# Recursively set metadata in sections **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Created:** [January 13, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/recursively-set-metadata-in-sections/47 "2019-01-13T16:34:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@abc](https://zola.discourse.group/u/abc)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/recursively-set-metadata-in-sections/47/1 "2019-01-13T16:34:27Z")
it would be nice to have a front-matter variable for sections that sets metadata for all pages recursively * * * **use case 1** : consider a `drafts/` folder. `drafts/_index.md` might look like: ```auto +++ [all] draft = true +++ ``` * * * **use case 2** : consider a `blog/` folder, with a `rust/` folder inside. `blog/rust/_index.md` might look like: ```auto +++ [all.taxonomies] tags = ["rust"] +++ ``` there is a drawback: if you want to tag a post `rust` _and_ `web`, you’d have to write `rust` again. * * * **use case 3** : consider a website using `extra` to define each page’s navigation. `extra.nav` is an array of tables, each table defining `name` and `url`. `blog/_index.md` could look like: ```auto +++ [[all.extra.nav]] name = "back" url = "/blog/" +++ ``` * * * currently, some section variables apply to all pages, but most don’t. `all` would help making a distinction: - `page_template` could be obsoleted in favour of `all.template` - `in_search_index` could be obsoleted in favour of `all.in_search_index`, and later reintroduced to apply to the section page itself, but not its child pages ---
**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/recursively-set-metadata-in-sections/47/2 "2019-01-15T17:43:26Z")
Interesting idea. Not planning that for the next release but i’ll think about it for the one after.