Add note from annotation || renaming

charles_c180

hi,

I'm wondering if its normal that when I use the commande '' add note from annotation'', the note that is created is named : Annotations (xx/xx/xxxx, xx:xx:xx).

Into the config editor, under note template: extensions.zotero.annotations.noteTemplates.title
the value attache to it is : ''h1>{{title}} br/>({{date}}) /h1>'' (I just remove some < symbols to preview it correctly)

So why it always write ''annotations'' instead of the pdf/book name ?

Would be really helpfull, each time that a create a note that the name automatically take title of that pdf/book.

Thanks,

roberthamill

I have the same issue. A bit of searching shows @dstillman ackowledged the issue and plans on adding it at some point (March 9th, https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/94663/available-for-beta-testing-note-templates-for-pdf-annotations).

Will follow this for updates!


Edit: In my case, I would love to use the citekey as the title of the note.

charles_c180

@roberthamill, thanks for sharing that info! I wasn't aware of it :) !

Also citekey would be nice to use!

I'm also look for extracting some basic metedata at the same time... that would save me the step of using MDnote plugin... https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/96094/add-note-from-annotation-note-template#latest

dcgk

@charles_c180, yes I agree, this would be excellent!
Using ZotFile, I have given all pdf document nice names and it would be very helpful to keep this same naming convention for the annotations.

I will follow this thread for updates.

Greetings!

roberthamill

@dstillman @charles_c180 Hi both, I notice in 6.0.6 (April 27th Notes) bug fix is listed regarding adding annotations with custom template. Is it currently possible to use citekey as note title? If not, can this be introduced? I believe many, like myself, will likely export .md files into another file management system. And citekey would make a much more accessible filename than long titles and dates etc.

dstillman

There's no Citation Key field in Zotero (other than in the new Preprint item type). When there is, we can consider this. For now it's just a Better BibTeX feature.

talestomaz

Any news about the possibility of having book/author names in the title template?

airamleppa

I am also looking for the same solution of having book/author names or citekey as the title. Any updates? :)

gbanaggia

Same here! Looking forward to having this implemented.

uderecife

I'm also eager to have this as a standard feature. The current default mode is of little help when you have tons of notes associated with different books/papers in our libraries. Annotations (date)? That's not informative in the long run.

Gerben Zaagsma

I wonder if there is any news on this topic? As others I would like to export MD notes (Obsidian) but cannot find a way to change the note title. Is this possible at all and, if so, how? @dstillman

Several similar requests:
- https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/119190/zotero-7-how-to-automatically-make-an-items-citation-the-title-for-an-annotation-note
- https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/116027/automatically-change-title-of-the-note-from-add-note-from-annotation