JavaFX editor for the note files locally stored in ownCloud/nextCloud folder.
Originally, the aim was to mimic the behaviour of the former ownNote web client using JavaFX and working directly on the ownNote files in a local directory. This code does NOT update any of the SQL tables used by ownNote. But since ownNote doesn't exist anymore for some time now, its a note editor with support for tasks in its own right.
29.06.2025: Since I now use diffetent tools @work (Notion, ...) I have less need for my trusty notes editor. I still use it for my private notes but the usage frequency has reduced drastically. Therefore, I will probably not add any more features but keep things running by e.g. updating dependencies and making sure new java / javafx versions work too.
- Note on v6.0: After the "classic" look & feel from ownNotes has been removed it might actually be time to rename the whole project to something like "htmlNoteEditor". But we have enough changes for one major release...
- Note on v5.0: A lot has happened since the initial version of the editor. ownNotes / nextNotes project for NextCloud seems to have died and there is no need anymore to try to mimic their behaviour and notes / groups handling. Therefore, its time for some re-design :-)
- Note on Java 11: After various tweaks to build.gradle this now also runs under Java 11. See e.g. kelemen/netbeans-gradle-project#403 an some of the discussion that where required to get there... Unfortunately, there is one issue with the TestFX framework when trying to drag & drop notes. Since I wasn't able to fix this I had to disable the "testDragNote()" test step.
V 6.3
- Upgraded dependencies
V 6.2
- Upgraded tinymce to 6.8.2 (needed to downgrade help plugin back to 5.10.7 since new version not running in WebView)
- Adding tinymce "accordion" feature
- Links to other notes
- Show edit notes task at beginning of tasks list
- Internal clean-up of FXML structure
- Various bugfixes
- Update dependencies
V 6.1
- Upgraded tinymce to 5.10.1
- "Archiving" of notes: moving to the same group name but under new special group "Archive"
- Paste as Text
- Various updates and fixes to deal with hierarchical group names (as required for Archiving)
- Various bugfixes
V 6.0: Getting rid of old stuff
- Removed "classic" look & feel
- Changed all group handling to use tags
- Show icons for groups in tag tree and tab views, highlight based on distance to due date
- Show note count for tag tree view
- Tasks can have tags
- Editor to change icon and color for tags
- Calendar for KANBAN board incl. drag & drop to set due dates
- Bugfixes, small features: store recent note per group, insert link to attachments in notes, ...
Important: Once in a while I can see log messages that indicate mess-ups when changing task status in text & tasklist. But so far the note text has never been mixed up...
V 5.2: Fixes
- Mark tasks for current note in bold in tasklist
- Bugfix changes in TaskBoard & TaskCard not updated in all places
- Bugfix scrollbars in note editor
- Bugfix showing new attachment multiple timestamp
- Bugfix no color for new group tags
V 5.1: KANBAN is here
- Compress task data in note if too long
- Show completed tasks as strikethrough
- Taskdata editor
- KANBAN board for tasks with basic functions (drag & drop, archive / restore)
- Verification of note content to find any messups from the code
- Show unsaved changes as italic note name
- Bugfixes & performance updates
V 5.0: Styling up for Christmas...
- A new look & feel using tags: TagTree! Instead of having groups as tabs above we now have the complete tag tree to the left to select notes based on any tags
- Groups are a special form of tags - since they also show up in the filename. (Maybe that'll change in the future - once I have gained some more experience with the new look)
- Add tags via drag & drop to tag tree
- Option "Archive" closed tasks by replacing the checkbox with a symbol - to speed up things once a lot of tasks have been used
- Option to compress images to reduce note file size
- As usual: various bugfixes and speed improvments
- NOTE: As part of the refactoring the name of the look & feel has changed - that doesn't act well with stored preferences. So first time things will default to "classic" ownNote look & feel
V 4.8: Tags!
- Rudimentary tags support: tags can be added to notes and are stored as html-comments in the note; initial support to add & maintain tags; per day on author & timestamp is remembered
- Switch to JMetro theme
- Remember last edited not and load on start
- Improve opening in previous position on multi-monitors
- Various bugfixes incl. for test classes
V 4.7: Tasks!
