What I’m trying to do I have a template that I run on a newly created file that brings up a prompt to type in a file name. I’m looking for a way to convert name (with spaces) I type into the dialog box with name (with dashes). I.E “Some Name” with “Some-Name” The reason why I want to do this is I ha…

Untested code follows: <%* let title = tp.file.title if (title.startsWith("Untitled")) { title = await tp.system.prompt("Title"); } const modTitle = title.replace(/ /g, "-").toLowerCase() await tp.file.rename(modTitle) _%> --- title: <% modTitle %> created: <% tp.date.now("YYYY-M…

Thank you, thats close but I wanted the other way around. The file name title to have the dashes, and the yaml title to have the the text captured from the prompt. Also why use underscores instead of dashes? Obsidian shouldn’t really show the “File Name” as the title of the document up above becaus…

[image] Scooter: Obsidian shouldn’t really show the “File Name” as the title of the document up above Settings > Appearance > Show inline title

Holy shit. Thank you. :-\ Now is there a way to show the yaml title as the file name in the files/folder view?

Never mind there was a carry over from some code and I modified it to fit my needs. I changed the yaml title line to with the prompt variable. Thanks for your help <%* let title = tp.file.title if (title.startsWith("Untitled")) { title = await tp.system.prompt("Title"); } const modT…

It sounds like something there might be a plugin for (I don’t know if there is).

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