Settings

A map of every setting, in the order the settings pages show them, each linked to where it is explained. Open the plugin's settings from Settings → Community plugins → Journals; every other page below is reached from there.

You do not have to come here to find a section, though: every section in the tables below carries a ? beside its heading, and clicking it opens that section's part of this manual — in your browser, or in a tab if you have the Web Viewer core plugin turned on. The tables are the same map read whole, useful for finding a setting whose section you do not know, or for reading a page's sections in order.

Main settings page

Section	Settings	Explained in
Import from other plugins	Import…, Don't show again — shown while a plugin can set up a journal you do not have	From Periodic Notes
Colliding journal settings	shown only when two journals resolve to the same paths	Troubleshooting
Set up task notes from TaskNotes	Set up…, Don't show again — shown while TaskNotes is on and task notes were never turned on	Tasks
Journal shelves	Add shelf; per shelf Configure, Delete	Shelves
Journals (Journals not on a shelf once you have shelves)	Create new journal; per journal Bulk add notes to journal, Configure, Clone, Delete	Journals, Bulk add
Commands	commands for every journal of one period length	Commands
Views	Add a view; per view Configure, Clone, Delete	Views
Startup	Open on startup	Notes
	Open note, Pin the note	Notes
	Automatic note creation	Notes
	Different journal on some days — Days of the week, Journal to open	Notes
Notes by date	Creation date property, Creation date format	Views
Calendar	Week configuration — Change	Periods
	Apply week configuration to all dates in vault	Periods
	Default week numbers	Views
	Default timeline navigation	Code blocks
Calendar decorations	Marks shown per position	Decorations
	vault-wide decorations	Decorations
Tasks	Checkbox tasks — Enable, Status symbols, Identification rule	Tasks
	Checkbox tasks — Roll over: Rolled marker, Copy or move, Mark as rolled	Tasks
	Task notes — on or off, Configure	Tasks
Calendar highlighting	Today, Active, Selected date — ring colors	Views
Logging	Log level, Export logs	Troubleshooting
Maintenance	Open	Maintenance page

A journal's settings page

Reached with Configure on a journal's row — on the main settings page, or on its shelf's page.

Section	Settings	Explained in
the journal's name	Rename journal; the period length	Journals
Shelf	Place on a shelf — shown once a shelf exists	Shelves
Note creation	Note name template, Folder, Default date format	Journals
	Confirm creating new notes, Auto-create today's note	Notes
Questions	Add question	Questions
Templates	Add template	Journals
Notelet types	Add notelet type; per type Edit notelet type	Notelets
Timeline	Start writing on, End writing	Journals
Sequential numbers	Enable sequential numbers, Anchor date, Allow before anchor, digits	Journals
Frontmatter	Date property name, Add start date property (then Start date property name), Add end date property (then End date property name), Notelet type property	Journals
Commands	commands for this journal	Commands
Navigation block	lines and segments, Previous and next arrows, Show previous and next periods, Decorate whole block	Navigation blocks
Calendar interval lines	custom intervals only	Navigation blocks
Journal decorations	this journal's decorations	Decorations
Tasks	Checkbox tasks — Relation to the vault-wide rule — Inherit, Narrow, Replace	Tasks
	Task notes — Edit: All, None, Matching; shown while task notes are on	Tasks
	Listing filter — Edit	Tasks
	Roll over — Edit: Copy or move, Mark as rolled, Source, Target heading, Look back, Automatic rollover	Tasks

A notelet type's page

Reached with Edit notelet type on a type's row, under Notelet types on its journal's page.

Section	Settings	Explained in
the type's name	Bulk add notelets of this type	Notelets
	Rename notelet type, Delete notelet type	Notelets
Note creation	Note name, Folder, Confirm creating notelets, Number each notelet (then Property name)	Notelets
Templates	Add template	Journals
Questions	Add question — the type's own questions	Questions
Commands	commands that create a notelet of this type	Commands

A shelf's page

Reached with Configure on a shelf's row, under Journal shelves on the main settings page.

Section	Settings	Explained in
the shelf's name	Rename shelf	Shelves
Journals	Create new journal; per journal Bulk add notes to journal, Configure, Clone, Delete	Shelves, Bulk add
Commands	Add command — commands for the shelf's journals of one period length	Shelves
Shelf decorations	decorations for every journal on the shelf	Decorations

A view's page

Reached with Configure on a view's row, under Views on the main settings page.

Section	Settings	Explained in
the view's name	Rename view	Views
	Icon, Default shelf, Show in ribbon, Open on startup, Remember last viewed date, Follow active note, Open in	Views
Blocks	Add block; per block its own settings	Views

Maintenance page

Reached with Open under Maintenance, at the bottom of the main settings page.

Section	Settings	Explained in
Settings snapshots	Restore on each snapshot	Troubleshooting
Import from other plugins	Import…	From Periodic Notes
Vault check	Fix count per group, Connect to journal, Keep this one, Remove journal keys, Fix everything safe	Troubleshooting