The subheader/folder heading is extremely important as without it things start looking very overwhelming and disorganized!
In reality, Projects obviously aren’t actually called “Project A” and Invoices aren’t actually called “Invoice 1”. Most of our users have no idea or care what the database an entity lives in is called, or is colored, so they are lost trying to navigate the sidebar and I want to help them.
If you have multiple databases on the same level like your example, it’s essentially the same as just dumping all the files on your computer into a single folder and sorting them by “type”.
Or if you want the databases on different levels, it’s like putting them all in folders with no labels so you have to blindly open them to know what’s actually inside.
Maybe I’ve being a bit extreme with the comparisons, but can you see where I’ve coming from?
I’ve been calling what I’m hoping for “nested” or “sub” smart folders which is maybe overcomplicating things. I really just need the option to display the levels in a smart folder as “folders” or “groups” or “sections” or anything better than the ugly and useless shared icon/database abbreviation thing that we’ve got now. We have grouping on list and table views, so why can’t the same concept be done as an option in the main sidebar?