Images & Screenshots

Paste screenshots, drag in photos, and preview images, all inside your notes.

Pasting a Screenshot

Take a screenshot (or copy any image to your clipboard) and press Ctrl+V in a note. The image appears right where your cursor is.

Screenshots are saved automatically in your data folder, so they stick around even after you restart.

Dragging Images In

Drag an image file from your file manager into a note. It works just like pasting. The image shows up in your note.

Supported formats: PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, SVG, WebP, ICO, and TIFF.

Display Modes

You can choose how images appear in your notes:

Mode	What it does
Inline	The image shows directly in your note (default)
Link	A clickable shortcut to the image file

To change the mode, open Menu > Settings from the hub and look for the Images section.

Image Sizes

When using inline mode, you can control how large images appear:

Size	Width
Full	Takes up the full note width (default)
Medium	Half the note width
Small	Quarter of the note width

Set the default size in Menu > Settings. You can also right-click an inline image to change its size individually.

Enlarging an Image

Double-click any inline image to view it full size. The mouse pointer changes to a hand over images to show they're clickable. The image opens centered on your screen at its original resolution (scaled down only if it's bigger than your screen), so small text in screenshots: code, error messages, receipts, becomes readable without resizing the note.

Dismiss it with Esc, Space, Enter, a click anywhere, or by switching to another window.

You can also right-click an inline image and choose Open Image.

Image Previews

Hover over an image link or a PDF shortcut to see a thumbnail preview without opening the file. The preview pops up near your cursor and disappears when you move away.

This works for all image formats and PDFs.

Photos from Your Phone

Photos taken on a phone are automatically rotated to the correct orientation when you paste or drag them in. No need to fix them manually.

What Happens When You Delete a Note

When you permanently delete a note from the trash, any screenshots that were pasted into it are also cleaned up from your computer. Images you dragged in from elsewhere are not affected, only the copies BetterStickies made.