# Bases: New With Template (for 'New' Button)

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/bases-new-with-template-for-new-button/102639>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Tags:** valuable, bases\
**Created:** [July 5, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/bases-new-with-template-for-new-button/102639 "2025-07-05T22:23:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![theol0403](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/theol0403/32/84968_2.png) [@theol0403](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/theol0403)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/bases-new-with-template-for-new-button/102639/11 "2025-09-18T04:01:36Z")

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Adding this feature would be a major improvement in the workflow! Assigning default templates to new entries of an object type in a database is a universal feature in object-based PKM like [capacities](https://docs.capacities.io/reference/templates#default-templates) and [notion](https://www.notion.com/help/database-templates).

**I have implemented a temporary solution to this using a plugin.** This plugin listens for file creation and checks for an existing template property in the frontmatter, which we can set up to be “implied” from property filters. If it finds it, it applies the template content.

For more information, please see

> [@New Plugin: Bases New with Template (for ‘New’ Button)](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/new-plugin-bases-new-with-template-for-new-button/105818):
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> As per the following feature request, it is very useful to have the ability to automatically apply a template to a note created by the Bases “New +” button. Assigning default templates to new entries of an object type in a database is a universal feature in object-based PKM like [capacities](https://docs.capacities.io/reference/templates#default-templates) and [notion](https://www.notion.com/help/database-templates). I have implemented a temporary solution to this using a plugin. This plugin listens for file creation and checks for an existing template property in the frontmatter, which we can set up to be “…

Note that this implements @weppos 's requested features, as:

- Filters can be set on the base level and overridden per view
- Multiple templates can be linked in the template property filter

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