Prototype inheritance only goes down one layer

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I start with a long list of nested notes. I make a prototype at the top of the document, with a tag attribute. I create an add-on action. I select the first level of notes in outline view and hit tab. The first level of notes inherits the tag attribute. But none of the children do. I know I’m doing something wrong, but don’t know what. Any help appreciated.

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Let’s say you have a prototype named myPrototype that has two aspects:

  1. The Key Attributes include $Tags
  2. The Action the myPrototype note is $Prototype="myPrototype";

If you then create a container note named “My Notes” and give that container an Action of $Prototype="myPrototype";, this is what will happen:

  1. Top level children of “My Notes” will each be given the prototype “myPrototype” because of the On-Add Action that MyNotes has.
  2. Children of “My Notes” will each be given the prototype “myPrototype” because of the On-Add Action that the prototype “myPrototype” has
  3. The result in #2 will continue on down hierarchy of My Notes’ children, grandchildren, grandchildren, and so on. And every note in this hierarchy will have $Tags as a Key Attribute.

I believe this is what you want to accomplish, if I understand what you posted, @hrmhrm.

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