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https://github.com/thomasdaheim/ownnoteeditor

JavaFX editor for the ownNote files locally stored in ownCloud folder
https://github.com/thomasdaheim/ownnoteeditor

java java10 java11 java15 javafx nextcloud tinymce

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# ownNoteEditor

JavaFX editor for the note files locally stored in ownCloud/nextCloud folder.



Originally, the aim was to mimic the behaviour of the former ownNote web client using JavaFX and working directly on the ownNote files in a local directory. This code does NOT update any of the SQL tables used by ownNote. But since ownNote doesn't exist anymore for some time now, its a note editor with support for tasks in its own right.



29.06.2025: Since I now use diffetent tools @work (Notion, ...) I have less need for my trusty notes editor. I still use it for my private notes but the usage frequency has reduced drastically. Therefore, I will probably not add any more features but keep things running by e.g. updating dependencies and making sure new java / javafx versions work too.



* Note on v6.0: After the "classic" look & feel from ownNotes has been removed it might actually be time to rename the whole project to something like "htmlNoteEditor". But we have enough changes for one major release...

* Note on v5.0: A lot has happened since the initial version of the editor. ownNotes / nextNotes project for NextCloud seems to have died and there is no need anymore to try to mimic their behaviour and notes / groups handling. Therefore, its time for some re-design :-)

* Note on Java 11: After various tweaks to build.gradle this now also runs under Java 11. See e.g. https://github.com/kelemen/netbeans-gradle-project/issues/403 an some of the discussion that where required to get there... Unfortunately, there is one issue with the TestFX framework when trying to drag & drop notes. Since I wasn't able to fix this I had to disable the "testDragNote()" test step.



V 6.3



* Upgraded dependencies



V 6.2



* Upgraded tinymce to 6.8.2 (needed to downgrade help plugin back to 5.10.7 since new version not running in WebView)

* Adding tinymce "accordion" feature

* Links to other notes

* Show edit notes task at beginning of tasks list

* Internal clean-up of FXML structure

* Various bugfixes

* Update dependencies



V 6.1



* Upgraded tinymce to 5.10.1

* "Archiving" of notes: moving to the same group name but under new special group "Archive"

* Paste as Text

* Various updates and fixes to deal with hierarchical group names (as required for Archiving)

* Various bugfixes



V 6.0: Getting rid of old stuff



* Removed "classic" look & feel

* Changed all group handling to use tags

* Show icons for groups in tag tree and tab views, highlight based on distance to due date

* Show note count for tag tree view

* Tasks can have tags

* Editor to change icon and color for tags

* Calendar for KANBAN board incl. drag & drop to set due dates

* Bugfixes, small features: store recent note per group, insert link to attachments in notes, ...



Important: Once in a while I can see log messages that indicate mess-ups when changing task status in text & tasklist. But so far the note text has never been mixed up...



V 5.2: Fixes



* Mark tasks for current note in **bold** in tasklist

* Bugfix changes in TaskBoard & TaskCard not updated in all places

* Bugfix scrollbars in note editor

* Bugfix showing new attachment multiple timestamp

* Bugfix no color for new group tags



V 5.1: KANBAN is here



* Compress task data in note if too long

* Show completed tasks as strikethrough

* Taskdata editor

* KANBAN board for tasks with basic functions (drag & drop, archive / restore)

* Verification of note content to find any messups from the code

* Show unsaved changes as italic note name

* Bugfixes & performance updates



V 5.0: Styling up for Christmas...



* A new look & feel using tags: TagTree! Instead of having groups as tabs above we now have the complete tag tree to the left to select notes based on any tags

* Groups are a special form of tags - since they also show up in the filename. (Maybe that'll change in the future - once I have gained some more experience with the new look)

* Add tags via drag & drop to tag tree

* Option "Archive" closed tasks by replacing the checkbox with a symbol - to speed up things once a lot of tasks have been used

* Option to compress images to reduce note file size

* As usual: various bugfixes and speed improvments

* NOTE: As part of the refactoring the name of the look & feel has changed - that doesn't act well with stored preferences. So first time things will default to "classic" ownNote look & feel



V 4.8: Tags!



* Rudimentary tags support: tags can be added to notes and are stored as html-comments in the note; initial support to add & maintain tags; per day on author & timestamp is remembered

* Switch to JMetro theme

* Remember last edited not and load on start

* Improve opening in previous position on multi-monitors

* Various bugfixes incl. for test classes



V 4.7: Tasks!



