Can Templater compose multiple templates?

[ltroj]

With the core Templates plugin I’m able to compose notes from multiple templates by using the Insert Template command. This works well with properties also.

So a template with tags: bananas and another one with tags: apples becomes a note with tags: apples, bananas.

But using Templaters Insert Template command results in Templater adding a second YAML to the note which breaks the note. That means I cannot compose notes from multiple templates if there is a frontmatter section present in both templates.

Is this just a shortcoming of the Templater plugin or am I doing something wrong?

[holroy]

After one template has been inserted, you’ve already got a file, and can’t treat as a new file anymore. This means that if you want to use another template on that file, you’ll need to use app.fileManager.processFrontMatter() to change the property/frontmatter section of that file. One way of doing this is exemplified in the post below:

New Properties and templater prompts and commands?

@Schollert add this to any template to change a single field(s): <%* setTimeout(() => { app.fileManager.processFrontMatter(tp.config.target_file, frontmatter => { // Update or add as many fields as you want frontmatter['Some property'] = 'Some value' frontmatter['Another property'] = 'Some other value' // You can even remove properties if you want delete frontmatter['Unwanted property'] }) }, 200) // the reason for the timeout is to let the template complete first -%> …