Sticky Notes

See note above.

It seems that the notes in the Sticky Notes app will remain open when hidden behind other windows, or am I misunderstanding you?

block/unblock each note individually.

Nevermind, it was right there, I somehow didn't see it.

The EXTENSION_UUID is the content of the uuid field in the metadata.json file. For Sticky Notes, this is: sticky@scollins

that could be a temporary workaround (i'll try it). But it would be great to have it as a feature on the applet

Could you please open an issue on Github? Troubleshooting an issue is very difficult here in the comments section. You can get there by clicking the website button above.

Good idea! I'll look into it.

Dima, the easiest (and best) way is through applet settings. You can find it in the main menu under preferences or right click a blank space on the panel and select "Add applets to the panel". When the window opens, select the download tab, find the applet, and select download. Then go back to the first tab, select the applet and then click the add button. The applet should then appear on your panel.

Hi, you said that you are using the Mate edition of Mint rather than Cinnamon, so I just want to clarify that this applet only works in Cinnamon before I go any further. So the first thing we want to find out is if the notes are being saved to begin with. To do this create a new note, add some text, and then look at the contents of the file `~/.cinnamon/configs/sticky@scollins/sticky@scollins.json` to see if the text appears there (it will probably be near the bottom). Next, check `~/.xsession-errors` and `~/.cinnamon/glass.log` to see if there are any related errors and then pastebin them here or in a new issue on Github (Github is preferable if you can). Additional information that might be helpful is if you are using more than one monitor, any unusual hardware or software configurations, etc.

Ok, I just added a yellow note. I can't guarantee it actually looks any good ;) I'm not great at making things look good. If you don't like how it looks (or any of the other colors either) feel free to make some adjustments to the file https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-applets/blob/master/sticky@scollins/files/sticky@scollins/stylesheet.css and submit as a pull request. (the yellow stuff is at the end of the file)

The sticky notes don't currently have a yellow note, but it wouldn't be too hard to add one. The hardest part is getting all the shades right so they look good together and everything is still readable. I'll play around with it and see what I can come up with.

That was my original plan. When I finally started writing it, I decided to make it an applet instead for a couple of really good reasons. First, by the time I actually sat down to write this, there was already a desklet that provided similar functionality. It had a lot of features, but it was much heavier to use. You had to add another entire instance of the desklet in order to get a new note. I wanted something more light-weight and easy to use, where you could quickly add and remove notes. This meant that the current desklet api didn't really suit my purposes well. The second (and biggest) reason is that I wanted some separate, independent controls that would allow the user to quickly add notes and give easy access to exiting ones. It made the most sense to put those on the panel. With the way Cinnamon is structured, I had to make it an applet if I wanted to put those controls on the panel.

Care to go into more detail or maybe file a bug report?

Shouldn't be too hard. Which tasks to you want hotkeys for?