<<TextExpander>> in New Draft with Template Action

[Matt_Fischer]

No problem.

In case it’s helpful, here are the pages I touched on my journey to trying the above. (Thought it might be possible to add a note about the limitation…)

I think I started here:

Drafts Directory: New Draft with Template

Note: the “Drafts tags” link on this page referenced above links to https://reference.getdrafts.com/topics/templates.html, which redirects to https://docs.getdrafts.com/, which I remember being confused by. (But that happens fairly often, so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

I searched a bit, and think I wound up here…

TIP: Creating New Drafts with Templates

UPDATE 2023/11/05: Added “Apply Template” section below with example action for applying template to an existing draft. 2023/03/09: Added “Placeholder” example actions discussion below to support navigation between <|field> fill-in placeholders in the resulting template. 2021/09/01: Updated action to support a “Omit First Line in New Draft” option, that allows you to use a friendly name for the template in the first line, like “Meeting Notes Template” that helps when selecting templates in th…

which eventually led me here:

Using Drafts Templates

Template Basics Drafts actions consist of “steps.” Action steps are available for a wide range of functions and services: Sending messages, mail, saving files, and much more. Regardless of the purpose of the step, any step that output information has some fields that allow you to control what text the step uses, and (with a few minor exceptions) use templates to dynamically generate that text. If you have poked around in the action editor and wondered what some of those [[title]] and [[body]] …

and here:

Drafts User Guide: Templates

Hope that’s helpful.