Zero Draft Mode

Zero Draft Mode

Zero draft mode helps you capture edits for completed scenes at Stage Zero before opening the note.

What it does

• When enabled, clicking a scene where Publish Stage is Zero and Status is Complete opens a small dialog instead of the note.
• The dialog shows a large input area prefilled from the scene’s Pending Edits frontmatter (if present).
• You can type new edits and click OK to save back to Pending Edits using Obsidian’s processFrontMatter.

Buttons

• OK: Overwrites Pending Edits with the current input. If you cleared previously non‑empty content, a confirmation asks to delete it (the key remains with an empty string).
• Cancel: Closes the dialog. If there are unsaved changes, you’ll be asked to confirm discarding them.
• Override (red): Opens the note without saving. If there are unsaved changes, you’ll be asked to confirm discarding them first.

Matching logic

• Case‑insensitive for both keys and values.
• Default values if missing: Publish Stage → Zero, Status → Todo.
• Intercepts only when Publish Stage = Zero AND Status = Complete.

How to enable/disable

• Go to Settings → Radial Timeline → Zero draft mode and toggle it on or off.

Frontmatter fields used

• Pending Edits (read/write)
• Publish Stage (read)
• Status (read)

All frontmatter writes are performed via app.fileManager.processFrontMatter, following Obsidian’s standards.