- Task support: checkboxes = tasks, are listed in separat view to the right, can be checked / unchecked / selected from there
- Bugfix paste image from clipboard
V 4.6: Fixes
- Search for unchecked items
- PASTE always uses context of system clipboard
- Cntrl+C now defaults to copy as plain text
- Cntrl+C works in code view window
- Support for English & German OS when replacing menu entries
V 4.5: Check names
- Ensure that note & group names are valid filenames under WINDOWS & UNIX
- Added option to copy selection as plain text
- Allowed changing of note and group names CaSe only
V 4.4: Updated TinyMCE
- Updated TinyMCE to 4.9.1
- Fixed links in help dialog
V 4.3: Find in files
- Added option to find in files instead of note names
- Added test case for filtering
V 4.2: Java11
- Changes for Java11
V 4.1: Filter notes
- Added a filter for note names
- Added About menu
V 4.0: Lets go TinyMCE
- Switched from prism.js to TinyMCE as notes editor (thanks to a lot of experience collected while working on GPXEditor...)
- Synched toolbar items with nextnote
- added drag & drop support for text files and images
Note on Java 10: Minor updates where made to make this run under Java 10. In OwnNoteHTMLEditor a non-exported API from com.sun.javafx.scene.control.ContextMenuContent is used to delete unwanted ContextMenu entries like "Reload page". To make this work under Java 10 as well the trick from https://stackoverflow.com/a/47265102 had to be used in the compile options.
V 3.1: Minor changes
- Using FontAwesome for button images
V 3.0: All You Ever Wanted
- Switched from JavaFX HTMLEditor to prism.js as notes editor; add/remove html code during load and save of notes
- Enable features from prism.js like syntax coloring, ...
- Insert links, code, images, checkboxes
- View source code
V 2.1: Added TestFX test harness
- Complete test harness for the "oneNote" look & feel using TestFX
- Now showing number of notes as part of the tab header
- Entries in the notes list colored as their corresponding tab. So when you select the "All" group you'll get a very colorful notes list...
V 2.0: Various improvements have been added:
- New option to change look & feel to something similar to OneNote, incl. drag & drop of notes, reordering group tabs, ...
- The ownCloud directory is monitored for changes and group & notes lists are updated in case of changes
- Bugfixes
See https://github.com/Fmstrat/ownnote for ownNote.
DISCLAIMER: This has been tested randomly with my ownNote files. Use at your own risk!
You can try to run and use this application by
- cloning this repo to you harddisk
- go to the "ownNoteEditor" subdirectory
- type
./gradlew run.
If you want to, you can reference your locally synced notes dir directly with a parameter like
--ownCloudDir="C:\owncloudpath\Notes"
To change to look and feel you can use
--lookAndFeel="groupTabs" / "tagTree"
Both things can also be changed using the UI.
./gradlew installDist
The tree will be in build/install.
Of course, such a project depends on the results of many others! I've tried to add comments with links to stackoverflow, ... wherever I have re-used the ideas and code of others. In case I have forgotten someone: that was only by accident/incompetency but never intentionally. I'm grateful for anyone that provides his/her results for public use!
Explicit dependencies:
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tf.JavaHelper:JavaHelper:1.15 https://github.com/ThomasDaheim/JavaHelper, not available via maven <- any help appreciated on how to best include as sub/meta/... repository
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'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.9.0'
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'commons-io:commons-io:2.19.0'
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'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.17.0'
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'org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.13.1'
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'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.18.0'
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'com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.4.21'
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'org.unbescape:unbescape:1.1.6.RELEASE'
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'org.jfxtras:jfxtras-controls:17-r1'
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'org.controlsfx:11.2.2'
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'org.jfxtras:jmetro:11.6.16'
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'de.jensd:fontawesomefx:8.9'
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'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.10.2'
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'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.10.2'
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'org.junit.jupiter:junit-platform-suite-engine:1.10.2'
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'com.github.stefanbirkner:system-lambda:1.2.1'
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'org.testfx:testfx-junit:4.0.+'
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'org.testfx:testfx-core:4.0.+'