feat(editor): Add Workflow Stickies (Notes) (#3154)

* N8N-3029 Add Node Type for Wokrflow Stickies/Notes

* N8N-3029 Update Content, Update Aliasses

* N8N-3030 Created N8N Sticky Component in Design System

* N8N-3030 Fixed Code spaccing Sticky Component

* N8N-3030 Fixed Code spaccing StickyStories Component

* N8N-3030 Fixed Code spaccing Markdown Component

* N8N-3030 Added Sticky Colors Pallete into Storybook, Update Color Variables for Sticky Component

* N8N-3030 Added Unfocus Event

* N8N-3030 Update Default Placeholder, Markdown Styles, Fixed Edit State, Added Text to EditState, Fixed Height of Area, Turned off Resize of textarea

* N8N-3030 Update Sticky Overflow, Update Hover States, Updated Markdown Overflow

* N8N-3030, N8N-3031 - Add Resize to Sticky, Created N8n-Resize component

* N8N-3031 Fixed Importing Components in Editor-ui

* N8N-3031 Fixed Resize Component, Fixed Gradient

* N8N-3030, N8N-3031 Update Note Description

* N8N-3032 Hotfix Building Storybook

* N8N-3032 - Select Behaviour, Changes in Resize Component, Emit on Width/Height/Top/Left Change

* N8N-3032 Update Resize Component to emmit left/top, Update Dynamic Resize on Selected Background

* N8N-3032 Updated / Dragging vs Resizing, prevent open Modal for stickies

* N8N-3032 Added ID props to n8n-sticky // dynamic id for multi resizing in NodeView

* N8N-3033 Add dynamic size Tooltip on Sticky

* N8N-3033 Updated Z-index for Sticky Component

* N8N-3033 Updated N8N-Resize Component, Fixed SelectedBackround for Sticky Component

* N8N-3033 Refactor

* N8N-3033 Focus/Defocus on TextArea

* N8N-3033 Fixed Resizing on NW Point

* N8N-3030 Save content in vuex on input change

* N8N-3033 Fixed Resizer, Save Width and Height in Vue

* N8N-3033 Hide Sticky Footer on small height/width

* N8N-3033 Fixed Resizer

* N8N-3033 Dynamic Z-index for Stickies

* N8N-3033 Dynamic Z-index for Stickies

* N8N-3033 Removed static z-index for select sticky class

* N8N-3034 Added Telemetry

* N8N-3030 Formatter

* N8N-3030 Format code

* N8N-3030 Fixed Selecting Stickies

* N8N-3033 Fixed Notifications

* N8N-3030 Added new paddings for Default Stickies

* N8N-3033 Prevent Scrolling NodeView when Sticky is in Edit mode and Mouse is Over the TextArea

* N8N-3030 Prevent double clicking to switch state of Sticky component in Edit Mode

* N8N-3033 Fixed Z-index of Stickies

* N8N-3033 Prevent delete node when in EditMode

* N8N-3030 Prevent Delete Button to delete the Sticky while in Edit Mode

* N8N-3030 Change EditMode (emit) on keyboard shortucts, update Markdown Links & Images, Added new props

* N8N-3030 Sticky Component - No padding when hiding footer text

* N8N-3033 Fix Resizing enter into Edit Mode

* N8N-3033 Selecting different nodes - exit the edit mode

* N8N-3033 Auto Select Text in text-area by default - Sticky Component

* N8N-3033 Prevent Default behaviour for CTRL + X, CTRL + A when Sticky is Active && inEditMode

* N8N-3033 Refactor Resizer, Refactor Sticky, Update zIndex inEditMode

* N8N-3033 Updated Default Text // Node-base, Storybook

* N8N-3033 Add Resizing in EditMode - Components update

* N8N-3033 Fixed Footer - Show/Hide on Resize in EditMode

* N8N-3033 Fix ActiveSticky on Init

* N8N-3033 Refactor Sticky in Vuex, Fixed Init Sticky Tweaks, Prevent Modal Openning, Save on Keyboard shortcuts

