A Destination is a file or folder in your Vault that Quick Draft is allowed to write to. Routes send your drafts to one or more Destinations.
Open them from Settings → Destinations, or from a Route’s Destinations list.
Destination types
| Type | Use it to | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| File | Save text to an existing note | Text is added at the top, at the bottom, or inside a section. Files can’t be stored inside a file Destination. |
| Folder | Store files or create new notes. Use this for Daily Notes | Text drafts are saved as new notes, named by a pattern. Photos, recordings and other files are stored here. |
Create a Destination
- Go to Settings → Destinations and tap + (or tap ⊕ in a Route’s Destinations list).
- Choose File or Folder.
- Tap Pick a Markdown File (.md) or Pick Folder location, and select it in the system picker. The Destination name is filled in from the file or folder name.
- Check the Vault (see below).
- For a folder, set up New notes: the New note name pattern and, optionally, a New note template. See New notes and file names and Note templates.
- Under Note placement, choose a Section and Insert note: Before / After. See Note placement and sections.
- Edit the Destination name if you like (up to 64 characters), then save.
If you leave with unsaved edits, Quick Draft asks You have unsaved changes to this Destination. Save now?
The Vault name
Quick Draft needs to know which folder is your Vault so that Open in Obsidian opens the right note. The editor shows Vault: name, or Not Found.
Quick Draft tries to find your Vault automatically. If it guesses wrong, you can pick it yourself.
If the path has several folders, the hint reads Adjust it to improve note path mapping. Tap the Vault name to open Pick Vault and tap the folder that is your Vault.
Tip
If Open in Obsidian opens the wrong note, or Obsidian says the note doesn’t exist, the Vault name is usually wrong. Fix it here.
Editing Destinations
- Filter with All, Files and Folders.
- Each row shows a file or folder icon, the Destination name, and the target file name.
- Tap a row to edit it.
- Swipe a row to the left to show:
- Duplicate: creates “name Copy”. A folder’s note template is copied too.
- Delete: removes the Destination right away, without a confirmation. It’s also removed from every Route and from Custom Files location actions, and its note template is deleted.
Lost access
If a file is moved, renamed or deleted, or the app loses permission to reach it, the Destination shows a warning icon in the Destinations list, on Routes and on the Home screen’s Route button. Inside the editor you’ll see Access lost. Please, pick this destination again.
To fix it, open the Destination, pick the file or folder again, and save. Saves to a broken Destination fail, but other Destinations on the same Route still work.