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How do I make a sticky-notes board?

Open AnyTool Sticky Notes Board and you get a corkboard with a couple of example notes. Double-click any empty spot — or press the New note button — to drop a sticky there, then click into it and type. Drag a note by its top bar to reposition it, pull the bottom-right corner to resize it, and click a note to open its toolbar where you can recolour it (yellow, pink, green, blue, orange or purple) or pin it to lock it in place. Notes stack as you work, and focusing one brings it to the front. The whole board is saved automatically in this browser’s localStorage, so it is there when you come back, and you can export it as a JSON file (re-import any time) or a PNG snapshot of the corkboard. Everything runs 100% in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

  • Double-click the board (or hit New note) to add a sticky; click into it to type
  • Drag the top bar to move a note, drag the corner to resize; focusing a note brings it to the front
  • Six classic sticky colours; set a default for new notes or recolour any note; pin to lock in place
  • Board saved automatically in your browser; export JSON (re-import) or a PNG snapshot, import JSON to restore
  • Honest limits — a single-device board with no cloud sync or live collaboration; keep an exported backup

What is

Sticky notes board

A sticky-notes board (or digital corkboard) is a free-form canvas where you pin small coloured notes — the digital version of paper Post-it notes on a wall — to jot, arrange and rearrange short pieces of text. Each note holds editable text and a colour, can be dragged to any position, resized, stacked and removed, which makes the layout itself meaningful: you cluster related notes, line up a list, or spread ideas out while brainstorming. AnyTool’s Sticky Notes Board is a 100% client-side version: a board model of notes (text, colour, x/y, width/height, stacking order and a pin flag) rendered as absolutely-positioned cards, dragged and resized with pointer events, and saved to your browser’s localStorage with JSON and PNG export.

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Related terms

Post-it noteCorkboardPinboardBulletin boardBrainstormingMemoWhiteboard

Frequently Asked Questions

They are saved only in your browser’s localStorage and never uploaded — there is no account, server or tracking, so the board stays completely private to this browser.

AnyTool Sticky Notes Board is 100% client-side. The whole board — every note’s text, colour, position, size, stacking order and pin state — is stored in your browser’s localStorage and is never sent to any server. There is no sign-up, no login and no analytics, and the board keeps working offline once the page is cached. Because the data lives only in your browser, clearing your browsing data or switching to a different browser or device removes it, so use Export to download a JSON backup (or a PNG snapshot) you can keep and re-import any time.

Double-click the board (or press New note) to add a sticky, drag its top bar to move it, and drag the bottom-right corner to resize it.

To add a note, double-click any empty spot on the board and a sticky appears right there, or use the New note button to drop one into the middle of the view. Click into a note to type — the text saves as you go. To reposition a note, press and drag its top bar; dragging uses pointer events, so it works with a mouse, a finger on a touchscreen or a pen. To resize, drag the small handle at the bottom-right corner. Clicking or focusing a note brings it to the front of the stack, and pinning a note locks it so it can’t be moved, resized or edited until you unpin it.

Yes — click a note to open its toolbar, pick one of six sticky colours, and toggle Pin to lock it so it can’t be dragged, resized or edited.

Each note can be one of six classic sticky colours — yellow, pink, green, blue, orange or purple. Set a default colour in the toolbar so every New note starts that colour, or select an existing note and choose a new colour from its selection toolbar (or the small controls on the note itself). Pinning a note locks it: a pinned note can’t be dragged, resized or edited, which is handy for a heading or a note you want to keep exactly where it is. Unpin it to make it editable and movable again. The pinned count is shown above the board.

Use Export to download a JSON file (a full backup you can re-import) or a PNG snapshot of the board; Import reads a JSON file back on any browser or device.

Because the board is a personal, single-device tool with no cloud sync, exporting is how you back it up or move it. JSON export downloads the entire board — every note with its text, colour, position, size, stacking order and pin state — as a formatted file, and Import reads it back, validating and migrating the data so an older or hand-edited file still loads safely. PNG export renders the whole corkboard to an image (via html2canvas) for sharing or archiving, though a PNG is a flat picture rather than a re-importable backup. Keep an exported JSON backup so a cleared cache or a switched browser never loses your notes, and use the same JSON to carry the board to another device.

