Quick Start

Setup and use Notes in just one minute.

Get started in one minute

1. Open any project in your IDE

2. Click the ⭐ Notes Tool Window（if not visible, click menu View | Tool Windows | Notes)

3. Optional: Enable Project Code Notes by toggling the Project notes switch

4. Click the blue link Create database in home directory or Create database in project directory

5. Open any source code or images, select some text or right-click the editor gutter area

6. Press keys Alt+M, Alt+Enter or click RMB, click item Add to Code Notes ...

7. Click Create, then a note will be saved into the ⭐ Notes Tool Window

8. A ⭐icon will appear in the editor gutter, RMB - locate; Drag - move to new line

9. Click the Open Notes Settings toolbar button in the ⭐ Notes tool window to browse the notes.db database file and attachments storage directory(by default is _notes), you can back up or move these files to any 3rd-party file-based sync services such as iCloud, DropBox and OneDrive. If project notes is enabled, you can submit them to VCS.