Seting up and using Templates

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Operating system

Windows

Joplin version

3.2.12

Editor

Markdown Editor

What issue do you have?

I have both the Templates and Note Variables installed. I can get a basic text note to work as a template but I cannot get any of the functionality with Custom Variables or Special Variables to work. They just seem to be ignored when creating a note and no pop-up for entering user data.

I wonder if it is osmeting to do with the format of the code block at the top of the template.

Could someone explain and illustarte the correct syntax perhaps with an example?

Here is my block:

\---
Project_name: text  
Submission_date: date  
Importance: dropdown (low, medium, high)
\---

Thanks.

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It seems (like others) I was misled by some of the comments in earlier posts and the differences with what has been implemented in the plugin. I don't need Note Variables at all, I have switched it off. There were some redundant spaces within and at the end of the lines. It does seem to need a blank penultimate line.

The correct syntax for the code block is:

---
Project_name: text
Submission_date: date
Importance: dropdown(low, medium, high)

---
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