Fix dragging selected notes to notebooks

src/lib/components/NoteList.svelte

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 	} from '$lib/api';
 	import { formatRelativeTime, formatDate, dateBucketLabel } from '$lib/utils/time';
 	import { openNoteWindow } from '$lib/utils/window';
+	import { encodeNoteDragPaths } from '$lib/utils/note-drag';
 	import { revealItemInDir } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-opener';
 	import type { NoteEntry, TrashNotebookEntry, SortMode, TaskItem } from '$lib/types';
 	import TasksView from './TasksView.svelte';
@@ -265,6 +266,19 @@
 		if (listContainer) listContainer.scrollTop = 0;
 	});
 
+	// Notes can also be removed from this list by a drop handled in the sidebar.
+	$effect(() => {
+		if (selectedPaths.size === 0) return;
+		const availablePaths = new Set($notes.map((note) => note.path));
+		const remaining = new Set([...selectedPaths].filter((path) => availablePaths.has(path)));
+		if (remaining.size === selectedPaths.size) return;
+		if (remaining.size === 0) {
+			clearSelection();
+		} else {
+			selectedPaths = remaining;
+		}
+	});
+
 	// Invalidate quickaccess cache when starred notes change (e.g. from Editor star toggle)
 	$effect(() => {
 		$quickAccessPaths;
@@ -1259,11 +1273,10 @@
 							e.dataTransfer!.effectAllowed = 'move';
 							return;
 						}
-						if (selectedPaths.size > 1 && selectedPaths.has(note.path)) {
+						const dragPaths = selectedPaths.size > 1 && selectedPaths.has(note.path)
-							e.dataTransfer!.setData('text/plain', [...selectedPaths].join('\n'));
+							? selectedPaths
-						} else {
+							: [note.path];
-							e.dataTransfer!.setData('text/plain', note.path);
+						e.dataTransfer!.setData('text/plain', encodeNoteDragPaths(dragPaths));
-						}
 						e.dataTransfer!.effectAllowed = 'move';
 					}}
 					ondragover={(e) => {

src/lib/components/Sidebar.svelte

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 	import { convertFileSrc } from '@tauri-apps/api/core';
 	import type { NotebookEntry } from '$lib/types';
 	import { isMobile } from '$lib/platform';
+	import { decodeNoteDragPaths } from '$lib/utils/note-drag';
 
 	let { onViewChanged = () => {} }: {
 		onViewChanged?: () => void;
@@ -340,22 +341,32 @@
 	async function handleNoteDrop(e: DragEvent, nb: NotebookEntry) {
 		e.preventDefault();
 		dropTargetPath = null;
-		const notePath = e.dataTransfer?.getData('text/plain');
+		const payload = e.dataTransfer?.getData('text/plain') ?? '';
-		if (!notePath) return;
+		const notePaths = [...new Set(decodeNoteDragPaths(payload))]
-		// Don't move if already in this notebook
+			.filter((path) => norm(parentOf(path)) !== norm(nb.path));
-		const noteDir = notePath.substring(0, notePath.lastIndexOf('/'));
+		if (notePaths.length === 0) return;
-		if (noteDir === nb.path) return;
+
+		const movedPaths = new Map<string, string>();
+		for (const notePath of notePaths) {
 			try {
-			const newPath = await moveNote(notePath, nb.path);
+				movedPaths.set(notePath, await moveNote(notePath, nb.path));
-			$notes = $notes.filter(n => n.path !== notePath);
+			} catch (e) {
-			if ($activeNotePath === notePath) {
+				console.error('Failed to move note:', notePath, e);
-				$activeNotePath = newPath;
+			}
-				$activeNote = await readNote(newPath);
+		}
+		if (movedPaths.size === 0) return;
+
+		$notes = $notes.filter((note) => !movedPaths.has(note.path));
+		const activeNewPath = $activeNotePath ? movedPaths.get($activeNotePath) : undefined;
+		if (activeNewPath) {
+			$activeNotePath = activeNewPath;
+			try {
+				$activeNote = await readNote(activeNewPath);
+			} catch (e) {
+				console.error('Failed to reload moved note:', e);
+			}
 		}
 		await refresh();
-		} catch (e) {
-			console.error('Failed to move note:', e);
-		}
 	}
 
 	async function handleNotebookDrop(e: DragEvent, destPath: string) {

src/lib/utils/note-drag.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export function encodeNoteDragPaths(paths: Iterable<string>): string {
+  return [...paths].join("\n");
+}
+
+export function decodeNoteDragPaths(payload: string): string[] {
+  return payload.split(/\r?\n/).filter((path) => path.length > 0);
+}

tests/note-drag.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { transformWithEsbuild } from 'vite';
+
+const source = await readFile(
+  new URL('../src/lib/utils/note-drag.ts', import.meta.url),
+  'utf8'
+);
+const { code } = await transformWithEsbuild(source, 'note-drag.ts', {
+  loader: 'ts',
+  format: 'esm',
+  target: 'esnext'
+});
+const noteDrag = await import(`data:text/javascript;base64,${Buffer.from(code).toString('base64')}`);
+
+test('round-trips every selected note path in a drag payload', () => {
+  const paths = ['/vault/Alpha.md', '/vault/Projects/Beta.md'];
+  assert.deepEqual(noteDrag.decodeNoteDragPaths(noteDrag.encodeNoteDragPaths(paths)), paths);
+});
+
+test('keeps single-note and Windows path payloads compatible', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(noteDrag.decodeNoteDragPaths('/vault/Alpha.md'), ['/vault/Alpha.md']);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    noteDrag.decodeNoteDragPaths('C:\\Vault\\Alpha.md\r\nC:\\Vault\\Beta.md'),
+    ['C:\\Vault\\Alpha.md', 'C:\\Vault\\Beta.md']
+  );
+});