Noctalia
Get started
Back to plugins
Sticky Notes

Sticky Notes

A local quick notes plugin with Markdown support.

v0.0.6 sapjax MIT May 5, 2026
BarPanelProductivity

About

📝 Sticky Notes

Sticky Notes is a lightweight sticky notes plugin for Noctalia Shell, like OneNote's Sticky Notes but support Markdown.

It allows you to quickly jot down thoughts, code snippets, and to-do lists in beautiful pastel-colored floating cards straight from your system bar.

IPC

Use Noctalia IPC to control the panel:

qs -c noctalia-shell ipc call plugin:sticky-notes toggle

📸 Screenshots

🖱️ Interaction Guide

  • Scroll list (no note selected): Use mouse wheel anywhere
  • Select a note: click on a note card.
  • Unselect a note: press Esc when a note is selected.
  • Scroll note content (selected note): While selected, mouse wheel scrolls inside that note's content area.
  • Edit note: Click the pencil icon or press E when a note is selected.
    • In editor: Esc or Ctrl+S to save.
  • Expand note window: Click the arrow icon or press F when a note is selected.

✍️ Supported Markdown Syntax

  • Headers: Standard # h1 to ###### h6 as well as Setext style headers (=== and --- underlines).
  • Text Emphasis: **Bold**, *Italic*, __Bold__, _Italic_, and ~~Strikethrough~~.
  • Lists (Fully nested visual indents):
    • Unordered (-, *, +)
    • Ordered (1., 2., 3.)
    • Task lists (- [x] Done, - [ ] Pending) with automatic strikethrough styling for completed tasks.
  • Blockquotes: Support for standard > Quote and nested blockquotes > > > Deep Quote.
  • Code:
    • Inline code highlighting.
    • Multi-line Code blocks with smooth gray backgrounds.
    • 4-space indented code blocks.
  • Links & Images:
    • Inline Links: [Noctalia](https://example.com "Title")
    • Inline Images: ![Alt Text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia-plugins/main/sticky-notes/url "Title") (Large images intelligently cap at 280px to protect UI geometry).
    • Reference Links/Images: [Link][id] coupled with [id]: url.
    • Autolinks: <http://example.com> or <email@example.com>.
  • Data Tables: Standard GFM (GitHub Flavored Markdown) structured tables with alignment:
    | Option | Description |
| :--- | ---: |
| Left | Right |
  • Horizontal Rules: Supports ---, ***, and ___.
  • Backslash Escapes: Prevents rendering of literal markdown characters \*, \ etc.
View on GitHub