A few Ideas, Ive had for years #88

codeburgerioMystery commented 2026年06月09日 12:32:21 +02:00

Hello, Awesome Project. Love the Performance and the Philosophy.

Ive been using such apps (Obsidian, Upnote, Logseq....) for quite a while now, havent been totally happy with them. Some use too much resources and so.

Anyway here are a few Ideas, ive Collected through out the years that IMO would be pretty cool to have in helix.

• Inline tagging, with suggestions

  • Progessive Filtering tagging (always wanted that) I can elaborate if wanted

• a Quick Note global hotkey (like Upnote) - this was never inspired by upnote but of the need to quickly jot something down, upnote has (afaik) the only implementation that is with zero friction

  • preferably with a input modal like cmdpal from windows powertoys (others are flowlauncher or such)

• backlinks (enhanced)

• tag cloud

• a canvas

  • that shows the backlinks
  • ...

• vim

I will elaborate on all these points and add more. Didnt want to put high effort, since I dont know how feature requests are handled yet. These thoughts are not just coming up, some of these Ideas I had for years and some are IMO pretty unique.

Thanks for reading, thanks for your effort.

Hello, Awesome Project. Love the Performance and the Philosophy. Ive been using such apps (Obsidian, Upnote, Logseq....) for quite a while now, havent been totally happy with them. Some use too much resources and so. Anyway here are a few Ideas, ive Collected through out the years that IMO would be pretty cool to have in helix. - Inline tagging, with suggestions - Progessive Filtering tagging (always wanted that) I can elaborate if wanted - a Quick Note global hotkey (like Upnote) - this was never inspired by upnote but of the need to quickly jot something down, upnote has (afaik) the only implementation that is with zero friction - preferably with a input modal like cmdpal from windows powertoys (others are flowlauncher or such) - backlinks (enhanced) - tag cloud - a canvas - that shows the backlinks - ... - vim I will elaborate on all these points and add more. Didnt want to put high effort, since I dont know how feature requests are handled yet. These thoughts are not just coming up, some of these Ideas I had for years and some are IMO pretty unique. Thanks for reading, thanks for your effort.

ArkHost commented 2026年06月19日 10:31:56 +02:00

Thanks for the thoughtful list. Here's where each one stands:

• Inline tagging: we have tags with autocomplete. Inline (in-body) tagging is a different concept; would need to see more demand for it.
• Quick Note global hotkey: good idea, on the roadmap. Zero-friction capture fits the app's philosophy.
• Backlinks: already covered via wiki-links + graph view (bidirectional). Open the graph to see what links to the current note.
• Tag cloud: could happen as a sidebar view toggle. Low effort, not bloat.
• Canvas: out of scope for now. That's a separate app's worth of work and doesn't fit the performance-first goal.
• Vim mode: unlikely. TipTap doesn't support it and building one is a large effort. Source mode (Ctrl+E) is the closest alternative.

Feel free to open separate issues for the ones you care about most so we can track them individually. The quick-note hotkey and tag cloud are the most realistic short-term candidates.

Thanks for the thoughtful list. Here's where each one stands: - Inline tagging: we have tags with autocomplete. Inline (in-body) tagging is a different concept; would need to see more demand for it. - Quick Note global hotkey: good idea, on the roadmap. Zero-friction capture fits the app's philosophy. - Backlinks: already covered via wiki-links + graph view (bidirectional). Open the graph to see what links to the current note. - Tag cloud: could happen as a sidebar view toggle. Low effort, not bloat. - Canvas: out of scope for now. That's a separate app's worth of work and doesn't fit the performance-first goal. - Vim mode: unlikely. TipTap doesn't support it and building one is a large effort. Source mode (Ctrl+E) is the closest alternative. Feel free to open separate issues for the ones you care about most so we can track them individually. The quick-note hotkey and tag cloud are the most realistic short-term candidates.