I have tryed to find out how to set a default notebook for new notes, both on windows, and on android. But cannot seem to do that. I hope it is possible, if not, this is a feature request. Yours, Anders

You can do that with the templates plugin. Joplin Plugin: Templates This plugin allows you to create and use templates in Joplin. You can see a basic example here. [image] A Simple Workflow Question From a New Joplin User laptopDeve…

Thanks for a Speedy answer! I will try that. But it it seems like it will only solve parts of it on the windows app, not on the mobile app. which is what I use "on the move". But will try to implement it on the windows ap. :slight_smile: Anders

Setup the template on desktop and the notebook ID will still be used to place the note when you use the template on mobile.

Thanks again! I have now created a template, given it the "template" tag. Sat it as default template. And on windows desktop it works, when typing alt + shift + N. it creates a new note in my "innbox" notebook. But, So I installed the "new template" on android, and got the "template icon" in the ap…

So for mobile, you will still need to set the default template. The plugin settings do not carry over between systems with the sync (e.g. different desktops or desktop to mobile). Once you do that, you can then just click on the plugin icon and select "Create note from default template" and it will …

I simply made a notebook called: -Immediate Since - is alphabetically prior to any letter, I always appears on top. Within that notebooks, I have things like: Daily notes, Billing notes, Cheatsheets, and Markdown Guide.

Thank you both, and especially Boring 10 - I really appreciate ypur effort here! :slight_smile:

Thanks for sharing this helps me also

Default Notebook for new notes - how to?

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You can do that with the templates plugin.

You can see a basic example here.

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