I would like to select multiple notes and edit all their titles at once by adding new text as a prefix or suffix to the existing titles of the selected notes. This could work similarly to the "add tags" / "move to notebook" feature for multiple notes, except there's a button "add title text" and you select whether "as prefix" or "as suffix".
As I have accumulated more and more notes, I use the Snippet view less often and the List view more frequently (to see more notes on one screen). A title prefix can serve as a visual indicator for list view, providing much the same function as a thumbnail does in Snippet view.
Use case 1 (prefix): Add note context as text at the beginning of the note title
The date is a type of note context. At the end of the day, I could show all notes created, select them, type in the date, and have it added to the beginning of each note title.
Here's another example of adding note context to the title. I work in marketing, and name my digital files by the type of content. I may not remember exactly what I named a file, but I remember what type of file it is so this is how I start a file search. Brochure file names start with BR, application notes start with AN, publications (peer-reviewed journal papers) start with PUB, advertisements start with AD, etc. This is a fast aid to sort tons of files existing in a single folder, and rapidly zero in on the desired file. I'd like to apply the same principle to my EN notes.
Use case 2 (suffix): Add a unique code to the end of a title.
Sometimes, for a string of related notes, I include in the title a unique "code" that allows a search to find ONLY those notes. I add it to the end of the title so it is "out of the way" as sometimes only the beginning of title text is visible on screen. I assign tags for topics I will access frequently, trying to keep tags to a manageable level, and use "title codes" for rarely accessed but important info (such as computer repair history).
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I would like to select multiple notes and edit all their titles at once by adding new text as a prefix or suffix to the existing titles of the selected notes. This could work similarly to the "add tags" / "move to notebook" feature for multiple notes, except there's a button "add title text" and you select whether "as prefix" or "as suffix".
As I have accumulated more and more notes, I use the Snippet view less often and the List view more frequently (to see more notes on one screen). A title prefix can serve as a visual indicator for list view, providing much the same function as a thumbnail does in Snippet view.
Use case 1 (prefix): Add note context as text at the beginning of the note title
The date is a type of note context. At the end of the day, I could show all notes created, select them, type in the date, and have it added to the beginning of each note title.
Here's another example of adding note context to the title. I work in marketing, and name my digital files by the type of content. I may not remember exactly what I named a file, but I remember what type of file it is so this is how I start a file search. Brochure file names start with BR, application notes start with AN, publications (peer-reviewed journal papers) start with PUB, advertisements start with AD, etc. This is a fast aid to sort tons of files existing in a single folder, and rapidly zero in on the desired file. I'd like to apply the same principle to my EN notes.
Use case 2 (suffix): Add a unique code to the end of a title.
Sometimes, for a string of related notes, I include in the title a unique "code" that allows a search to find ONLY those notes. I add it to the end of the title so it is "out of the way" as sometimes only the beginning of title text is visible on screen. I assign tags for topics I will access frequently, trying to keep tags to a manageable level, and use "title codes" for rarely accessed but important info (such as computer repair history).
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