How can I use the filename in the note AFTER I enter the title?

[holroy]

At the very start of your template you need to detect whether the file is named “Untitled” or similar, and change it before you move on to the rest of the template. An example on how to do this is given in the thread below:

Note title automatically generated from first words of the Note (similar to Joplin)

You can accomplish this with the Templater plugin. I have turned on the option to allow Templater to trigger on new file creation. My new notes use the following template: <%* let title = tp.file.title if (title.startsWith("Untitled")) { title = await tp.system.prompt("Title"); await tp.file.rename(`${title}`); } tR += "---" %> tags: Note <%tp.file.creation_date("YYYY")%> --- # <%* tR += `${title}` %> <% tp.file.cursor() %> ___ ## References: - --- creation date:: [[<%tp.…