I want to make a base of all my bases using the card view, but currently there is no easy way to assign an image to a base.
Proposed solution
Allow adding properties/metadata to a base file. This wouldn’t even need a fancy editor. You can already add new stuff with a text editor and not get any errors, but it seems like it is not retrievable at the moment.
Current workaround
A) Create a formula that uses the name of the base to look up an image (brittle when renaming)
B) Embed the base in a note to add whatever properties (less brittle, still requires maintenance)
First, I don’t want to see the extension when searching a Base.
If I have a Base file named Movies, I want to see just Movies when searching for it, not Movies.base. This would be solved if I can set an alias property.
Second, I’d like to customize a Base file with CSS, for example for hiding the top header just for a specific Base. That’s something one could achieve with the cssclasses property that normal notes can have.
I’m sure there could be other cases where this feature could be useful to others.
Proposed solution
Add properties support for Base files, just like regular notes.
The way I do it in my vault is I generally associate a base with a category. Categories are notes that I link to, so in the main category note I have a property called “base” which links to the base for that category. Sine the base is inherently the category, the note can do the description for me. Also allows me to hide bases / templates from quick switcher yet still be able to get to them from the category without need for the file viewer.