Settings And Configuration

Settings and Configuration

Draft Bench's settings are organized into groups in Obsidian's Settings -> Draft Bench panel.

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General

• Default project shape: folder or single. Applied when creating new projects; can be overridden per-project in the creation modal.
• Status vocabulary: configurable list of workflow statuses (default: idea, draft, revision, final). Edit via Settings -> Statuses. The first entry is the default stamped onto new notes; renaming an in-use status migrates affected notes; removing an in-use status prompts a bulk-rename or remove-without-migrating choice.

Folders

Default locations where the plugin creates new notes. All support the {project} token.

• projectsFolder: default: Draft Bench/{project}/.
• chaptersFolder: default: alongside the project note (empty string). Chapter notes are created at <project folder>/{chaptersFolder}/<title>.md.
• scenesFolder: default: alongside the project note (empty string). Scene notes are created at <project folder>/{scenesFolder}/<title>.md.
• draftsFolder: default: Drafts/ inside each project. Three placement options: inside each project, per-scene/chapter subfolder, or vault-wide.

These settings are creation defaults only. Moving notes later never breaks the plugin's ability to find them — discovery is frontmatter-based.

Templates

• Templates folder: path to the folder containing scene and chapter templates. Default: Draft Bench/Templates/. Any markdown file in this folder with dbench-template-type: scene | chapter frontmatter is auto-discovered and surfaces in the new-scene / new-chapter modal's template picker. See Templates § Named templates.
• Scene template: optional override path to a custom scene template file. Default: <Templates folder>/scene-template.md (auto-seeded on first scene creation). This is the fallback default — the template applied when the modal's picker isn't shown or the writer leaves the default selected.
• Chapter template: optional override path to a custom chapter template file. Default: <Templates folder>/chapter-template.md (auto-seeded on first chapter creation). Same fallback-default semantic as the scene template setting.

Relationship Integrity

Draft Bench keeps relationships between notes consistent across renames, moves, and edits. See Essential Properties § Rename safety.

• enableBidirectionalSync: master toggle for the live sync service. Default: on.
• syncOnFileModify: listen to live file-modify events. Default: on. Can be disabled for performance in very large vaults.
• Repair project links: button invoking the batch repair command. Scans the current project and reconciles any inconsistencies; use after unusual events like a mass file move or sync conflict.

Style Settings

If the Style Settings plugin is installed, Draft Bench exposes variables for scene, draft, and Preview tab styling:

• Scene leaf: font family, font size, line height, max width, background, text color.
• Draft leaf (archival cue): background, text color, left border. Defaults to a visually distinct appearance signaling "this is an archived snapshot, not the live scene."
• Manuscript Builder Preview: tab active accent, plus Preview-tab typography (font family, size, line height, max width, paragraph spacing, text alignment). The in-modal Preview typography toolbar covers the most common knobs without needing Style Settings; the variables here are for power users wanting custom font stacks, line-height, paragraph spacing, or accent-color overrides.

Without Style Settings, the CSS classes (.dbench-scene, .dbench-draft) are still applied; you can style them via your theme or a CSS snippet.

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