XFCE Desktop notes

The XFCE desktop is one of the options for a Graphical User Interface that comes with the Debian GNU / Linux operating system.

One of the many tools is a small application that provides the user with the electronic equivalent of sticky notes.

This is a really useful 'always on' application. Great for taking quick notes, saving URLs, passwords (well just delete them afterwards) and other information you may want to just store. You can add new pages as needed.

Technical info

Debian 10 comes with version 1.8.1

If you are wondering where the actual data files are stored, then I had to do some research on this. Turns out from:-

unix.stackexchange.com

The location is

*.local/share/notes/Notes/

Within your home directory.

Install and set up

If not already installed then it can be installed using

apt install xfce4-notes

When you first launch this from the menu, you get the following

xfce4 notes application

Right clicking on the top bar gives access to various configuration / set up options.

xfce4 general properties

There are various options to change the colour.

xfce notes color

The application appears as a icon in the top panel.

xfce top panel

You can also add to the bottom panel by:

bottom panel

  1. Right clicking on the panel (try doing this on a spacer)
  2. Select Panel —> Add new items
  3. Select Launcher

A new icon will appear on the panel, which you can set up to launch xfce4-notes.

setting up xfce4 notes for the bottom panel

Short video of application in action.

Hosted on Peertube.

References

1 XFCE * XFCE Twitter 2 Debian 3 Adding items to Panel (video) 4 xfce4 notes video


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