Request a name for new documents

[remileblond67076]

Describe the problem to be solved

Currently, new documents created in Grist are all named “Untitled document". Many users forget to rename their documents and then have trouble finding them again, especially if several documents have the same name.

It would be really interesting to ask for a name directly when creating a new document.

Describe the solution you would like

Prompt for document name after creation. Suggest “Untitled document” as default name.

[remileblond67076]

Suggestion: use the same type of form as for creating a new table in a document.

[dsagal]

Thanks for the suggestion, @remileblond67076 ! I agree the proliferation of "Untitled documents" is annoying. A different approach to address the same problem would be to create a new document in an "unsaved" state (like you would see if you opened https://docs.getgrist.com/ in a private browser window and clicked "Blank document"). Then you'd have the option: leave without saving (the page would warn you if you want to leave), or save, which will open the dialog to name the document. What do you think?

[remileblond67076]

Hello and thank you for your reply, @dsagal.

Indeed, the proposed solution seems ideal to me because, very often, documents that remain 'Untitled' have been created by mistake by users and are often empty.

This seems to me to be an ideal solution.