Reorder note types and set default note type
I have created some custom note types, and as far as I can tell they appear in a random order. So the default note type is a new one I created called "Podcast". Would love to be able to reorder the note types that appear, so I can have a default note type "Note" and then be able to click on the dialog to bring up other note types. In the current setup, my default note type is "Podcast" which I actually don't use very often!
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Jan 29
In the settings tab -> under 'General' you can now set a default Note type!
Stuart Haas
Jan 30
Kevin Sun Thank you, though I see the settings and made a change, it does not seem to appy this in a note. Save behavior as before.
Stuart Haas
Jan 14
And order the list for the dropdown
Kevin Sun
Jan 14
Stuart Haas: what would the default ordering be here? Or would you want to set this custom?
Stuart Haas
Jan 14
Kevin Sun I'd like to see a the ability to set the default note type (that's my biggest painpoint). As for order, drag and drop to set or alphabetical?
Dave Rossberg
Aug 18, 2025
+1… the default order seems to be the order in which i've added them to my account… so now every event/note defaults to "drinks" which is not helpful.
Stuart Haas
Aug 7, 2025
This is really needed. I created a custom note type, and now it's the default. At minimum, there should be setting to choose the default note type. It's a real pain to have to choose a note type when 70% of my notes are of the same type.
Lasse Järvinen
Jun 11, 2025
Yes I agree this would make use of Dex much smoother
Erik Jan
May 6, 2025
Indeed, that would be useful, in my view.
Lasse Järvinen
May 7, 2025
Erik Jan Thanks Eric - appreciate if you give a vote up for this also
Feb 18, 2025
David Keller
Oct 19, 2024
Dex appears to be moving note types around with no rhyme or reason and that is SUPER annoying. So now a custom note type I created, that I don't intend to use often, is always the default note type. Bad design :(