Paper

Paper is a note taking tool for VSCode. The motivation behind Paper is to create a tool that will let developers keep frequently accessed files and locations within files (functions, classes and etc) bookmarked for easy access.

Install the extension

You can install the extension from VSCode marketplace.

Shortcuts

• # <space> - Creates a H1 heading
• ## <space> - Creates a H2 heading
• ### <space> - Creates a H3 heading
• - <space> - Creates a list

Features

Bookmark active file

Click the file icon in the floating menu to create a bookmark for the active file.

This is helpful if you want to bookmark a file that you frequently visit while implementing a feature.

Bookmark selection

Select text in a file and click the the pointer icon in the floating menu to create a bookmark to the selection.

Using this feature you can bookmark any number of locations in your codebase you visit often.

File tree

A file tree widget shows you the files under a particular path as a tree view.

This helps to keep a particular directory in-sight if don't want to scroll through in VSCode's tree view.