Properties

Properties are frontmatter fields that Tolaria can display, filter, and edit.

Suggested Properties

Suggested properties are the fields Tolaria knows how to create quickly from the Properties panel. When a suggested property is missing, the panel shows a shortcut to add it with the right editor.

Field	Purpose
type	Groups the note into a type such as Project, Person, or Topic.
status	Tracks lifecycle state such as Active, Done, or Blocked.
url	Stores a canonical external link.
date	Represents a single date.

System Properties

Fields that start with _ are system properties. They remain in plain text but are hidden from normal property editing.

Examples include _icon, _color, _order, _sidebar_label, _width, _pinned_properties, and _list_properties_display on type documents or notes.

Type documents use _pinned_properties to choose which fields appear in the editor inline bar and _list_properties_display to choose which fields appear in note-list rows.

Property Editing

The Properties panel is the safest place to edit structured properties. Toggle it with Cmd+Shift+I on macOS or Ctrl+Shift+I on Windows and Linux.

Date fields use Tolaria's picker, relationship fields can use wikilinks, and raw Markdown mode is available when you need direct control over YAML.

Referencing Properties

HTML blocks can reference properties from the current note or another note:

<p>{{status}}</p>
<p>{{formatDate(date, "long")}}</p>
<p>{{[[project-alpha]].status}}</p>

Sheet formulas can also read scalar properties with the same note target form:

=[[project-alpha]].status

Use Vault Expressions for HTML expression syntax and Spreadsheet Formulas for formula behavior.