passthrough
   Detect event.shiftKey / event.metaKey / event.ctrlKey and skip the open-note handler, letting Obsidian’s explorer manage the selection.
2. Optional “selection-first” mode
   A plugin toggle where a normal click selects, and Option/Alt-click (or double-click) opens the folder-note—mirroring many file managers.

Either approach would bring Folder Notes up to the usability bar set by Notion and Apple Notes without disrupting existing single-click fans.

Environment

• Obsidian 1.6.x, macOS 14.5 (Apple Silicon)
• Folder Notes v latest
• All other community plugins disabled for testing.

Thanks for considering—and for the plugin that makes the “pages, not files” view of Obsidian possible!

[sc-ea-csc]

I have a similar request. I'd like to be able to completely disable the "modifier + click" shortcut.