Notes enhancements

alvk

Hi there, team. Is there any chance Notes are getting more dev love in near future? I have been using the feature for a while, but I can't help wanting more after trying other apps at work and finding some of the features very useful. Here are a few ways notes can be made more functional in my view.

Slash commands akin to how they appear in note-taking apps like Logseq, Affine, Scrintal, etc, with a few additional options like inserting to-do check boxes, line dividers, etc. on top of the existing formatting options.
Simple tables.
Bi-directional linking of notes.

I feel like just these three can elevate Notes to a whole new level - arguably, even make them a viable alternative to other dedicated note-taking apps. Just like email and calendar integrations made other mail and calendar apps unnecessary.

Pesala

@alvk said in Notes enhancements:

Simple tables.

Already possible:

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Bold
Italics
~~Strikeout~~
<u>Underlining</u> works in notes, but not in the forum.
Highlighting works in notes, but not in the forum.
Disabled Checkbox
Enabled Checkbox
&mdash
&check
°

Tables (Heading 2)

Column One	Column Two	Column Three	Column Four
Left Aligned	Centred	Markdown Help	Right Aligned
Bold	~~strikeout~~	*Bold Italic*	12345.67

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Code markup prevents **other markup tags** from being parsed

Quoted text is indented and highlighted with a grey sidebar. Use a > to indent a quote. Other markdown is parsed.

123abc123abc 123abc

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

alvk

@Pesala said in Notes enhancements:

Thank you for the reply. How did you get the checkboxes?

If all of these are supported, it would be nice to just get a slash command for easy input. I am familiar with markdown, but was never passionate enough to memorize it.

Pesala

@alvk Quote my post to see the syntax.

yojimbo274064400

@alvk said in Notes enhancements:

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Slash commands akin to how they appear in note-taking apps like Logseq, Affine, Scrintal, etc, with a few additional options like inserting to-do check boxes, line dividers, etc. on top of the existing formatting options.
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Consider making a feature request here Desktop Feature Requests | Vivaldi Forum

FWIW:

How portable would a note containing slash commands be?
Would slash commands impede readability of raw note, For example, Markdown is readable when not typeset:

|           | **Column 1** | **Column 2** | **Column 3** | **Column 4** |
|-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| **Row 1** |              |              |              |              |
| **Row 2** |              |              |              |              |
| **Row 3** |              |              |              |              |
| **Row 4** |              |              |              |              |

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3. Bi-directional linking of notes.
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Consider voting for existing feature request: Notes: allow to link one note from another note | Vivaldi Forum

FYI, manual link to note, see Back & Forward links in Notes | Vivaldi Forum