Detailed Explanation

Methodology

The Board Model and Pointer-Based Dragging

AnyTool Sticky Notes Board keeps a single board object as its source of truth: a notes array, where each note carries an id, its text, a colour key, an x/y position, a width and height, a z stacking order and a pinned flag. Notes are rendered as absolutely-positioned cards on a large scrollable corkboard, layered by their z value. All movement uses Pointer Events rather than a drag library, so the same code handles mouse, touch and pen: pressing the note’s top bar captures the pointer and records the offset between the cursor and the note’s top-left corner, pointermove sets the note’s x/y to the cursor position minus that offset (clamped to the board), and pointerup releases the capture. A corner handle resizes the same way by tracking the start size and growing width/height by the cursor delta down to sensible minimums. Focusing or pressing a note raises its z above the others, a pinned note opts out of dragging, resizing and editing, and the board auto-grows to fit the furthest note so it never runs out of room.

  • Board = { notes: Note[] }; Note = { id, text, color, x, y, w, h, z, pinned } — positions are stored, not derived
  • Dragging uses Pointer Events (mouse / touch / pen): capture, record cursor-to-corner offset, update x/y on move
  • A corner handle resizes by growing w/h from the cursor delta, clamped to minimum dimensions
  • Focusing or pressing a note raises its z to the front; a pinned note can’t be dragged, resized or edited
  • The board auto-grows to fit the furthest note; double-clicking empty space adds a note at that point
How It Works

Adding, Editing, Colouring and Pinning Notes

A new sticky is created by double-clicking any empty spot on the board — it appears exactly where you clicked — or with a New note button that drops one into the middle of the current view. Each note’s body is an inline textarea that saves its text to the model (and therefore localStorage) as you type, in a handwriting-style font on a textured paper tint. Colour comes from a classic six-swatch sticky palette — yellow, pink, green, blue, orange and purple — applied as a paper fill with a matching ink colour and an edge accent on selection; a default colour in the toolbar sets the colour of new notes, while a selected note can be recoloured from its toolbar or the small controls on the card. Pinning toggles a note’s locked state: a pinned note is read-only and immovable (no drag handle, no resize handle, no editing) until it is unpinned, which is useful for a heading or a fixed reminder. Per-note controls (pin and delete) sit in the note’s header, and the toolbar reports how many notes exist and how many are pinned.

  • Double-click empty board space adds a note there; a button adds one to the centre of the view
  • Note text is an inline textarea that persists to localStorage on every keystroke
  • Six classic sticky colours (yellow, pink, green, blue, orange, purple); a default colour drives new notes
  • Pinning makes a note read-only and immovable until unpinned; pin/delete controls sit on each note
  • The toolbar shows the total note count and how many notes are pinned
Privacy & Security

Local Storage, JSON/PNG Export and Honest Limits

Everything runs locally in the browser with no account, server or tracking. The whole board is serialised to localStorage on every change, so it survives a refresh and works offline once the page is cached — nothing is ever uploaded. Two exports are offered: a full-fidelity JSON of the board (every note with its text, colour, position, size, stacking order and pin state), and a PNG of the corkboard via html2canvas (lazy-loaded only on click, rendered at the board’s natural size with the selection ring hidden). Import validates and migrates a JSON file — coercing non-finite or missing numbers to defaults, clamping sizes to minimums and falling back to a known colour — before replacing the board, so an older or hand-edited file still loads safely; Clear empties the board and Reset restores the starter example, both after a confirmation. Honestly, this is a personal, single-device board: there is no cloud sync, no shared link and no real-time collaboration, and a PNG is a flat snapshot rather than a re-importable backup. It is well suited to quick brainstorming, reminders and to-dos, but it is not a replacement for a full notes app with accounts, search and multi-device sync, and because clearing browsing data erases the board, keeping an exported JSON backup is recommended.

Sticky Notes Board: in-browser (AnyTool) vs typical online sticky-note boards
CapabilityAnyToolTypical online sticky-note boards
Where it runs100% in your browser, nothing uploadedHosted — notes stored on a server
AccountNone — open and useUsually sign-up / login required
Add notesDouble-click the board or a buttonYes
Drag & resizePointer events (mouse / touch / pen)Yes
ColoursSix classic sticky colours + defaultYes
Pin / lockYes — read-only, immovable until unpinnedSometimes
Export / backupJSON (re-importable) + PNG snapshotCloud sync; export sometimes paid
CollaborationNo (single-device, export to share)Often real-time (paid plans)
PrivacyBoard only in localStorageData held in the vendor cloud

AnyTool runs the whole corkboard locally and uploads nothing; it is a private, single-device board with JSON/PNG export rather than a synced, collaborative service.