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Sticky notes

Float a single note in its own small window.

A sticky note is one note in its own small floating window, independent of the shade. Useful for something you want visible while working in another app — a checklist, a scratchpad, a set of commands.

A sticky note floating above other windows, showing a note's contents.

Assign a global hotkey in Preferences → Shortcuts — it is unset by default — or open one from the note’s context menu.

  • Floats above ordinary windows
  • Independent of the shade: closing the shade leaves sticky notes open
  • Edits are the same file, saved the same way — a sticky note is a view of a note, not a copy
  • Position and size persist across restarts

Two settings in Preferences → Appearance:

  • Sticky note border — draw a border around the window
  • Collapse snap — snap to a collapsed height when dragged small, so a note can be tucked to a title bar and expanded later
ShadeSticky note
How manyOneAs many as you like
TabsYesNo — one note each
SidebarYesNo
Opens onScroll or hotkeyHotkey or context menu
Best forWorking in your notesKeeping one note in view

Documented against Shady Notes 4.1.19 · release notes