/Sketch-Notebook

Sketch Plugin to make documenting design easier

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New version available: Download Notebook 2 from https://owl.tools

Sketch Notebook

Easily manage sidebar comments for documenting design.

Download & Installation

  1. Download the plugin from http://marcosvid.al/sketch-notebook
  2. Unzip the downloaded file and double click "Notebook.sketchplugin". It will be automatically installed into Sketch.

Using the plugin

Now you can use the plugin from the "Plugins" menu:

Plugins menu

Remember: The first time this plugin runs, it will automatically add a page to store assets. Please do not touch anything inside that page.

Add Comment ctrl + alt + + 9

  1. Select any layer of your document
  2. Run the "Add Comment" command
  3. Type the comment title and detail.

That's it.

Adding a comment

Update Comments ctrl + alt + + 8

Run this command anytime to update the sidebar. Here is a list of things that you can do:

Reorder comments

  1. Select the layer group that containts the comment you want to move
  2. Place it wherever you want (the plugin will automatically read the "y" value of that group to order the comments)
  3. Run "Update Comments" command (ctrl + alt + + 8)

They will automatically reorder and renumber.

Reorder comment

Edit comment content

  1. Just edit them as normal layers
  2. Run "Update Comments" command (ctrl + alt + + 8)

Edit comment

Titles: If you edit the comment title and it reaches two lines or longer, you'll need to run the command "Realign Comments" twice to set everything in place (see example). This will be fixed in future releases.

Delete comment

  1. Select the layout group that contains the comment you want to remove
  2. Delete it
  3. Run "Update Comments" command (ctrl + alt + + 8)

Again, all comments will be automatically reordered and renumbered.

Delete comment

Relocate Indicators

  1. Move or transform commented layers
  2. Run "Update Comments" command (ctrl + alt + + 8) to relocate its indicators.

Relocate Comment Indicators

Relocate Indicators Manually

Check Notebook Pro from http://marcosvid.al/sketch-notebook

Toggle Sidebar Visibility ctrl + alt + + 0

This command is pretty self-explanatory... toggle the visibility of the sidebar by running it.

Toggle Sidebar Visibility

Batch Sidebar Visibility

Check Notebook Pro at http://marcosvid.al/sketch-notebook

Update Metadata

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Customizable Sidebar

Check Notebook Pro at http://marcosvid.al/sketch-notebook

Version history

Version Release date Description
0.1 10/30/2014 Spike release
0.2 24/11/2014 Beta

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Marcos Vidal

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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