Auto use a template

[BumbleSusan]

Is there any way to create a child note based on an assigned template of the parent note? At the moment I can only seem to do this by right-clicking on the parent, selecting Insert Child Note and picking the template from the list. I'd like to just click on the + and it knows to use a specific template.

is seems like it should be possible but my reading of the help files doesn't offer me any clues around templating.

It seem templating is very manual -- as in you create a blank note and then change the template.

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi @BumbleSusan! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the Trilium team.

Yes! You can do this using the ~child:template attribute on the parent note.

How to set it up:

1. On the parent note, add a relation attribute: ~child:template pointing to your desired template note
2. Now when you click the + button to create a child note, it will automatically use that template

For example, if you have a "Meeting Notes" template and want all children of a "Meetings" folder to use it, add ~child:template=Meeting Notes as a relation on the Meetings note.

Note: If you need templates to apply at multiple levels (like Year > Month > Day in a journal), you'll need to configure the attribute at each level separately, or use ~child:template(inheritable) to have it cascade to all descendants.

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[eliandoran]

Relevant documentation: https://docs.triliumnotes.org/user-guide/advanced-usage/attributes/attribute-inheritance#copying-inheritance