* Stickies - Update Note node with new props

* N8N-3030 Updated Default Note text, Update the Markdown Link

* N8N-3030 CMD-C does not copy the text fix

* N8N-3030 Fix Max Zoom / Zoom out shortcuts disabled in editState

* N8N-3030 Z-index fixed during Edit Mode typing

* N8N-3030 Prevent Autoselect Text in Stickies if the text is not default

* N8N-3030 Fixed ReadOnly Bugs / Prevent showing Tooltip, Resizing

* N8N-3030 Added Sticky Creator Button

* N8N-3030 Update Icon / Sticky Creator Button

* N8N-3033 Update Sticky Icon / StickyCreator Button

* update package lock

* 🔩 update note props

* 🚿 clean props

* 🔧 linting

* 🔧 fix spacing

* remove resize component

* remove resize component

* ✂ clean up sticky

* revert back to height width

* revert back to height/width

* replace zindex property

* replace default text property

* use i18n to translate

* update package lock

* move resize

* clean up how height/width are set

* fix resize for sticky to support left/top

* clean up resize

* fix lasso/highlight bug

* remove unused props

* fix zoom to fit

* fix padding for demo view

* fix readonly

* remove iseditable, use active state

* clean up keyboard events

* chang button size, no edit on insert

* scale resizing correctly

* make active on resize

* fix select on resize/move

* use outline icon

* allow for multiple line breaks

* fix multi line bug

* fix edit mode outline

* keep edit open as one resizes

* respect multiple spaces

* fix scrolling bug

* clean up hover impl

* clean up references to note

* disable for rename

* fix drifting while drag

* fix mouse cursor on resize

* fix sticky min height

* refactor resize into component

* fix pulling too far bug

* fix delete/cut all bug

* fix padding bottom

* fix active change on resize

* add transition to button

* Fix sticky markdown click

* add solid fa icon

* update node graph, telemetry event

* add snapping

* change alt text

* update package lock

* fix bug in button hover

* add back transition

* clean up resize

* add grid size as param

* remove breaks

* clean up markdown

* lint fixes

* fix spacing

* clean up markdown colors

* clean up classes in resize

* clean up resize

* update sticky story

* fix spacing

* clean up classes

* revert change

* revert change

* revert change

* clean up sticky component

* remove unused component

* remove unnessary data

* remove unnessary data

* clean up actions

* clean up sticky size

* clean up unnessary border style

* fix bug

* replace sticky note name

* update description

* remove support for multi spaces

* update tracking name

* update telemetry reqs

* fix enter bug

* update alt text

* update sticky notes doc url

* fix readonly bug

* update class name

* update quote marks

Co-authored-by: SchnapsterDog <olivertrajceski@yahoo.com>

packages/cli/src/InternalHooks.ts

@@ -84,11 +84,18 @@ export class InternalHooksClass implements IInternalHooksClass {
 	async onWorkflowSaved(userId: string, workflow: IWorkflowDb): Promise<void> {
 		const { nodeGraph } = TelemetryHelpers.generateNodesGraph(workflow, this.nodeTypes);
 
+		const notesCount = Object.keys(nodeGraph.notes).length;
+		const overlappingCount = Object.values(nodeGraph.notes).filter(
+			(note) => note.overlapping,
+		).length;
+
 		return this.telemetry.track('User saved workflow', {
 			user_id: userId,
 			workflow_id: workflow.id,
 			node_graph: nodeGraph,
 			node_graph_string: JSON.stringify(nodeGraph),
+			notes_count_overlapping: overlappingCount,
+			notes_count_non_overlapping: notesCount - overlappingCount,
 			version_cli: this.versionCli,
 			num_tags: workflow.tags?.length ?? 0,
 		});

packages/design-system/package.json

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     "vue-loader": "^15.9.7",
     "vue-property-decorator": "^9.1.2",
     "vue-template-compiler": "^2.6.11",
+    "vue-typed-mixins": "^0.2.0",
     "vue2-boring-avatars": "0.3.4",
     "xss": "^1.0.10"
   }

packages/design-system/src/components/N8nButton/Button.vue

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ export default {
 			default: false,
 		},
 		icon: {
-			type: String,
 		},
 		round: {
 			type: Boolean,

packages/design-system/src/components/N8nIcon/Icon.vue

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ export default {
 	},
 	props: {
 		icon: {
-			type: String,
 			required: true,
 		},
 		size: {

packages/design-system/src/components/N8nIconButton/IconButton.vue

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ export default {
 			default: false,
 		},
 		icon: {
-			type: String,
 			required: true,
 		},
 		theme: {

packages/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.vue

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <template>
 	<div>
-		<div v-if="!loading" ref="editor" :class="$style.markdown" v-html="htmlContent" />
+		<div
+			v-if="!loading"
+			ref="editor"
+			:class="$style[theme]" v-html="htmlContent"
+		/>
 		<div v-else :class="$style.markdown">
 			<div v-for="(block, index) in loadingBlocks"
 				:key="index">
@@ -59,6 +63,9 @@ export default {
 		content: {
 			type: String,
 		},
+		withMultiBreaks: {
+			type: Boolean,
+		},
 		images: {
 			type: Array,
 		},
@@ -75,6 +82,10 @@ export default {
 				return 3;
 			},
 		},
+		theme: {
+			type: String,
+			default: 'markdown',
+		},
 		options: {
 			type: Object,
 			default() {
@@ -106,7 +117,11 @@ export default {
 			}
 
 			const fileIdRegex = new RegExp('fileId:([0-9]+)');
-			const html = this.md.render(escapeMarkdown(this.content));
+			let contentToRender = this.content;
+			if (this.withMultiBreaks) {
+				contentToRender = contentToRender.replaceAll('\n\n', '\n&nbsp;\n');
+			}
+			const html = this.md.render(escapeMarkdown(contentToRender));
 			const safeHtml = xss(html, {
 				onTagAttr: (tag, name, value, isWhiteAttr) => {
 					if (tag === 'img' && name === 'src') {
@@ -214,6 +229,67 @@ export default {
 	}
 }
 
