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Sample _prose.yml metadata configuration

prose:
  metadata:
    _posts:
      - name: "layout"
        field:
          element: "text"
          label: "Layout"
          value: "default"
      - name: "item"
        field:
          element: "select"
          label: "Item"
          placeholder: "Select an Item"
          options:
            - name: "Item 1"
              value: "item1"
            - name: "Item 2"
              value: "item2"
          selected: "item2"

directory

Define default metadata editor fields for a given directory, subdirectories will inherit these default fields.

name

String representing the YAML frontmatter key to be added.

field

Form element for entering or selecting a YAML frontmatter value matching name key.

element

Metadata Editor Element	Value	HTML
button	boolean
checkbox	boolean	<input type="checkbox" checked="checked" />
text	string	<input type="text" name="name" value="value" />
select	string	<select name="name"> <option value="item1">Item 1</option> <option value="item2">Item 2</option> </input>
multiselect	[string, string]	<select name="name" multiple> <option value="item1">Item 1</option> <option value="item2">Item 2</option> </input>

label

<label for="name">label</label>

placeholder

Placeholder text for select dropdowns.

options

<option value="value">name</option> elements for select dropdowns.

- name: "Item 1"
  value: "item1"
- name: "Item 2"
  value: "item2"

selected

• pre-selected value from options for select dropdowns.

value

• true/false for button and checkbox form elements
• default value for text fields

key: value

Key/value pairs will show up as raw YAML in the metadata editor.