Languages

BetterStickies is available in all the languages listed below. You can switch languages at any time without losing your notes.

Supported Languages

LanguageNative Name
EnglishEnglish
Arabicالعربية
Chinese (Simplified)简体中文
FrenchFrançais
GermanDeutsch
Hindiहिन्दी
IndonesianBahasa Indonesia
Japanese日本語
Korean한국어
PortuguesePortuguês
RussianРусский
SpanishEspañol

Changing the Language

  1. Open Menu > Settings from the hub
  2. Find the Language dropdown
  3. Pick your language
  4. Restart BetterStickies for the change to take full effect

All menus, buttons, dialogs, and tooltips switch to the selected language. Your note content stays exactly as you wrote it.

Right-to-Left Languages

Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu are right-to-left (RTL) languages. When you select one of these, the interface flips to match.

You can also toggle right-to-left on individual lines inside a note with Ctrl+Shift+R, handy if you write in multiple languages. BetterStickies auto-detects RTL text too: if the first thing you type in a new note is in Arabic or Hebrew, RTL mode turns on automatically.

Automatic Detection

If you don't set a language manually, BetterStickies tries to match your system language. If your system language is one of the supported languages, it picks that automatically on first launch.

CJK and Input Methods

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean input methods are supported. BetterStickies works with your system's input method, just type as you normally would.

  • ibus (the default on Ubuntu, Fedora, and most GNOME systems) works out of the box in every package format.
  • fcitx5 (common on KDE) may not work out of the box in packaged builds: the AppImage can only use it when your system's Qt version matches the bundled one, and it is not supported in the Snap at all.
  • If CJK typing doesn't work in a note, try launching BetterStickies with the environment variable QT_IM_MODULE=ibus: fcitx5 understands the ibus protocol, so this can restore typing even on fcitx5 systems.

See Also

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