Optionally Fill in the Title

[dshanske]

Optionally fill in the title of the post to match the title of the response URL.

[dshanske]

I did have some tests to try and make a title automatically, but had shelved that for now. While technically, some kinds shouldn't have a title displayed, setting one does make it easier to find in the editor.

[dshanske]

For now, when you hit the retrieve button, it will set the title to the name of the retrieved URL, but only if empty. Will table for future enhancements.

[miklb]

I'm experiencing some odd behavior while retrieving Twitter URLs for replies. Some links retrieve the entire tweet content as the post title, sometimes it fills in <username> on Twitter

I haven't found anything yet that is repeatable however, but will keep this issue updated with any discoveries.

[dshanske]

So, if the title is to be optionally filled... what should it be filled with?

[miklb]

I feel like if there is an appropriate mf2 property that matches with the post_title it should go there. Otherwise, it should be empty.

It also appears that the Name/Title field in the post properties field is what is filing the post title. I could see storing that value but not storing it as the title of the note I'm authoring. It's the title of the post I'm replying to, not my own title.

[miklb]

Following up on this @dshanske.

The main problem I have is that if the auto-retrieve a tweet, and it automatically creates the title <username> on Twitter then that's what gets set as the permalink. (Unless post kinds updates the permalink which I haven't noticed.)

It can even be confusing if I get a post title from a site I'm bookmarking and have the title & permalink be the same as the bookmark, unless that is expected behavior, of which I'd like to understand better.