# Topic Templates

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-templates/18282
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [July 30, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-templates/18282 "2014-07-30T18:55:51Z")
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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-templates/18282/33 "2015-07-07T18:42:19Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> selecting Movies from the category drop down did not trigger this, only creating the topic from within the Movies category (and thus defaulting to that category) worked.

I’ve fixed this case. If the post is blank and you choose a category with a template, it will replace your blank content. If you’ve typed something that remains:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/724781f42694a3ae31f4f50e5721a11af788061a](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/724781f42694a3ae31f4f50e5721a11af788061a)

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