Template Title Sync

[wessleyn]

If I create a scene template with extra tags I want to track, in the templates folder. A bug or what I don't expect happens when I create a novel document using that template. Instead of changing the internal title (one used in outline view) to reflect the title I would've typed when creating the document; it doesn't.

And I have to follow through by opening the document and changing the titles manually.

[vkbo]

This is not a bug. The templates are mainly there so you can pre-define a structure for your scenes and notes. They were in particular designed for character notes and such where you may have a fixed structure of headers and character information.

When using the template, it is simply copied. novelWriter will never edit your documents.

[vkbo]

I'm tagging this as a feature request instead, and I'll look into if there is a sensible way to add support for this.

[wessleyn]

I'm tagging this as a feature request instead, and I'll look into if there is a sensible way to add support for this.

Thanks, i've grown fond of this program and can't help making some workflow easier. Sorry for the trouble.

[vkbo]

Oh, it's no trouble 😃

I'm thinking about adding a checkbox in the pop-up box for new documents only that would allow the first title in the document to be replaced by the entered label.

It is a design principle that novelWriter will never edit your files for you, but in this case it is creating a new one, so the principle still holds. Other parts of the code will generate new files from existing content already.