Note colors (visual organization) #1165
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Feature request — Note colors (visual organization)
Hello Tim,
First of all, thank you for Poznote.
I've been using it every day for both professional and personal knowledge management, and it has progressively become my primary note-taking application.
There is one feature that I believe would significantly improve the user experience without changing the philosophy of Poznote:
Allow assigning a color to a note.
Why?
Poznote already offers excellent logical organization:
These are perfect for structuring information.
However, what is currently missing is visual organization.
When hundreds or thousands of notes are displayed, every note has exactly the same visual weight.
Our brain recognizes colors much faster than text.
Instead of reading titles one by one, users immediately identify categories visually.
This considerably reduces cognitive load.
Existing note applications
Almost every modern note-taking application provides note coloring in one form or another:
This feature has become almost a standard because it improves navigation without requiring additional metadata.
Important point
This feature should not replace tags or folders.
It serves a completely different purpose.
Current organization is semantic.
Colors provide instant visual recognition.
Examples:
Instead of reading dozens of note titles, the eye immediately identifies the relevant area.
Suggested implementation
I imagine something intentionally simple.
Each note could have an optional color property.
If no color is selected:
Otherwise:
No existing workflow would be affected.
Global color palette
Rather than choosing arbitrary colors every time, users could configure a palette once.
Example:
🟦 Blue
🟩 Green
🟨 Yellow
🟥 Red
🟪 Purple
⬜ Gray
Each installation could customize this palette according to its needs.
Individual override
Although a global palette would cover most situations, it could still be possible to assign a completely custom color to a particular note if desired.
Search & Filters
Once colors exist, they naturally become another filtering criterion.
For example:
Filter:
Exactly like tags today.
This would make color a first-class organizational element rather than only decoration.
UX ideas
Possible ways to assign a color:
The interaction should remain extremely lightweight.
Accessibility
To remain accessible:
Technical considerations
Implementation could remain minimal.
Example:
{ "color": "#8BC34A" }or
{ "colorId": "green" }Using a palette identifier would simplify future theme changes.
Why this matters
This feature does not add new functionality to note management.
Instead, it makes the existing functionality faster to use.
The larger the knowledge base becomes, the more valuable visual organization is.
Personally, I have several hundred notes spanning:
Being able to visually distinguish them would dramatically improve day-to-day navigation.
I believe many users would benefit from this, especially those managing large collections of notes.
Thank you again for building Poznote.
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