#539 - fix file prefix

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 - [#521](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/521): Fix empty snippets dashboard placeholder
 - [#526](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/526): Fix card content menu
 - [#531](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/531): Fix prettier update which caused data views to not render list items
+- [#539](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/539): Fix the override of the default file prefix on content creation
 
 ## [8.3.0] - 2023-02-14 - [Release notes](https://beta.frontmatter.codes/updates/v8.3.0)
 

src/commands/Article.ts

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export class Article {
 
     let filePrefix = Settings.get<string>(SETTING_TEMPLATES_PREFIX);
     const contentType = ArticleHelper.getContentType(article.data);
-    filePrefix = ArticleHelper.getFilePrefix(editor.document.uri.fsPath, contentType);
+    filePrefix = ArticleHelper.getFilePrefix(filePrefix, editor.document.uri.fsPath, contentType);
 
     const titleField = 'title';
     const articleTitle: string = article.data[titleField];

src/helpers/ArticleHelper.ts

@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ export class ArticleHelper {
     const fileType = Settings.get<string>(SETTING_CONTENT_DEFAULT_FILETYPE);
 
     let prefix = Settings.get<string>(SETTING_TEMPLATES_PREFIX);
-    prefix = ArticleHelper.getFilePrefix(folderPath, contentType);
+    prefix = ArticleHelper.getFilePrefix(prefix, folderPath, contentType);
 
     // Name of the file or folder to create
     let sanitizedName = ArticleHelper.sanitize(titleValue);
@@ -436,8 +436,14 @@ export class ArticleHelper {
    * @param contentType
    * @returns
    */
-  public static getFilePrefix(filePath?: string, contentType?: ContentType): string | undefined {
-    let prefix = undefined;
+  public static getFilePrefix(
+    prefix: string | null | undefined,
+    filePath?: string,
+    contentType?: ContentType
+  ): string | undefined {
+    if (!prefix) {
+      prefix = undefined;
+    }
 
     // Retrieve the file prefix from the folder
     if (filePath) {