* Task support: checkboxes = tasks, are listed in separat view to the right, can be checked / unchecked / selected from there

* Bugfix paste image from clipboard



V 4.6: Fixes



* Search for unchecked items

* PASTE always uses context of system clipboard

* Cntrl+C now defaults to copy as plain text

* Cntrl+C works in code view window

* Support for English & German OS when replacing menu entries



V 4.5: Check names



* Ensure that note & group names are valid filenames under WINDOWS & UNIX

* Added option to copy selection as plain text

* Allowed changing of note and group names CaSe only



V 4.4: Updated TinyMCE



* Updated TinyMCE to 4.9.1

* Fixed links in help dialog



V 4.3: Find in files



* Added option to find in files instead of note names

* Added test case for filtering



V 4.2: Java11



* Changes for Java11



V 4.1: Filter notes



* Added a filter for note names

* Added About menu



V 4.0: Lets go TinyMCE



* Switched from prism.js to TinyMCE as notes editor (thanks to a lot of experience collected while working on GPXEditor...)

* Synched toolbar items with nextnote

* added drag & drop support for text files and images



Note on Java 10: Minor updates where made to make this run under Java 10. In OwnNoteHTMLEditor a non-exported API from com.sun.javafx.scene.control.ContextMenuContent is used to delete unwanted ContextMenu entries like "Reload page". To make this work under Java 10 as well the trick from https://stackoverflow.com/a/47265102 had to be used in the compile options.



V 3.1: Minor changes



* Using FontAwesome for button images



V 3.0: All You Ever Wanted



* Switched from JavaFX HTMLEditor to prism.js as notes editor; add/remove html code during load and save of notes

* Enable features from prism.js like syntax coloring, ...

* Insert links, code, images, checkboxes

* View source code



V 2.1: Added TestFX test harness



* Complete test harness for the "oneNote" look & feel using TestFX

* Now showing number of notes as part of the tab header

* Entries in the notes list colored as their corresponding tab. So when you select the "All" group you'll get a very colorful notes list...



V 2.0: Various improvements have been added:



* New option to change look & feel to something similar to OneNote, incl. drag & drop of notes, reordering group tabs, ...

* The ownCloud directory is monitored for changes and group & notes lists are updated in case of changes

* Bugfixes



See https://github.com/Fmstrat/ownnote for ownNote.



DISCLAIMER: This has been tested randomly with my ownNote files. Use at your own risk!



## run & try



You can try to run and use this application by



* cloning this repo to you harddisk

* go to the "ownNoteEditor" subdirectory

* type `./gradlew run`.



## Parameters



If you want to, you can reference your locally synced notes dir directly with a parameter like



```

--ownCloudDir="C:\owncloudpath\Notes"

```



To change to look and feel you can use



```

--lookAndFeel="groupTabs" / "tagTree"

```



Both things can also be changed using the UI.



## create a jar file or a distributable tree on Linux or Windows



```

./gradlew installDist

```



The tree will be in `build/install`.



## Dependencies



Of course, such a project depends on the results of many others! I've tried to add comments with links to stackoverflow, ... wherever I have re-used the ideas and code of others. In case I have forgotten someone: that was only by accident/incompetency but never intentionally. I'm grateful for anyone that provides his/her results for public use!



Explicit dependencies:



* tf.JavaHelper:JavaHelper:1.15 https://github.com/ThomasDaheim/JavaHelper, not available via maven <- any help appreciated on how to best include as sub/meta/... repository



* 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.9.0'

* 'commons-io:commons-io:2.19.0'

* 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.17.0'

* 'org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.13.1'

* 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.18.0'

* 'com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.4.21'

* 'org.unbescape:unbescape:1.1.6.RELEASE'

* 'org.jfxtras:jfxtras-controls:17-r1'

* 'org.controlsfx:11.2.2'

* 'org.jfxtras:jmetro:11.6.16'

* 'de.jensd:fontawesomefx:8.9'



* 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.10.2'

* 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.10.2'

* 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-platform-suite-engine:1.10.2'

* 'com.github.stefanbirkner:system-lambda:1.2.1'

* 'org.testfx:testfx-junit:4.0.+'

* 'org.testfx:testfx-core:4.0.+'