[Feature Request] Basic formatting (Bold/Italic/Underline and Ordered and Unordered Lists)

[sjain882]

I appreciate that you may not want to implement this, and this isn't a full on note taking app, but I found that it can really help fill the final piece of the puzzle with drawing attention to important points.

I came from OneNote's Sticky Notes (new) app and I think they have a good implementation of this. Even if you'd rather not add UI buttons, keyboard shortcuts that are just silently there for power users would still be great.

OneNote's Sticky Notes worked great for me but unfortunately auto launch on login is broken and window positions appear to be random, making it useless in my eyes.

This feature would be the final piece of the puzzle for me so I can dump it!

Note that I'm mainly opening an issue just to hear your thoughts. I will likely consider implementing this myself in a PR / fork in future.

Great work on the app!

[63BeetleSmurf]

Glad you like the app :)

I've had a couple requests for things like this but it would require switching to a rich text box. I've not wanted to do that due to Pinny Notes being a lightweight app, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really add much more "weight". However it is more complicated to work with, and all the customisations and tools would need updated first before any new features were added.

I'm no totally opposed to it but there are many other features I'd like to add first. Plus my worst nightmare is getting bogged down with "formatting from X app doesn't paste properly" issues. Which might not be an issue but given my limited experience with any modern rich text box, I just don't know.

Happy to hear more opinions on this.

[sjain882]

I see, good points. I am very keen on this feature, so may implement it in my own branch in a fork, and perhaps it can be reviewed further in the future once all your concerns have been addressed in the implementation.