+.sticky {
+	color: var(--color-text-dark);
+
+	h1, h2, h3, h4 {
+		margin-bottom: var(--spacing-2xs);
+		font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold);
+		line-height: var(--font-line-height-loose);
+	}
+
+	h1 {
+		font-size: 36px;
+	}
+
+	h2 {
+		font-size: 24px;
+	}
+
+	h3, h4, h5, h6 {
+		font-size: var(--font-size-m);
+	}
+
+	p {
+		margin-bottom: var(--spacing-2xs);
+		font-size: var(--font-size-s);
+		font-weight: var(--font-weight-regular);
+		line-height: var(--font-line-height-loose);
+	}
+
+	ul, ol {
+		margin-bottom: var(--spacing-2xs);
+		padding-left: var(--spacing-m);
+
+		li {
+			margin-top: 0.25em;
+			font-size: var(--font-size-s);
+			font-weight: var(--font-weight-regular);
+			line-height: var(--font-line-height-regular);
+		}
+	}
+
+	code {
+		background-color: var(--color-background-base);
+		padding: 0 var(--spacing-4xs);
+		color: var(--color-secondary);
+	}
+
+	pre > code,li > code, p > code {
+		color: var(--color-secondary);
+	}
+
+	a {
+		&:hover {
+			text-decoration: underline;
+		}
+	}
+
+	img {
+		object-fit: contain;
+	}
+}
+
 .spacer {
 	margin: var(--spacing-2xl);
 }

packages/design-system/src/components/N8nSticky/Resize.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+<template>
+	<div :class="$style.resize">
+		<div v-if="isResizingEnabled" @mousedown="resizerMove" data-dir="right" :class="[$style.resizer, $style.right]" />
+		<div v-if="isResizingEnabled" @mousedown="resizerMove" data-dir="left" :class="[$style.resizer, $style.left]" />
+		<div v-if="isResizingEnabled" @mousedown="resizerMove" data-dir="top" :class="[$style.resizer, $style.top]" />
+		<div v-if="isResizingEnabled" @mousedown="resizerMove" data-dir="bottom" :class="[$style.resizer, $style.bottom]" />
+		<div v-if="isResizingEnabled" @mousedown="resizerMove" data-dir="top-left" :class="[$style.resizer, $style.topLeft]" />
+		<div v-if="isResizingEnabled" @mousedown="resizerMove" data-dir="top-right" :class="[$style.resizer, $style.topRight]" />
+		<div v-if="isResizingEnabled" @mousedown="resizerMove" data-dir="bottom-left" :class="[$style.resizer, $style.bottomLeft]" />
+		<div v-if="isResizingEnabled" @mousedown="resizerMove" data-dir="bottom-right" :class="[$style.resizer, $style.bottomRight]" />
+		<slot></slot>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+const cursorMap = {
+	right: 'ew-resize',
+	top: 'ns-resize',
+	bottom: 'ns-resize',
+	left: 'ew-resize',
+	'top-left': 'nw-resize',
+	'top-right' : 'ne-resize',
+	'bottom-left': 'sw-resize',
+	'bottom-right': 'se-resize',
+};
+
+function closestNumber(value: number, divisor: number): number {
+	let q = parseInt(value / divisor);
+	let n1 = divisor * q;
+
+	let n2 = (value * divisor) > 0 ?
+		(divisor * (q + 1)) : (divisor * (q - 1));
+
+	if (Math.abs(value - n1) < Math.abs(value - n2))
+		return n1;
+
+	return n2;
+}
+
+function getSize(delta, min, virtual, gridSize): number {
+	const target = closestNumber(virtual, gridSize);
+	if (target >= min && virtual > 0) {
+		return target;
+	}
+
+	return min;
+};
+
+export default {
+	name: 'n8n-resize',
+	props: {
+		isResizingEnabled: {
+			type: Boolean,
+			default: true,
+		},
+		height: {
+			type: Number,
+		},
+		width: {
+			type: Number,
+		},
+		minHeight: {
+			type: Number,
+		},
+		minWidth: {
+			type: Number,
+		},
+		scale: {
+			type: Number,
+			default: 1,
+		},
+		gridSize: {
+			type: Number,
+		},
+	},
+	data() {
+		return {
+			dir: '',
+			dHeight: 0,
+			dWidth: 0,
+			vHeight: 0,
+			vWidth: 0,
+			x: 0,
+			y: 0,
+		};
+	},
+	methods: {
+		resizerMove(e) {
+			e.preventDefault();
+			e.stopPropagation();
+
+			const targetResizer = e.target;
+			this.dir = targetResizer.dataset.dir;
+			document.body.style.cursor = cursorMap[this.dir];
+
+			this.x = e.pageX;
+			this.y = e.pageY;
+			this.dWidth = 0;
+			this.dHeight = 0;
+			this.vHeight = this.height;
+			this.vWidth = this.width;
+
+			window.addEventListener('mousemove', this.mouseMove);
+			window.addEventListener('mouseup', this.mouseUp);
+			this.$emit('resizestart');
+		},
+		mouseMove(e) {
+			e.preventDefault();
+			e.stopPropagation();
+			let dWidth = 0;
+			let dHeight = 0;
+			let top = false;
+			let left = false;
+
+			if (this.dir.includes('right')) {
+				dWidth = e.pageX - this.x;
+			}
+			if (this.dir.includes('left')) {
+				dWidth = this.x - e.pageX;
+				left = true;
+			}
+			if (this.dir.includes('top')) {
+				dHeight = this.y - e.pageY;
+				top = true;
+			}
+			if (this.dir.includes('bottom')) {
+				dHeight = e.pageY - this.y;
+			}
+
+			const deltaWidth = (dWidth - this.dWidth) / this.scale;
+			const deltaHeight = (dHeight - this.dHeight) / this.scale;
+
+			this.vHeight = this.vHeight + deltaHeight;
+			this.vWidth = this.vWidth + deltaWidth;
+			const height = getSize(deltaHeight, this.minHeight, this.vHeight, this.gridSize);
+			const width = getSize(deltaWidth, this.minWidth, this.vWidth, this.gridSize);
+
+			const dX = left && width !== this.width ? -1 * (width - this.width) : 0;
+			const dY = top && height !== this.height ? -1 * (height - this.height): 0;
+
+			this.$emit('resize', { height, width, dX, dY });
+			this.dHeight = dHeight;
+			this.dWidth = dWidth;
+		},
+		mouseUp(e) {
+			e.preventDefault();
+			e.stopPropagation();
+			this.$emit('resizeend');
+			window.removeEventListener('mousemove', this.mouseMove);
+			window.removeEventListener('mouseup', this.mouseUp);
+			document.body.style.cursor = 'unset';
+			this.dir = '';
+		},
+	},
+};
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" module>
+.resize {
+	position: absolute;
+	width: 100%;
+	height: 100%;
+	z-index: 2;
+}
+
+.resizer {
+	position: absolute;
+	z-index: 2;
+}
+
+.right {
+	width: 12px;
+	height: 100%;
+	top: -2px;
+	right: -2px;
+	cursor: ew-resize;
+}
+
+.top {
+	width: 100%;
+	height: 12px;
+	top: -2px;
+	left: -2px;
+	cursor:  ns-resize;
+}
+
+.bottom {
+	width: 100%;
+	height: 12px;
+	bottom: -2px;
+	left: -2px;
+	cursor: ns-resize;
+}
+
+.left {
+	width: 12px;
+	height: 100%;
+	top: -2px;
+	left: -2px;
+	cursor: ew-resize;
+}
+
+.topLeft {
+	width: 12px;
+	height: 12px;
+	top: -3px;
+	left: -3px;
+	cursor: nw-resize;
+	z-index: 3;
+}
+
+.topRight {
+	width: 12px;
+	height: 12px;
+	top: -3px;
+	right: -3px;
+	cursor: ne-resize;
+	z-index: 3;
+}
+
+.bottomLeft {
+	width: 12px;
+	height: 12px;
+	bottom: -3px;
+	left: -3px;
+	cursor: sw-resize;
+	z-index: 3;
+}
+
+.bottomRight {
+	width: 12px;
+	height: 12px;
+	bottom: -3px;
+	right: -3px;
+	cursor: se-resize;
+	z-index: 3;
+}
+</style>

