change the default YAML settings (in VS code)?

[hao-hong]

Hi all, I feel that there is a simple solution but I just cannot find it.

Each time when I create a new .qmd file, my default settings have two lines, one for my title ("untitled") and one for the output (html). How can I change this globally, so that each time when I create a new file, the default settings are my own? I am using VS Code but I am open to other environments.

Thank you.

[mcanouil]

Create a code snippet and map it to a keyboard shortcut for example.

There is currently no way to change the default template, this could be a nice feature to add to VSCode extension.
See https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto/blob/main/apps/vscode/src/providers/newdoc.ts#L113-L118.
A new option to provide a path to replace this hardcoded template could be nice.

I am pinging @jjallaire on this.

Note, there is a new repository for the VSCode extension: https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto.

[cscheid]

Does _metadata.yml on your root directory not work? https://quarto.org/docs/projects/quarto-projects.html#shared-metadata

[mcanouil]

I believe he was referring to the "New Quarto document" command which produces a quite limited document:

---
title: "Untitled"
format: html
---

In RStudio IDE, it's possible to create/override the default templates of any languages.