Default Article Template for each Category

User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by Comic Book Lady
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

Being able to set a default article template by category. Currently I need to select the article template for every article and move my hand from the keyboard to the mouse and back multiple times.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

I would like to be able to assign a default article template to each category. I would want it to look like this when I select the add article button
. In addition, when I hit the enter key, it would create an article of the template selected. This would reduce the amount of typing and the number of times I have to move my hand from the keyboard to the mouse. It would also allow me to manually select a different template.  

What are other uses for this feature request?

The Team's Response

Thanks for the suggestion! Creating articles without your mouse is already supported. Press Alt+N (or Command+N on a Mac) to open the template selection screen, type the template name, and press enter to select it.  
Current score

11/300 Votes · +1099 points

Votes Cast

  • +100

    by A Fierce Elf
    on 2026-01-29 10:13
  • -1

    by A Filthy Mlem
    on 2026-01-16 14:04
    I have many different types of article in every category, and most often I only assign categories after making the article. But your hand is already on the mouse when clicking the +Article button. So I don't see the advantage.   Wait I've done some testing. Even if I'm IN an category and then click the +article button, it doesn't assign it to that category. so what????
  • +300

    by MrMad36
    on 2026-01-16 06:18
    This would give a lot of people especially first time users a starting point to work with.
  • -1

    by Willow H.R. Harper
    on 2026-01-14 14:32
    As an option you can enable/disable, why not.
  • -1

    by WeStanNikolai
    on 2026-01-13 14:52
  • +1

    by A Wild Elf
    on 2026-01-13 12:24
    I much prefer Those2Nerds' idea over this one.
  • +100

    by kalvorp
    on 2026-01-13 05:43
  • +300

    by Norse66
    on 2026-01-11 19:10
  • +300

    by ss2020
    on 2026-01-09 23:30
  • +1

    by Those2Nerds
    on 2026-01-09 13:45
    I wouldn't use this feature - I use too many different templates per category - but I understand the struggle. My preference would be if the search bar was automatically active so you can begin typing your search right away, with 'enter' creating an article of the top-listed template.   The templates are already listed in most-used order based on the entire userbase, but a much-abbreviated list at the top with our personal recently-used or most-used templates could also be a nice shortcut.
  • -300

    by Scalenex
    on 2026-01-09 05:32
    This could raise the number of bugs for people like myself who commonly use different templates in the same category
  • +300

    by Comic Book Lady
    on 2026-01-08 17:35