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Add a title to a sticky note #40
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this is very interesting. I was planning to add an edit button at the start of where the title would be (see #34 ) and I'm not sure how they would work together if you have an idea if how those features would work, please lmk or we can just leave as-is. to make a note look like it has a title, I usually just bolden the first paragraph |
I think this is a good idea and could help make the header bars in the note window look less empty. Especially when unfocused. Not sure the best way to implement this intuitively, though. I don't love the idea of the title bar being clicked on to edit, like in gnome-notes. I found it kind of annoying seeing a text box with "Untitled" on every new note. What I like about Sticky Notes is how clean it looks and how easy it is to quickly make new notes. If you choose to implement something like this, I think it should be optional and non-intrusive. A few possible ideas:
Although this does kind of conflict with the previous comment. I personally think a single or double-click on the main text is intuitive enough that an "edit note" button is unnecessary, but that's just me. Anyway, sorry for the long comment, lol. LMK your thoughts! |
hey there James. here's my notes:
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conveniently enough, there is a however, there are some caveats right now: 1.when the title content is too long, the note window expands (can be solved either by allowing this if it's the desired behavior, or ellipsing the text) also note that the note will STILL be ellipsised even when it's not focus (i.e when the window decorations (close, menu, new note) are not visible) here's a video of how it would look like if implemented Screencast.from.2023-03-24.22-47-28.webm |
also forgot to note that for users with multiple window decorations (close, minimise, maximise) the label will have very little space (don't know if it's really a problem though) |
Yeah, dragging the app should definitely be a priority. To me, an "Edit Note Title" option in the main menu button for individual notes, and regular text boxes for notes in the main window seem like the next best solutions. |
to be honest I'm not really sure right now if we really need to have a title for notes. this is because 1. there's no intuitive way to do it and 2. the size constraints for example, in the all notes view, there will be an edit note button (see #34 ) and in the notes window there could be a pin button (see #39 ) and you can have functioning titles by effectively boldening your first line and it will appear in the all notes window, so I think this is pretty unnecessary and hard to implement |
I came across this feature request while migrating from xpad to this app. xpad handles this very similar to this suggestion:
(it doesn't require any special formatting though). The first line then simply becomes the gnome window title. And yes, if window decorations are used, the text appears both in the window title and as part of the body: But I don't think that's an issue. It makes finding notes via the window list much easier though as you can see in the following screenshot comparison (xpad also doesn't have a main overview window): Maybe this minimal option that doesn't require any new UI elements could still be considered. |
@fwinkl I like your proposal. I'll definitely start looking into the implementation |
I actually came here to propose this feature... So glad to see it's already planned! |
What about instead of a label that can be renamed with an icon, or by clicking the text, new notes could have a basic, centered button with some text like "Name note", which can popup a little modal to set the name. Once created, the button goes away, and the standard LibAdwaita window title is used? There could be a "Rename" button in the "Main Menu" of the note, and something like this context menu I mocked up could be used to rename it in the main app: #115?
IMO, not really a problem. People will just resize it to read the title, or choose short titles. I think consistency with LibAdwaita would be worth it. Currently, feels odd not having a window title at all, yet having the wasted space cover the content of the document anyways... Could be coded to (if elipsized) print the full title in a popover when the mouse is hovered over the title, like this implementation in Epiphany: |
The top left of the note when closed fells a little empty.
I would suggest adding the possibility to add a title to every note. Maybe with a dedicated text box when a note is opened or using markdown, like if there is a # in the first line the text after it becomes the title
This above is a concept
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