After a while of learning, I would like to add another field to the note type. When I do this, all the history data of the cards are lost, which is correct because the note type changes. However, I suggest setting up an option to save the history data because sometimes it is useful to keep the dat…

Sorry, that’s my mistake! This is my misunderstanding of the “Templates” table at the bottom of the pop-up window “Change note type”: There are two columns “Current” and “New”. I thought I had to select “nothing” in each case so as not to destroy the templates already associated with the new note…

Keep history card data while changing note type

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Rolfi56 October 26, 2021, 7:05am 5

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Keep history card data while changing note type

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