---
title: "Document Title\n"
space: "ERPNext"
url: "https://docs.frappe.io/erpnext/document-title"
updated: "2026-02-26"
---


**You can customize the title of documents based on properties so that you have meaningful information for the list views.**

For example, the default title on a Quotation is the customer name, but if you are dealing with only a few customers and sending lots of quotations to each customer, you may want to customize.

![Document Title](/files/document-title.png)

## Setting Title Fields

From ERPNext Version 6.0 onwards, all transactions have a 'Title' property. If there is not a title property, you can add a **Custom Field** as title and set the **Title Field** via **Customize Form**.

You can set the default value of that property by using Python style string formatting in **Default** or **Options**

1. To edit a default title, go to Customize Form
2. Select the Form for which you would like to change the Title Field.
3. Edit the **Title Field** in the form.

## Defining Titles

You can define the title by setting document properties in braces `{}`. For example, if your document has fields `customer_name`, you can specify that as the Title of the Form.

![Set Document Title](/files/set-document-title.gif)

Alternatively, you can also define a particular field as the 'Title Field' in Customize Form.

![Title Field](/files/title-field-in-view-settings.png) 

## Fixed or Editable Titles

If your title is generated as a default title, it can be edited by the user by clicking on the heading of the document.

![Editable Title](/files/customize-document%20title.gif)

If you want a fixed title, you can set the rule in the **Options** property. In this way, the title will be automatically updated every time the document is updated.