Express Notepad – Notes, Tasks & Bookmarks

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Express Notepad – Notes, Tasks & Bookmarks

A fast, rich notepad that lives right in your Chrome toolbar. Capture ideas, manage to-do lists, save links, and write code snippets — all without leaving your browser. No account required. No sync to external servers. Everything saves automatically to your browser.

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KEY FEATURES
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MULTIPLE NOTES
Create and manage as many notes as you need. Switch between them instantly from the sidebar. Search across all notes by title or content.

RICH TEXT EDITING
Format your notes with bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, headings (H1, H2, H3), blockquotes, and horizontal dividers. Apply custom text colors. Remove all formatting in one click with the Tx button.

CHECKLISTS & TO-DO LISTS
Add interactive checkboxes to your notes. Check items off as you complete them — checked items show a strikethrough so you always know what's done. Indent items into sub-tasks using Tab, and outdent with Shift+Tab. Supports up to 3 levels of nesting.

BULLET & NUMBERED LISTS
Create bullet lists and numbered lists with toolbar buttons or Markdown shortcuts. Double-press Enter on an empty list item to exit the list cleanly.

CODE BLOCKS WITH SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING
Insert code blocks with a single click. Choose from 15 supported languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, HTML, CSS, JSON, SQL, Bash, Java, C/C++, PHP, Ruby, Go, Rust, and Plain text. Code is syntax-highlighted automatically. JSON blocks include a Format button for instant pretty-printing. Copy code to clipboard in one click.

BOOKMARK & LINK MANAGER
Paste or type any URL and press Space — it auto-links instantly. Click any link to open a tooltip with options to open or remove the link. Use Ctrl+Click to open links directly. Great for saving bookmarks, references, and resources inside your notes.

FIND IN NOTE
Press Ctrl+F to search inside the current note. Navigate matches with arrow buttons or Enter / Shift+Enter. All matches are highlighted, with the current match shown in amber.

AUTO-SAVE
Every keystroke is saved automatically. No Save button. No lost work. Use Ctrl+S to force-save at any time.

COLLAPSIBLE SIDEBAR
Toggle the sidebar to get more writing space. Your sidebar state is remembered between sessions.

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MARKDOWN SHORTCUTS
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Type these at the start of a line and press Space:

[] → Checklist item
*  or  - → Bullet list
1. → Numbered list
#  → Heading 1
## → Heading 2
### → Heading 3
>  → Blockquote

Type --- and press Enter for a horizontal rule.

Paste or type a URL and press Space to auto-link it instantly.

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
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Alt+Shift+N — Open Express Notepad from anywhere
Ctrl+N — Create a new note
Ctrl+F — Find in current note
Ctrl+S — Force save
Ctrl+B — Bold
Ctrl+I — Italic
Ctrl+U — Underline
Tab — Indent checklist item (add sub-task)
Shift+Tab — Outdent checklist item
Escape — Exit a code block
Enter (on empty list item twice) — Exit list

To change the Alt+Shift+N shortcut, visit chrome://extensions/shortcuts in your browser.

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PRIVACY
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Express Notepad stores all data locally in your browser using Chrome's built-in storage API. No data is sent to any external server. No account or sign-in required. No ads. No tracking.

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SUPPORTED LANGUAGES FOR CODE BLOCKS
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JavaScript · TypeScript · Python · HTML · CSS · JSON · SQL · Bash · Java · C/C++ · PHP · Ruby · Go · Rust · Plain Text

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Built with care by Deepak Rajpal — https://deepakrajpal.com