packages/design-system/src/components/N8nSticky/Sticky.stories.js

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions';
+import N8nSticky from './Sticky.vue';
+
+export default {
+	title: 'Atoms/Sticky',
+	component: N8nSticky,
+	argTypes: {
+		content: {
+			control: {
+				control: 'text',
+			},
+		},
+		height: {
+			control: {
+				control: 'number',
+			},
+		},
+		minHeight: {
+			control: {
+				control: 'number',
+			},
+		},
+		minWidth: {
+			control: {
+				control: 'number',
+			},
+		},
+		readOnly: {
+			control: {
+				control: 'Boolean',
+			},
+		},
+		width: {
+			control: {
+				control: 'number',
+			},
+		},
+	},
+};
+
+const methods = {
+	onInput: action('input'),
+	onResize: action('resize'),
+	onResizeEnd: action('resizeend'),
+	onResizeStart: action('resizestart'),
+};
+
+const Template = (args, { argTypes }) => ({
+	props: Object.keys(argTypes),
+	components: {
+		N8nSticky,
+	},
+	template:
+		'<n8n-sticky v-bind="$props"  @resize="onResize" @resizeend="onResizeEnd" @resizeStart="onResizeStart" @input="onInput"></n8n-sticky>',
+	methods,
+});
+
+export const Sticky = Template.bind({});
+Sticky.args = {
+	height: 160,
+	width: 150,
+	content: `## I'm a note \n**Double click** to edit me. [Guide](https://docs.n8n.io/workflows/sticky-notes/)`,
+	defaultText: `## I'm a note \n**Double click** to edit me. [Guide](https://docs.n8n.io/workflows/sticky-notes/)`,
+	minHeight: 80,
+	minWidth: 150,
+	readOnly: false,
+};

