Object browser (Notion)

In Notion, the object browser, object navigator or object hierarchy is the section at the sidebar that displays the object hierarchy of the currrent workspace. I made up this name myself. You're welcome.

Pages, subpages and databases have the same symbol

This workspace contains a main page (Shiny New Page), a subpage (SubPage) en three database tables. They all three have the same symbol

A full-page database is a stand-alone database

Note that there is no page inbetween Shiny New Page and MyFullPageDatabase. That is because a so-called full-page database table, could rather be seen as a stand-alone database table: It simply doesn't come with a page. That's all

A dot is a view

A dot indicates a view, not a database

A dot indicates a view, not a database

There is always a database above a view

Shocking new insight (2022.12.09): The object above a view, seems to always be a database table

Definiately: The entities above the views, are database tables. Is that accidentially, or a pattern?

I've checked and it is really the case here that the entity above a view, is always a database table. It seems that there is only one actual page in this workspace (top-level page) and further only stand-alone database views

Complete example:

Untitled: Name of the database table Table: Name of the view (sorry for the confusing naming)

.. » Edit database name: Changed the name of the database table

Created a reference to this same database table

Another test: Created three views

See also

• Database tables (Notion)

Sources

• https://www.makeuseof.com/useful-navigation-features-notion-keep-organized/ Nice page, but they also don't have a name for what I call object browser
• https://gridfiti.com/notion-tutorial-for-beginners/ Doesn't have a name for this section of the sidebare. Only a feeble description.