Slotted Notes

Antinote has two note spaces: ephemeral notes, which are the classic scratchpad stack, and slotted notes, which stay put. Covers the slot bar and split screen.

Updated for v2.0

Slotted Notes

Design Intent: Keep a small, fixed set of notes that never expire — without turning Antinote into a permanent note archive.

Antinote has two note spaces:

  • Ephemeral notes — the classic Antinote stack you swipe through. They expire, get promoted, and pile up freely.
  • Slotted notes — nine permanent slots. Slotted notes never auto-delete, never expire, and can't be deleted or promoted. They're for the handful of notes you always come back to.
  • Press ⌘ + T to swap between your ephemeral stack and your slotted notes (File > Swap Ephemeral vs. Slotted).
  • Each slot starts with a note titled after a Greek god — feel free to overwrite them.
  • Slotted notes are excluded from Promote, batch edits, and auto-delete. Restoring a note from The Void always brings it back as a regular ephemeral note.

The slot bar

  • While viewing slotted notes, a floating bar at the bottom shows nine planets (Mercury through Pluto — hover for the name). Click a planet to jump to that slot.
  • The bar fades out after a couple of seconds. Hover near it to bring it back, or turn on "Always show the slotted notes bar" to keep it up.

Split screen

  • Press ⌘ + ⇧ + T to show an ephemeral note and a slotted note side by side (File > Toggle Split Screen).
  • Turn on "Split horizontally" to stack the two panes on top of each other instead.
  • ⌘ + T Swap between ephemeral and slotted notes
  • ⌘ + ⇧ + T Toggle split screen
Settings
  • Use slotted notes as your main notes On | Off
  • Split horizontally On | Off
  • Always show the slotted notes bar On | Off

    • All three live in Settings > Notes > Slotted notes.