PrimeFlow Notes and Stickers Nodes
Annotate a PrimeFlow canvas with Sticky Notes, Text Stickers, and Emoji Stickers.
PrimeFlow has three lightweight nodes built for annotating a canvas rather than representing records: Sticky Notes, Text Stickers, and Emoji Stickers. Use them to capture free-form ideas, label sections, highlight a corner of a map, or mark a node with a quick visual cue.
For the heavier rich documentation block, see PrimeFlow Documentation Node.
What you can do
Drop a Sticky Note
to capture a free-form idea with rich content, and convert it to a task when the idea becomes actionable.
Drop a Text Sticker
to label a section, a grouping, or a part of a map, and format it word by word.
Size, turn, and lock a Text Sticker
so a heading reads as a heading and stays where you put it.
Drop an Emoji Sticker
for a visual cue - and stick it onto another node to mark, rate, or annotate that node.
Connect annotations
to other canvas nodes when the annotation needs to be linked to something specific.
Adjust size and appearance
so annotations fit the canvas theme.
Sticky Notes
How to add
- From the Node Library - drag Sticky Note onto the canvas.
- From the canvas right-click menu - choose Sticky Note.
What you can put on a sticky note
Sticky Notes support rich content:
- Text with basic formatting
- Bullet and numbered lists
- Inline task checklists
- Images
- YouTube embeds (paste a link and it becomes a video)
- Optional title
Double-click the note to edit inline. Click away to save.
Appearance
Sticky Notes come with color and size presets, and you can resize them. Appearance is canvas-only and does not affect anything outside the canvas.
Convert a sticky note to a task
Sticky Notes can be turned into a task in place. Converting creates a real task in PrimeTask and replaces the sticky with a Task node connected to the same spot on the canvas. See PrimeFlow Task Nodes.
Capture first, convert later
Use sticky notes during planning, then turn the ones worth tracking into real tasks.
Text Stickers
How to add
- From the Node Library - drag Text Sticker onto the canvas.
- From the canvas right-click menu - choose Text Sticker.
- From a connection - drag a connection off any node, release it on empty canvas, and choose Text. The new sticker arrives already connected.
What Text Stickers are for
Text Stickers are for signposting: a heading over a group of nodes, a label on a region of the canvas, a short call-out. Use them when you want text on the canvas itself rather than inside a card. For longer writing, use a Documentation Node.
Editing and formatting
Click a Text Sticker to select it and a formatting toolbar appears. Double-click to start typing.
Formatting applies to the words you select. Select a few words and only those change. With nothing selected, it applies to the whole sticker. That means one sticker can hold a large heading and a smaller line underneath it.
You can set:
- Font from a short list
- Size, stepped up and down or typed in directly, with no upper limit
- Bold, italic, and underline
- Alignment left, centre, or right
- Text colour
- Highlight behind chosen words
- Fill for the whole sticker
- A link on chosen words, which opens in your browser
Highlight and Fill do different jobs
Highlight sits behind the words you selected, like a highlighter pen. Fill colours the whole sticker. Both sit next to each other in the toolbar.
Text you have not given a colour to stays readable whichever fill you choose, and in both light and dark appearance. A colour you pick yourself is always kept.
Sizing and turning
Drag a corner to make the sticker and its text bigger or smaller together, so a heading stays a heading. Drag a side to change the width and let the text wrap into a narrower column.
A sticker grows as you add lines and shrinks again as you remove them. If you drag it taller yourself, it keeps that room and still grows past it when it needs to.
Drag the handle below a sticker to turn it. Hold Shift to turn in steps, and double-click that handle to put it back to straight. Turn a sticker part way and it settles onto square when it gets close, so you never end up a degree off. Connections follow a turned sticker.
The handles stay the same size on screen however far you zoom out, so a sticker can be adjusted while you are looking at the whole canvas.
Locking a Text Sticker
Use Lock in the toolbar when a sticker is finished and you would rather not change it by accident. A locked sticker cannot be edited, resized, or turned, and its toolbar stays out of the way.
You can still move it, connect it, copy it, and delete it. Use the padlock on the sticker to unlock it again.
Emoji Stickers
How to add
- From the Node Library - drag Emoji Sticker onto the canvas.
- From the canvas right-click menu - choose Emoji Sticker.
Change the emoji
Double-click the sticker to open the emoji picker. Search for an emoji or browse categories, and pick one. The sticker updates immediately.
Stick an emoji onto another node
Emoji Stickers can auto-attach to other nodes:
- Drag an emoji over a node and release it - the emoji sticks to that node.
- Move the host node - the attached emoji moves with it and stays in the same relative position.
- Drag the emoji away - it detaches and becomes an independent sticker again.
Use this to tag a task with a reaction, flag a project, mark a milestone, rate a contact, or add a visual cue to anything on the canvas.
Resize
Emoji Stickers resize together with the node - the emoji scales with the sticker.
Use emojis as canvas cues
Stick a 🔥 on the priority task, a ⭐ on a standout project, a ⚠️ on a risk. It stays attached as you rearrange the canvas.
Connections
Sticky Notes, Text Stickers, and Emoji Stickers can connect to other nodes on the canvas when you want an annotation linked to something specific - a sticky note that explains a task, a text sticker that heads a group, an emoji that is attached to a whole region by a line.
For connection behavior, see PrimeFlow Connections and Edges.
Color theme support
All three annotation nodes follow the canvas color theme and any per-node appearance override. Appearance is canvas-only and does not change anything outside PrimeFlow.
Things worth knowing
Annotations are canvas-only
Sticky Notes, Text Stickers, and Emoji Stickers aren't linked to tasks, projects, contacts, or any other record. They live on the canvas you placed them on.
Sticky Notes become real tasks when converted
Converting a sticky note creates a real task in PrimeTask. The sticky's content carries over.
Attached emojis follow the host
An emoji stuck to a node moves with the node. Drag it off to detach.
Free positioning
All three annotation nodes can be placed anywhere on a canvas. They don't follow the auto-layout unless selected along with other nodes.
Common questions
"What's the difference between a Sticky Note and a Text Sticker?"
A Sticky Note is a rich content block - lists, checklists, images, YouTube embeds, optional title. A Text Sticker is a lightweight label for headings, signposts, and short notes.
"Can I turn a Sticky Note into a task?"
Yes. Convert it in place. A Task node takes the sticky's spot on the canvas. See PrimeFlow Task Nodes.
"How do I change the emoji on a sticker?"
Double-click the emoji sticker to open the emoji picker.
"Can I resize annotations?"
Yes. All three types support resizing. The emoji scales with the sticker.
"If I move a node with an emoji stuck to it, does the emoji come along?"
Yes. The emoji stays in the same relative position as the host node. Drag the emoji off to detach.
Where to go next
| If you want to… | Read this |
|---|---|
| Write longer canvas documentation | PrimeFlow Documentation Node |
| Turn a sticky into a task | PrimeFlow Task Nodes |
| Group nodes on a canvas | PrimeFlow Groups |
| Use the mind map family | PrimeFlow Mind Map Nodes |