Virtual Desktops

Your notes automatically appear on all your virtual desktops. No setup needed on Windows, KDE Plasma and macOS.

How It Works

Most desktop environments let you organize windows into separate virtual desktops (also called workspaces). BetterStickies notes follow you across all your desktops so they're always visible while you work.

On KDE Plasma and macOS the hub follows you to every desktop too; on other platforms it stays on one. Either way, you can always reach it from the system tray icon (on a Mac, the Dock icon) on any desktop.

Platform Support

Platform	Support	Notes
Windows	Yes	Notes appear on all desktops automatically (Windows 10+)
KDE Plasma	Yes	Notes appear on all desktops and Activities automatically (except the Snap version, and a Flathub version without access to KDE's window manager. See below)
Linux (other)	No	Notes stay on one desktop, but they ask your desktop to keep them out of the taskbar and Alt+Tab. See below
macOS	Yes	Notes appear on every Space automatically

Windows

Notes appear on all virtual desktops automatically. There's nothing to turn on or configure.

One side effect: notes won't appear in the taskbar or Alt+Tab switcher. You can still access all your notes through the hub or the system tray icon.

KDE Plasma

Notes appear on all virtual desktops and all Plasma Activities automatically, just like on Windows. Notes also won't appear in the taskbar or pager.

KDE has both virtual desktops and Plasma Activities (a separate way to organize your workspace). BetterStickies notes follow you across both. No configuration needed.

Using the Snap version? Automatic pinning isn't available there. The Snap runs in a security sandbox that blocks the access to KDE's window manager this feature needs, so your notes stay on one desktop. They are still kept out of the taskbar, but may appear in Alt+Tab. The Flathub version pins notes automatically when its sandbox gives it that access; if your notes stay on one desktop there, it doesn't, and the same applies as for the Snap (on a Wayland desktop the notes are then listed in the taskbar too: see Native Wayland). To keep a note on every desktop, click the note and press Alt+F3 to open KDE's window menu, then choose Move to Desktop → All Desktops. (Notes have no titlebar, but Alt+F3 works on any window. The AppImage and other versions work automatically.)

Linux (other desktops)

Virtual desktop pinning is not supported on non-KDE Linux desktops. The available methods proved too unreliable across different desktop environments.

Since version 1.2, notes on these desktops ask your desktop to keep them out of the taskbar and the window switcher, so a dozen open notes no longer crowd your Alt+Tab. Your desktop has the final say here: if notes still appear in your switcher, let us know which desktop you use. With native Wayland (always the case for the Flathub version on a Wayland desktop) notes can't ask this, so they are listed: see Native Wayland.

Tip: Most desktop environments let you pin any window to all workspaces from the titlebar right-click menu.

macOS

Notes and the hub appear on every Space automatically. There's nothing to turn on or configure.

Notes set to Always on Top also show over an app in full screen (tested on macOS 27). A note with Always on Top off stays on your desktops. A dialog opened from a note over a full-screen app may switch you to the desktop; swipe back when you're done.

Good to Know

Notes stay in the same position when switching desktops: they don't move.
On KDE Plasma and macOS, the hub also appears on every desktop. On Windows it stays on one desktop. Either way, the system tray icon (and the taskbar) reach it from anywhere, and on a Mac the Dock icon does.