packages/design-system/src/components/N8nSticky/Sticky.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+<template>
+	<div
+		:class="{[$style.sticky]: true, [$style.clickable]: !isResizing}"
+		:style="styles"
+		@keydown.prevent
+	>
+		<resize
+			:isResizingEnabled="!readOnly"
+			:height="height"
+			:width="width"
+			:minHeight="minHeight"
+			:minWidth="minWidth"
+			:scale="scale"
+			:gridSize="gridSize"
+			@resizeend="onResizeEnd"
+			@resize="onResize"
+			@resizestart="onResizeStart"
+		>
+			<template>
+				<div
+					v-show="!editMode"
+					:class="$style.wrapper"
+					@dblclick.stop="onDoubleClick"
+				>
+					<n8n-markdown
+						theme="sticky"
+						:content="content"
+						:withMultiBreaks="true"
+					/>
+				</div>
+				<div
+					v-show="editMode"
+					@click.stop
+					@mousedown.stop
+					@mouseup.stop
+					@keydown.esc="onInputBlur"
+					@keydown.stop
+					@wheel.stop
+					class="sticky-textarea"
+					:class="{'full-height': !shouldShowFooter}"
+				>
+					<n8n-input
+						:value="content"
+						type="textarea"
+						:rows="5"
+						@blur="onInputBlur"
+						@input="onInput"
+						ref="input"
+					/>
+
+				</div>
+				<div v-if="editMode && shouldShowFooter" :class="$style.footer">
+					<n8n-text
+						size="xsmall"
+						aligh="right"
+					>
+						<span v-html="t('sticky.markdownHint')"></span>
+					</n8n-text>
+				</div>
+			</template>
+		</resize>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import N8nInput from '../N8nInput';
+import N8nMarkdown from '../N8nMarkdown';
+import Resize from './Resize';
+import N8nText from '../N8nText';
+import Locale from '../../mixins/locale';
+import mixins from 'vue-typed-mixins';
+
+export default mixins(Locale).extend({
+	name: 'n8n-sticky',
+	props: {
+		content: {
+			type: String,
+		},
+		height: {
+			type: Number,
+			default: 180,
+		},
+		width: {
+			type: Number,
+			default: 240,
+		},
+		minHeight: {
+			type: Number,
+			default: 80,
+		},
+		minWidth: {
+			type: Number,
+			default: 150,
+		},
+		scale: {
+			type: Number,
+			default: 1,
+		},
+		gridSize: {
+			type: Number,
+			default: 20,
+		},
+		id: {
+			type: String,
+			default: '0',
+		},
+		defaultText: {
+			type: String,
+		},
+		editMode: {
+			type: Boolean,
+			default: false,
+		},
+		readOnly: {
+			type: Boolean,
+			default: false,
+		},
+	},
+	components: {
+		N8nInput,
+		N8nMarkdown,
+		Resize,
+		N8nText,
+	},
+	data() {
+		return {
+			isResizing: false,
+		};
+	},
+	computed: {
+		resHeight(): number {
+			if (this.height < this.minHeight) {
+				return this.minHeight;
+			}
+			return this.height;
+		},
+		resWidth(): number {
+			if (this.width < this.minWidth) {
+				return this.minWidth;
+			}
+			return this.width;
+		},
+		styles() {
+			return {
+				height: this.resHeight + 'px',
+				width: this.resWidth + 'px',
+			};
+		},
+		shouldShowFooter() {
+			return this.resHeight > 100 && this.resWidth > 155;
+		},
+	},
+	methods: {
+		onDoubleClick() {
+			if (!this.readOnly) {
+				this.$emit('edit', true);
+			}
+		},
+		onInputBlur(value) {
+			if (!this.isResizing) {
+				this.$emit('edit', false);
+			}
+		},
+		onInput(value: string) {
+			this.$emit('input', value);
+		},
+		onResize(values) {
+			this.$emit('resize', values);
+		},
+		onResizeEnd(resizeEnd) {
+			this.isResizing = false;
+			this.$emit('resizeend', resizeEnd);
+		},
+		onResizeStart() {
+			this.isResizing = true;
+			this.$emit('resizestart');
+		},
+	},
+	watch: {
+		editMode(newMode, prevMode) {
+			setTimeout(() => {
+				if (newMode && !prevMode && this.$refs.input && this.$refs.input.$refs && this.$refs.input.$refs.textarea) {
+					const textarea = this.$refs.input.$refs.textarea;
+					if (this.defaultText === this.content) {
+						textarea.select();
+					}
+					textarea.focus();
+				}
+			}, 100);
+
+		},
+	},
+});
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" module>
+.sticky {
+	position: absolute;
+	background-color: var(--color-sticky-default-background);
+	border: 1px solid var(--color-sticky-default-border);
+	border-radius: var(--border-radius-base);
+}
+
+.clickable {
+	cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.wrapper {
+	width: 100%;
+	height: 100%;
+	position: absolute;
+	padding: var(--spacing-2xs) var(--spacing-xs) 0;
+	overflow: hidden;
+
+	&::after {
+		content: '';
+		width: 100%;
+		height: 24px;
+		left: 0;
+		bottom: 0;
+		position: absolute;
+		background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--color-sticky-default-background), #fff5d600 0.01%, var(--color-sticky-default-background));
+		border-radius: var(--border-radius-base);
+	}
+}
+
+.footer {
+	padding: var(--spacing-5xs) var(--spacing-2xs) 0 var(--spacing-2xs);
+	display: flex;
+	justify-content: flex-end;
+}
+</style>
+
+<style lang="scss">
+.sticky-textarea {
+	height: calc(100% - var(--spacing-l));
+	padding: var(--spacing-2xs) var(--spacing-2xs) 0 var(--spacing-2xs);
+	cursor: default;
+
+	.el-textarea {
+		height: 100%;
+
+		.el-textarea__inner {
+			height: 100%;
+			resize: unset;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+.full-height {
+	height: calc(100% - var(--spacing-2xs));
+}
+</style>

packages/design-system/src/components/N8nSticky/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import Sticky from './Sticky.vue';
+
+export default Sticky;

packages/design-system/src/components/index.js

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import N8nOption from './N8nOption';
 import N8nRadioButtons from './N8nRadioButtons';
 import N8nSelect from './N8nSelect';
 import N8nSpinner from './N8nSpinner';
+import N8nSticky from './N8nSticky';
 import N8nSquareButton from './N8nSquareButton';
 import N8nTags from './N8nTags';
 import N8nTabs from './N8nTabs';
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ export {
 	N8nRadioButtons,
 	N8nSelect,
 	N8nSpinner,
+	N8nSticky,
 	N8nSquareButton,
 	N8nTabs,
 	N8nTags,

