Working note
Questions for the draft
✓ Name the main idea
Keep one useful example
Review the opening
Add a thought
Pop-out windows
Keep the useful thing above the work.
A note is more useful when you can actually see it. Pop a Popout node into its own window, place it beside another app, and pin it on top for as long as the work needs it.
macOS 12+ · Windows x64 Move and resize · edit text notes · keep on top
Give a saved node a focused window of its own.
Move and resize it around the work on your screen.
Pin or unpin the window whenever the context changes.
Text notes remain editable in their pop-out windows.
Context that stays put
A reference window, not another copy.
Pop-outs let one piece of Popout live beside the app where it is useful. Close the window when you are finished; the node remains saved in Popout.
Pop out the node you need
Use Pop out from a node’s actions on Home or inside a visual space. Notes, images, links, media, and other saved material can use the same focused desktop treatment when the node supports it.
Move and resize it around the real task
Put a checklist beside a browser, a visual reference beside a design tool, or a note beside the document you are drafting. The pop-out is a normal movable, resizable window, not a fixed sidebar.
Choose when it should stay above other apps
Pop-outs are kept on top by default. Turn off Keep window on top when you want ordinary window behavior. Pinning the desktop window is separate from adding a node to Home’s In focus shelf.
Edit it where you are
A text note remains editable in its pop-out. If the node belongs to a visual space, you can return to that canvas from the window when you need the surrounding context again.
The best always-on-top note is the one you can dismiss. Popout keeps pop-outs on top by default and lets you unpin them whenever you want.
Let the reference stay visible. Let the work keep moving.
Pop-outs and always-on-top window controls are part of the core Popout experience. Available for Mac and Windows.