Templater cuts off first letter of Snippets in Slash Command Menu

[motion2082]

Templater Bug Report: First Character Removed from Snippet Template Command Names

Bug Description

When creating hotkey-enabled template snippets, Templater removes the first character from the template filename when displaying the command name in the command palette.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a template file: 06 Toolkit/Snippets/Quote Snippet Template.md
2. Enable it as a hotkey template in Templater settings
3. Open command palette (Ctrl/Cmd + P)
4. Search for "Templater: Insert"
5. Observe: Command shows as "Templater: Insert uote Snippet Template" (Q is missing)

Expected Behavior

Command should display as: Templater: Insert Quote Snippet Template

Actual Behavior

Command displays as: Templater: Insert uote Snippet Template

Root Cause (Investigation)

The bug appears to be in the command name generation logic where Templater calls .slice(1) on the template basename:

// Current (buggy) behavior
const basename = path.split('/').pop().replace('.md', '');
commandName = 'Templater: Insert ' + basename.slice(1);  // BUG: removes first char

Should be:

commandName = 'Templater: Insert ' + basename;  // No slice needed

Affected Files

All snippet templates show this behavior:

• "Quote Snippet Template.md" → "uote Snippet Template"
• "Callout Snippet.md" → "allout Snippet"
• "Heading 1 Snippet Template.md" → "eading 1 Snippet Template"

Environment

• Templater version: 2.16.4
• Obsidian version: (latest)
• Platform: Windows/Mac/Linux

Workaround

Prefix template filenames with an underscore:

• _Quote Snippet Template.md displays correctly as "Quote Snippet Template"

Impact

• Confusing command palette entries
• Makes it harder to find the right snippet
• Workaround requires renaming all snippet files

Suggested Fix

Remove the .slice(1) call from the basename when generating command names for template snippets.

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Related Code Location: Likely in the function that registers template hotkey commands in main.js (minified in production build)

[sec-ml]

Interesting. I just submitted #1701 - I should've checked open issues first. I had this issue, and thought it was only because I hadn't set a base directory for templates. That could still be the case if the example from @motion2082 didn't have this directory set, and the example templates were in the root directory (I think it would still expect the / and remove the first character).