packages/design-system/src/locale/lang/en.js

@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ export default {
 		config.minimum > 1 ? 's' : ''
 	}`),
 	"formInput.validator.defaultPasswordRequirements": "8+ characters, at least 1 number and 1 capital letter",
+	"sticky.markdownHint": `You can style with <a href="https://docs.n8n.io/workflows/sticky-notes/" target="_blank">Markdown</a>`,
 };

packages/design-system/src/styleguide/colors.stories.mdx

@@ -166,3 +166,17 @@ import ColorCircles from './ColorCircles.vue';
 		}}
 	</Story>
 </Canvas>
+
+## Sticky
+
+<Canvas>
+	<Story name="sticky">
+		{{
+			template: `<color-circles :colors="['--color-sticky-default-background', '--color-sticky-default-border']" />`,
+			components: {
+				ColorCircles,
+			},
+		}}
+	</Story>
+</Canvas>
+

packages/design-system/src/utils/markdown.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ export const escapeMarkdown = (html: string | undefined): string => {
 		return '';
 	}
 	const escaped = html.replace(/</g, "&lt;").replace(/>/g, "&gt;");
+
 	// unescape greater than quotes at start of line
 	const withQuotes = escaped.replace(/^((\s)*(&gt;)+)+\s*/gm, (matches) => {
 		return matches.replace(/&gt;/g, '>');

packages/design-system/theme/src/_tokens.scss

@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@
 		var(--color-secondary-l)
 	);
 
-	--color-secondary-tint-1-l: 92%;
-	--color-secondary-tint-1: hsl(
-		var(--color-secondary-h),
-		var(--color-secondary-s),
-		var(--color-secondary-tint-1-l)
-	);
-
 	--color-success-h: 150.4;
 	--color-success-s: 60%;
 	--color-success-l: 40.4%;
@@ -340,6 +333,24 @@
 	--color-json-line: #bfcbd9;
 	--color-json-highlight: #E2E5EE;
 
+	--color-sticky-default-background-h: 46;
+	--color-sticky-default-background-s: 100%;
+	--color-sticky-default-background-l: 92%;
+	--color-sticky-default-background: hsl(
+		var(--color-sticky-default-background-h),
+		var(--color-sticky-default-background-s),
+		var(--color-sticky-default-background-l)
+	);
+
+	--color-sticky-default-border-h: 43;
+	--color-sticky-default-border-s: 75%;
+	--color-sticky-default-border-l: 80%;
+	--color-sticky-default-border: hsl(
+		var(--color-sticky-default-border-h),
+		var(--color-sticky-default-border-s),
+		var(--color-sticky-default-border-l)
+	);
+
 	--border-radius-xlarge: 12px;
 	--border-radius-large: 8px;
 	--border-radius-base: 4px;

packages/editor-ui/package.json

@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@fontsource/open-sans": "^4.5.0",
+    "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons": "^6.1.1",
     "luxon": "^2.3.0",
-    "n8n-design-system": "~0.17.0",
     "monaco-editor": "^0.29.1",
+    "n8n-design-system": "~0.17.0",
     "timeago.js": "^4.0.2",
     "v-click-outside": "^3.1.2",
     "vue-fragment": "^1.5.2",
-    "vue2-boring-avatars": "0.3.4",
     "vue-i18n": "^8.26.7",
+    "vue2-boring-avatars": "0.3.4",
     "xss": "^1.0.10"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

packages/editor-ui/src/components/DataDisplay.vue

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <template>
 	<el-dialog
-		:visible="!!node || renaming"
+		:visible="(!!node || renaming) && !isActiveStickyNode"
 		:before-close="close"
 		:show-close="false"
 		custom-class="data-display-wrapper"
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import RunData from '@/components/RunData.vue';
 import mixins from 'vue-typed-mixins';
 import Vue from 'vue';
 import { mapGetters } from 'vuex';
+import { STICKY_NODE_TYPE } from '@/constants';
 
 export default mixins(externalHooks, nodeHelpers, workflowHelpers).extend({
 	name: 'DataDisplay',
@@ -76,15 +77,18 @@ export default mixins(externalHooks, nodeHelpers, workflowHelpers).extend({
 			}
 			return null;
 		},
+		isActiveStickyNode(): boolean {
+			return !!this.$store.getters.activeNode && this.$store.getters.activeNode.type === STICKY_NODE_TYPE;
+		},
 	},
 	watch: {
 		node (node, oldNode) {
-			if(node && !oldNode) {
+			if(node && !oldNode && !this.isActiveStickyNode) {
 				this.triggerWaitingWarningEnabled = false;
 				this.$externalHooks().run('dataDisplay.nodeTypeChanged', { nodeSubtitle: this.getNodeSubtitle(node, this.nodeType, this.getWorkflow()) });
 				this.$telemetry.track('User opened node modal', { node_type: this.nodeType ? this.nodeType.name : '', workflow_id: this.$store.getters.workflowId });
 			}
-			if (window.top) {
+			if (window.top && !this.isActiveStickyNode) {
 				window.top.postMessage(JSON.stringify({command: (node? 'openNDV': 'closeNDV')}), '*');
 			}
 		},

