Notes

Notes is a Markdown focused notes extension for Visual Studio Code that takes inspiration from Notational Velocity and nvAlt.

Features

Notes are stored in a single location (directory) located anywhere on your system you'd like. This allows you to store notes locally or inside a cloud service like Dropbox, iCloud Drive, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc. Notes are written in Markdown and are stored as .md by default, but you can change this to whatever you want. It's recommended to name your notes with a file extension, like .md, or VS Code won't know how to render your note correctly.

The extension can be accessed using the Notes icon that is placed in the Activity Bar, or in the Command Pallet (CMD+Shift+P or CTRL+Shift+P) by typing Notes.

• quickly create new notes by using the Alt+N shortcut, or by click on the + icon at the top when you are in Notes.
• quickly access your list of notes by using the Alt+L shortcut to bring up a searchable list at the top of VSCode.
• hovering over a note inside Notes displays two icons, one allows you to rename a note and the other allows you to delete a note. Deleting a note is permanent, so be careful.

Getting Started

Notes will prompt you for a storage location the first time you access the extension from the Activity Bar or through the Command Pallet. If you would like to change the storage location, later on, you can access the Notes extension settings by clicking on the gear icon in Notes or from the Command Pallet. After you've selected a storage location, you can access your notes from the Notes icon in the Activity Bar, or through the Command Pallet.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• Notes.notesLocation: location where notes are stored
• Notes.notesDefaultNotesExtension: extension used for new notes
• Notes.notesExtensions: list of extensions recognized as notes or '*' for all extensions

Future Plans

• custom Notes editor with shortcuts for common Markdown functions (bold, italic, link, code block, etc.)
• option to have an automatic Markdown preview pop up when you start editing a note
• search notes in the Notes view using note name and contents
• allow for front matter in Notes like tags and categories (with possible tree structure based on tags and categories)
• allow for multiple Notes' storage locations and make them switchable

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.