What features did you like in 2023 and what do you want to see in 2024?

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Thank you for your feedback. Here's some relevant info and workarounds to try:

Feature requests

@Rando

On Android UI, the sync area is "stealing" precious space from the notebook side panel list, could the sync be moved to the top, or made it smaller?

Agreed. I propose duplicating or moving the sync button as an icon button into the top bar in this post.

@Rando

On Android, several threads I've read recommend the "Caffeine" app to keep the screen on, could a "keep screen on" option being added natively in the Joplin mobile app, as a temporary quirk "fix" for the lack of background sync?

I'm on board if the benefits outweigh the risks. If background sync is critical, this app fork seems to work:

Background sync in android

I have complete my first prototype and push code to GitHub - wao/joplin: Joplin - an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. Forum: https://discourse.joplinapp.org/ branch android_sync. I also upload prebuilt apk to: Release Release for android background sync at 0103 · wao/joplin · GitHub. You can try it at your own risk or you can build from source by yourself. It works great for me. I think it is enough for …

As they mention, try it at your own risk.

@Rando

On Windows, being able to hide the title and menu bar. I am referring to the actual program top bars, nothing to do with the note titles... this would offer some extra space and less distraction

Here's the latest progress on that: Desktop: Resolves #1752: New: Option to automatically hide the menu bar by tinyoverflow · Pull Request #9603 · laurent22/joplin · GitHub

Plus ones

@Rando

Favourite at the top of the notebook list

Agreed. For now, try this cross-platform workaround:

Plugin "favorites" for android app?

Another workaround is creating a dedicated notebook for favorite notes. You can "pin" it at the top by prepending the title with punctuation. For example: _title, .title, etc. Otherwise, keep an eye on the mobile plugin support thread. I tried the Favorites plugin with the plugin-enabled Android APK from that thread. I could access the panel but haven't found any way to add notes to it.

You can also use the Favorites plugin or Note Tabs plugin above the notebook list on desktop, if either suits your needs.

@Rando

Including a modifiable CSS style sheet (or adding more classes to elements and a class list guide page to refer to, but probably even better may be to have more custom colour choices in the Joplin's option panel

Mobile style sheets would be nice. As for desktop, modifiable CSS files already exist: Introduction to customising Joplin (userchrome.css & userstyle.css)

Other helpful resources for desktop theming include but aren't limited to:

• The Share your CSS thread
• This ongoing class list guide
• Most legacy CodeMirror styles, and
• Default beta editor styles

Custom colors (for example: exposing :root color variables) in options could be neat, if not overwhelming. However, colors seem to be applied unexpectedly, at least for the Dark theme. I declared new :root variables for my custom style sheets instead.

@Rando

Better search

Try the VS-Code Style Note Search plugin for desktop searches. Try the Note Overview plugin for saving auto-updating search result lists or tables to reference on both desktop and mobile.

Other plugins serve similar functions.

@Rando

Being able to purge unused attachments

Pair desktop Joplin with the Check for unused resources utility. Follow setup instructions in the Home tab or on the joplin-batch-web website.