After a couple days i’ve managed to replicate the ‘QuickAdd templates’ intended outcome with but with ‘templater’, and indeed, it was using the ‘tp.file.create_new()’ function
So the reason why i wanted to use ‘QuickAdd templates’ in the first place was about having the option to create a note with a particular template, in an specific folder, with a predetermined name and decide if that note will open automatically or not, all, within the convenience of the UI, and outputting a command i could easily target with a button
Thankfully, all of these options were available in the ‘tp.file.create_new()’ function so i’ve created a templater user script function that:
- Using templater and moment.js retrieves and parses the date from the current file’s name (adapting the dataview script provided by user @holroy)
- Parses the new note title adding path, text and a new format
- Creates a new note applying the title just created, an specific template, and gives the option to have it automatically open, within a designated folder
- Once applied, turns into a link to the new note
This way i can embed it into a button, but instead of using the command type (as i would with Quickadd) im using the link type.
I suspect it left an "undefined" remnant in the current file, thankfully, the user script takes care of that using a return function appending the link to the new note in its place.
Steps:
- Create a templater user scripts folder, inside the vault, SOLELY for templater user scripts (as templater scans ALL files inside it and even a totally unrelated file can prevent your script from working)
- Designate the folder you’ve just created within templater settings in ‘script files folder location’
- Create a file inside the folder, assign a name of your liking, just be sure for it to end in *.js
- Open it and paste the following:
function sleeplogdate(tp) {
// Obtiene la fecha del archivo de el titulo del archivo
// Usa moment para verificar que esté de acuerdo al formato
const mFormat = "YYMMDD - ddd D MMM, YYYY"
const fileDate = moment(tp.file.title, mFormat)
if (!fileDate.isValid) {
return " Not a valid date " - tp.file.title
} else {
// Crea fecha actual con formato específico para logs de sueño
const mFormat2 = "YY - Y/YYMM - MMMM Y/[SL_]YYMMDD - ddd D MMM"
const today = moment(fileDate).format(mFormat2)
// Crea una nota usando la fecha con formato específico como nombre
tp.file.create_new(
template = tp.file.find_tfile("Template sueño V.12a"),
filename = `${today}`,
open_new = false,
folder = app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath("9 - SleepDB/Agenda")
)
// Arroja la fecha
return `${ today }`
}
}
module.exports = sleeplogdate
its IMPORTANT that all three values: 'function' at the beginning, 'module exports' at the end and the name of the file are all corresponding to each other
- the
mformat value should have your daily notes date format
- the
mformat2 value should have the path, and the format you desire for the new note to have
- the template you desire should be inside both parentheses and double quotes (“*”) in the
template value
- the folder path you desire should be inside both parentheses and double quotes (“*”) in the
folder value and should go all the way up to the root folder
- In the active note, in which you want the new note to be derived from, paste the following:
```button
name Log
type link
action obsidian://vault/notes/9 - SleepDB/Agenda/<% tp.user.sleeplogdate(tp) %>
color blue
```\
- Remove the backslash
"\" from the end
- Replace the values
name and color with ones of your liking
- and be sure to DOUBLE CHECK, the templater user script command in the
action value corresponds to the values: 'function', 'module exports' and the name of the templater user script that you set above
After applied the note should be created succesfully and the button should link you to it
I hope that serves you as it served me, to return the favor (: