About the Online Notepad
Sometimes you just need somewhere to put a phone number, a command you are about to run, or a paragraph you are rewriting before it goes back into an email. Opening a document editor for that is slow. This page gives you a blank area, a word count, and text that is still there when you come back, because every keystroke is written to the browser localStorage for this site.
Three separate notes are available from the Note selector, so a shopping list and a work draft do not have to share a page. Each one is stored under its own key and switching between them saves the current text first. The monospace font suits snippets and logs where column position matters, the sans serif setting reads better for prose, and the size control helps on a laptop screen at the end of a long day. Spell check can be turned off when the note is full of identifiers that your browser dictionary will underline.
Storage is per browser and per device: a note written in Chrome on your desktop is not visible in Safari on your phone, and clearing site data or using a private window will remove it. That is also the privacy guarantee, since nothing is transmitted and there is no account to create. Use the toolbar Copy button to take the text elsewhere, or Download to save it as a .txt file. For counting or reshaping the words afterwards, the word counter and case converter are one click away.
How to use
- Click into the note area and start typing; there is nothing to set up.
- Your text is saved to this browser after every keystroke, so you can close the tab.
- Switch between Note 1, Note 2 and Note 3 for separate scratch pads.
- Use Copy or Download in the toolbar to take the note with you.
Common questions
- Where is my note stored?
- In this browser only, using localStorage for this site. It never travels to a server and no account is involved.
- Will my note survive a browser restart?
- Yes, as long as you do not clear site data for this domain and are not browsing in a private window.
- Can I read the same note on my phone?
- No. Browser storage is per device and per browser, so use Download or Copy to move the text across.
- Is there a size limit?
- Browsers usually allow around five megabytes per site, which is far more than a text note needs. If the quota is reached, the status line says the note could not be saved.