# \[New Plugin\] New Note to Default Folder - Quick capture with Ctrl-O

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/new-plugin-new-note-to-default-folder-quick-capture-with-ctrl-o/48528>\
**Category:** Plugins\
**Created:** [2 February 2026 21:06 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/new-plugin-new-note-to-default-folder-quick-capture-with-ctrl-o/48528 "2026-02-02T21:06:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![rickcr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/rickcr/32/27933_2.png) [@rickcr](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/rickcr)\
**Post date:** [2 February 2026 21:06 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/new-plugin-new-note-to-default-folder-quick-capture-with-ctrl-o/48528/1 "2026-02-02T21:06:36Z")

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I couldn’t find an easy way to quickly create a note in a default folder.

I’m often wanting to add a note when i’m working during the day, and I’m often not sure what folder I’d even want it in, so I don’t want to waste the time trying to figure out what folder it should go in before I start working on the note, and it seemed wasteful to have to first click a default folder before I start the note, so, to me, a quick short cut to start a note in a default folder was very helpful.

Note, I don’t know TypeScript (I’m a Java/ Go guy) so I just had Claude come up with it, but it’s pretty simple and seems to work well.

Project is here [https://github.com/rickcr/joplin-new-note-in-default](https://github.com/rickcr/joplin-new-note-in-default)

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**Author:** ![muzak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@muzak](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/muzak)\
**Post date:** [6 February 2026 23:23 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/new-plugin-new-note-to-default-folder-quick-capture-with-ctrl-o/48528/2 "2026-02-06T23:23:40Z")

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Thanks for this plugin. You're a lifesaver!

Is an option for default folder new note titles to operate like normal new note titles feasible?

I also wonder how this plugin could work on mobile.

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**Author:** ![rickcr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/rickcr/32/27933_2.png) [@rickcr](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/rickcr)\
**Post date:** [7 February 2026 20:08 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/new-plugin-new-note-to-default-folder-quick-capture-with-ctrl-o/48528/3 "2026-02-07T20:08:23Z")

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> [@muzak](#):
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> Is an option for default folder new note titles to operate like normal new note titles feasible?

That’s a good idea, I just modified it to behave that way. Makes more sense. (Should show up soon)

Yea, on mobile this feature is even more critical, but I ‘think’ that would take a change to the actual mobile code base. Others have asked for that feature as well on mobile, and to me, it’s critical there. (In fact, because it’s ‘not there’ I end up not using joplin on my mobile to take quick notes, which is a shame .)