Using the Notes Extension In Brackets
February 16th, 2021
- Link to Using the Notes Extension In Brackets podcast on anchorfm
I just started playing around with the Notes
extension in Brackets
. At first I didn’t quite get how to keep a note, but it is simple really, and a great way of keeping notes and demonstrating things while conducting some sort of screen sharing session, be it a class, lecture, or even code-related meeting.
First you click on the Notes
extension while in an active Brackets
window, and a Notes
dialogue appears.
Then click on “New Note”
, and then a preview window appears.
You can start typing your note
in markdown
. Notes
supports Markdown
.
What is interesting is that the note
is saved and will re-appear when you go back into the project folder
at a later date, but there is no actual file anywhere. It’s a note
that seems to hang out
in the Brackets
stratosphere.
According to the Brackets Notes
extension on Github
,
Extension for Brackets that allows the user to easily add and manage notes, with Markdown support.*
I’m not quite sure exactly where it is saving itself, but it is still there in the Brackets
project window when I re-open the project
in Brackets
. It does not appear anywhere when I open the project
in VS Code
or any other code editor
. So it is storing itself somewhere somehow. According to the extension repository
, it is being saved to Web Storage
, but when I am using Brackets
, I am not on the Internet
. Go figure.
Update 2.16.21: The best part of this little Notes
extension is that you can export its contents to a Markdown
file with an .md
(for Markdown
) extension! Just click on the Settings
gear icon in the Notes
dialogue, and a tooltip dropdown appears. Select Extract to file
and click on it. A new file called Unititled-1.md
will appear in the Brackets
left sidebar. When you make that file
your active Brackets
window, you will see the text
you created in your note
! And THAT WILL APPEAR in your project folder
and in all other code editors
!
If anyone does know how this extension works behind the scenes
, I would love to know!
I can’t use Brackets
as a standalone since it doesn’t have Terminal
integration, and I rely heavily on that. Especially when I need to be working on multiple projects
or slide decks
at the same time. I use it along with VS Code
! Sometimes I even start with VS Code
for project set up
related steps, keep that instance
of VS Code
open, and then switch over to Brackets
for the content creation
itself. I do really like its UI/UX
. It just does not provide me with everything that I need. However, this little extension is quite the bonus
!
I will be embedding this episode of Plugging in The Holes along with a transcript in the form of a post on interglobalmedianetwork.com for your hearing and reading pleasure. Bye for now!
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