Foldable embedded pages using custom CSS?

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So in your view:

  • sticky notes are carriers of difficult to categorize, arbitrary information that may stick potentially anywhere
  • idea boards are contexts for sticky notes
  • embedding is the way to stick a note into an idea board

I personally disagree with that approach, for multiple reasons (see Turn blocks into sticky notes increasing portability).

Embedding:

  • is not:
    • for contextual associations
      • In Logseq, this is done through references (hard links).
    • for grouping
      • In Logseq, this is done through tags (soft links).
    • for avoiding navigation
      • In Logseq, this is done through:
        • pop-ups
        • the sidebar
  • is for combining self-sufficient information into something bigger (e.g. a presentation)
    • But sticky notes:
      • are not self-sufficient
        • they are fragments by their nature
      • are not genuinely atomic either
        • if they were, they would permanently stick somewhere (see lower)
      • don’t combine well, because some parts of them don’t relate to the surrounding environment
        • they contain some parts that fit, but cannot hide the ones that don’t
  • In Logseq, this is done in journals. But even there, notes are longing to find their more permanent natural position.
  • And yet the difficulty of that decision becomes irrelevant, if we think of a block as something that belongs to multiple contexts.
    • Although it may participate to multiple contexts, it doesn’t belong to all of them.
      • If it actually belonged to all of them, it would be multi-dependent instead of independent.
      • The primary context and the one that a block belongs to, is the page of that block’s subject.
        • This page is not an idea board, but a concept page.
        • All other relevant contexts should point back to that single place.

I am afraid that a folding solution, although nice to have, would solve the wrong problem.

Now this is a much needed but separate feature (with no easy solution).

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