packages/editor-ui/src/components/Sticky.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+<template>
+	<div class="sticky-wrapper" :style="stickyPosition">
+		<div
+			:class="{'sticky-default': true, 'touch-active': isTouchActive, 'is-touch-device': isTouchDevice}"
+			:style="stickySize"
+		>
+			<div class="select-sticky-background" v-show="isSelected" />
+			<div
+				class="sticky-box"
+				:data-name="data.name"
+				:ref="data.name"
+				@click.left="mouseLeftClick"
+				v-touch:start="touchStart"
+				v-touch:end="touchEnd"
+			>
+				<n8n-sticky
+					:content.sync="node.parameters.content"
+					:height="node.parameters.height"
+					:width="node.parameters.width"
+					:scale="nodeViewScale"
+					:id="nodeIndex"
+					:readOnly="isReadOnly"
+					:defaultText="defaultText"
+					:editMode="isActive && !isReadOnly"
+					:gridSize="gridSize"
+					@input="onInputChange"
+					@edit="onEdit"
+					@resizestart="onResizeStart"
+					@resize="onResize"
+					@resizeend="onResizeEnd"
+				/>
+			</div>
+
+			<div v-show="showActions" class="sticky-options no-select-on-click">
+				<div v-touch:tap="deleteNode" class="option" :title="$locale.baseText('node.deleteNode')" >
+					<font-awesome-icon icon="trash" />
+				</div>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import Vue from 'vue';
+
+import mixins from 'vue-typed-mixins';
+import { externalHooks } from '@/components/mixins/externalHooks';
+import { nodeBase } from '@/components/mixins/nodeBase';
+import { nodeHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/nodeHelpers';
+import { workflowHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/workflowHelpers';
+import { getStyleTokenValue, isNumber, isString } from './helpers';
+import { INodeUi, XYPosition } from '@/Interface';
+
+import {
+	INodeTypeDescription,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+export default mixins(externalHooks, nodeBase, nodeHelpers, workflowHelpers).extend({
+	name: 'Sticky',
+	props: {
+		nodeViewScale: {
+			type: Number,
+		},
+		gridSize: {
+			type: Number,
+		},
+	},
+	computed: {
+		defaultText (): string {
+			if (!this.nodeType) {
+				return '';
+			}
+			const properties = this.nodeType.properties;
+			const content = properties.find((property) => property.name === 'content');
+
+			return content && isString(content.default) ? content.default : '';
+		},
+		isSelected (): boolean {
+			return this.$store.getters.getSelectedNodes.find((node: INodeUi) => node.name === this.data.name);
+		},
+		nodeType (): INodeTypeDescription | null {
+			return this.data && this.$store.getters.nodeType(this.data.type, this.data.typeVersion);
+		},
+		node (): INodeUi | undefined { // same as this.data but reactive..
+			return this.$store.getters.nodesByName[this.name] as INodeUi | undefined;
+		},
+		position (): XYPosition {
+			if (this.node) {
+				return this.node.position;
+			} else {
+				return [0, 0];
+			}
+		},
+		height(): number {
+			return this.node && isNumber(this.node.parameters.height)? this.node.parameters.height : 0;
+		},
+		width(): number {
+			return this.node && isNumber(this.node.parameters.width)? this.node.parameters.width : 0;
+		},
+		stickySize(): object {
+			const returnStyles: {
+				[key: string]: string | number;
+			} = {
+				height: this.height + 'px',
+				width: this.width + 'px',
+			};
+
+			return returnStyles;
+		},
+		stickyPosition (): object {
+			const returnStyles: {
+				[key: string]: string | number;
+			} = {
+				left: this.position[0] + 'px',
+				top: this.position[1] + 'px',
+				zIndex: this.isActive ? 9999999 : -1 * Math.floor((this.height * this.width) / 1000),
+			};
+
+			return returnStyles;
+		},
+		showActions(): boolean {
+			return !(this.hideActions || this.isReadOnly || this.workflowRunning || this.isResizing);
+		},
+		workflowRunning (): boolean {
+			return this.$store.getters.isActionActive('workflowRunning');
+		},
+ 	},
+	data () {
+		return {
+			isResizing: false,
+			isTouchActive: false,
+		};
+	},
+	methods: {
+		deleteNode () {
+			Vue.nextTick(() => {
+				// Wait a tick else vue causes problems because the data is gone
+				this.$emit('removeNode', this.data.name);
+			});
+		},
+		onEdit(edit: boolean) {
+			if (edit && !this.isActive && this.node) {
+				this.$store.commit('setActiveNode', this.node.name);
+			}
+			else if (this.isActive && !edit) {
+				this.$store.commit('setActiveNode', null);
+			}
+		},
+		onInputChange(content: string) {
+			this.setParameters({content});
+		},
+		onResizeStart() {
+			this.isResizing = true;
+			if (!this.isSelected && this.node) {
+				this.$emit('nodeSelected', this.node.name, false, true);
+			}
+			const nodeIndex = this.$store.getters.getNodeIndex(this.data.name);
+			const nodeIdName = `node-${nodeIndex}`;
+			this.instance.destroyDraggable(nodeIdName); // todo
+		},
+		onResize({height, width, dX, dY}:  { width: number, height: number, dX: number, dY: number }) {
+			if (!this.node) {
+				return;
+			}
+			if (dX !== 0 || dY !== 0) {
+				this.setPosition([this.node.position[0] + (dX || 0), this.node.position[1] + (dY || 0)]);
+			}
+
+			this.setParameters({ height, width });
+		},
+		onResizeEnd() {
+			this.isResizing = false;
+			this.__makeInstanceDraggable(this.data);
+		},
+		setParameters(params: {content?: string, height?: number, width?: number}) {
+			if (this.node) {
+				const nodeParameters = {
+					content: isString(params.content) ? params.content : this.node.parameters.content,
+					height: isNumber(params.height) ? params.height : this.node.parameters.height,
+					width: isNumber(params.width) ? params.width : this.node.parameters.width,
+				};
+
+				const updateInformation = {
+					name: this.node.name,
+					value: nodeParameters,
+				};
+
+				this.$store.commit('setNodeParameters', updateInformation);
+			}
+		},
+		setPosition(position: XYPosition) {
+			if (!this.node) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			const updateInformation = {
+				name: this.node.name,
+				properties: {
+					position,
+				},
+			};
+
+			this.$store.commit('updateNodeProperties', updateInformation);
+		},
+		touchStart () {
+			if (this.isTouchDevice === true && this.isMacOs === false && this.isTouchActive === false) {
+				this.isTouchActive = true;
+				setTimeout(() => {
+					this.isTouchActive = false;
+				}, 2000);
+			}
+		},
+	},
+});
+
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" scoped>
+.sticky-wrapper {
+	position: absolute;
+
+	.sticky-default {
+		position: absolute;
+
+		.sticky-box {
+			width: 100%;
+			height: 100%;
+		}
+
+		&.touch-active,
+		&:hover {
+			.sticky-options {
+				display: flex;
+				cursor: pointer;
+			}
+		}
+
+		.sticky-options {
+			display: none;
+			justify-content: flex-start;
+			position: absolute;
+			top: -25px;
+			left: -8px;
+			height: 26px;
+			font-size: 0.9em;
+			text-align: left;
+			z-index: 10;
+			color: #aaa;
+			text-align: center;
+
+			.option {
+				width: 28px;
+				display: inline-block;
+
+				&.touch {
+					display: none;
+				}
+
+				&:hover {
+					color: $--color-primary;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		&.is-touch-device .sticky-options {
+			left: -25px;
+			width: 150px;
+
+			.option.touch {
+				display: initial;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+.select-sticky-background {
+	display: block;
+	position: absolute;
+	background-color: hsla(var(--color-foreground-base-h), var(--color-foreground-base-s), var(--color-foreground-base-l), 60%);
+	border-radius: var(--border-radius-xlarge);
+	overflow: hidden;
+	height: calc(100% + 16px);
+	width: calc(100% + 16px);
+	left: -8px;
+	top: -8px;
+	z-index: 0;
+}
+</style>

