New Draft with Template

configurationKey

Omit Title

omitTitle

configurationKey

Default Template

defaultTemplate

script

// defaults
const defaultTemplate = context.configuredValues["defaultTemplate"]
const omitTitle = context.configuredValues["omitTitle"]
const placeholderRe = /<\|.*?>/gm

// select from a list of drafts tagged "template" and create new draft based on selection.
let f = () => {
	// create temp workspace to query drafts
	let workspace = Workspace.create()
	if (!workspace) {
		return false
	}
	workspace.tagFilter = "template"
	workspace.queryString = ""
	workspace.setAllSort("name", false, true)
	// get list of drafts in workspace
	let drafts = workspace.query("all")
	
	// check if we found any valid templates
	if (drafts.length == 0) {
		alert("No templates found. To make templates available to this action, create a draft with the template content and assign it the tag \"template\".")
		return false
	}

	let template = null
	if (defaultTemplate && defaultTemplate.length > 0) {
		// template value configured, look for the matching template
		for (let d of drafts) {
			if (d.displayTitle == defaultTemplate) {
				template = d
				break
			}
		}
		if (!template) {
			alert(`No template titled "${defaultTemplate}" found`)
			return false
		}
	}
	else {
		// prompt to select
		let p = Prompt.create()
		p.title = "New Draft with Template"
		p.message = "Select a template. A new draft will be created based the template selected."
	
		let ix = 0
		for (let d of drafts) {
			p.addButton(d.displayTitle, ix)
			ix++
		}
		
		if (!p.show()) {
			return false
		}
		// get the selected template draft
		let selectedIndex = p.buttonPressed
		template = drafts[selectedIndex]
	}
	
	let content = template.content

	if (omitTitle) {
		let lines = content.split('\n')
		if (lines.length > 0) {
			lines.shift()
			content = lines.join('\n').replace(/^\s+/,"")
		}
	}

	// create new draft and assign content/tags/syntax
	let d = Draft.create()
	for (let tag of template.tags) {
		if (tag != "template") {
			d.addTag(tag)
		}
	}
	d.syntax = template.syntax
	d.content = d.processTemplate(content)
	d.update()
	// load new draft
	editor.load(d)
	editor.activate()
	
	// look for placeholder <|> to set cursor location
	let match = placeholderRe.exec(d.content)
	if (match) {
		editor.setSelectedRange(match["index"], match[0].length)
	}
	
	return true;
}

if (app.isPro) {
	if (!f()) {
		context.cancel();
	}
}
else {
	alert("Drafts Pro features required to use this action.")
}