Emptied note gets renamed automatically
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Mike B.
There is a use case where a specific note is used (and reused) to quickly jot down stuff, then delete the contents and write down other stuff when needed.
However, if it happens that the user empties the contents of such an existing note, then returns to the main screen (notes list), this specific note gets automatically renamed, according to the "New Note Starts With" setting.
Steps to reproduce:
- Go to "Settings -> Notes -> New Note starts with" and check the existing setting. Let's consider it's set to "Date (ISO 8601)";
- Open an existing note, e.g. named "Quick notes";
- Delete the full contents of the note;
- Return to main screen.
Expected result:
The change is saved: the note named "Quick notes" has no contents.
Actual result:
"Quick notes" note is automatically renamed to "2026-05-31" and receives the name as content within the note, formatted as Heading 1 ("#2026-05-31").
Alexander Kaiser
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Mike B.
Correlated: renaming the note in the example above (named "2026-05-31", which starts with the heading "#2026-05-31", and also contains body text) is not holding persistence: renaming is accepted, but entering the note and then going back to the main screen resets the name to the contents of the first line (as long as it's formatted as heading 1). If this is a feature, there might be notes containing multiple heading-1's, hence naming the note as the first heading might not be always relevant.
EDIT: I've just noticed this remark is already discussed here: https://notelane.canny.io/feature-requests/p/option-to-disable-automatic-renaming.
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