Prompt for template field values when creating a note from a template

[vcavallo]

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As requested!

There are a few powerful Obsidian plugins for templates, with Templater and QuickAdd++ being among the best. One of their greatest features is getting a prompt for entering values for template fields.

Given a template like:

I went to ...
{{ place }}
with ...
{{ people }}
for 
{{ reason }}

A powerful template plugin would, upon creating a new note with this template, prompt sequentially for values for place, people and reason and then fill those values in.

Alternatives

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Additional context

I know we can define custom template values based on functions, but these are limited to being somewhat "predefined" (even if dynamic, like a date function) and don't allow live entry of arbitrary values.

I'm not suggesting that obsidian.vim recognize the dynamic values of a template and prompt for them - that seems way outside scope. But is it possible with LUA and vimscript to define "prompty" functions in the obsidian.vim template configs?

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Examples of how I use a similar system in Obsidian:

1. Meeting/call notes. Prompts for:

• who was present
• when the meeting took place
• the context
• the template drops me into the notes heading

2. Reference / source / podcast, etc. to take notes on. Prompts for:

• title
• who (author, podcaster, etc)
• link to original material
• type of media

These get added to a literature-notes directory which are used as citations in other permanent-notes.

3. Read later:

• link to the thing
• where I found it
• when I found it
• brief description

These go into a capture directory to function as a personal "read later" list. The brief description is used in other plugins (like Dataview, where the "read these things sometime" table surfaces up the description in a column).

[epwalsh]

Hey @vcavallo I've opened #666 for this. Can you try that out and let me know if I'm missing anything?

[vcavallo]

Wow you're fast! Can't wait to try this out. I'm not able to do so until end of next week but I'll report back. Thanks!