packages/editor-ui/src/components/helpers.ts

@@ -59,3 +59,11 @@ export function filterTemplateNodes(nodes: ITemplatesNode[]) {
 export function setPageTitle(title: string) {
 	window.document.title = title;
 }
+
+export function isString(value: unknown): value is string {
+	return typeof value === 'string';
+}
+
+export function isNumber(value: unknown): value is number {
+	return typeof value === 'number';
+}

packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/mouseSelect.ts

@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ export const mouseSelect = mixins(
 			this.$store.commit('resetSelectedNodes');
 			this.$store.commit('setLastSelectedNode', null);
 			this.$store.commit('setLastSelectedNodeOutputIndex', null);
-			this.$store.commit('setActiveNode', null);
 			// @ts-ignore
 			this.lastSelectedConnection = null;
 			// @ts-ignore

packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/nodeBase.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import mixins from 'vue-typed-mixins';
 
 import { deviceSupportHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/deviceSupportHelpers';
 import { nodeIndex } from '@/components/mixins/nodeIndex';
-import { NODE_NAME_PREFIX, NO_OP_NODE_TYPE } from '@/constants';
+import { NODE_NAME_PREFIX, NO_OP_NODE_TYPE, STICKY_NODE_TYPE } from '@/constants';
 import * as CanvasHelpers from '@/views/canvasHelpers';
 import { Endpoint } from 'jsplumb';
 
@@ -221,7 +221,15 @@ export const nodeBase = mixins(
 					// @ts-ignore
 					this.dragging = true;
 
-					if (params.e && !this.$store.getters.isNodeSelected(this.data.name)) {
+					const isSelected = this.$store.getters.isNodeSelected(this.data.name);
+					const nodeName = this.data.name;
+					if (this.data.type === STICKY_NODE_TYPE && !isSelected) {
+						setTimeout(() => {
+							this.$emit('nodeSelected', nodeName, false, true);
+						}, 0);
+					}
+
+					if (params.e && !isSelected) {
 						// Only the node which gets dragged directly gets an event, for all others it is
 						// undefined. So check if the currently dragged node is selected and if not clear
 						// the drag-selection.

packages/editor-ui/src/constants.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export const JIRA_TRIGGER_NODE_TYPE = 'n8n-nodes-base.jiraTrigger';
 export const MICROSOFT_EXCEL_NODE_TYPE = 'n8n-nodes-base.microsoftExcel';
 export const MICROSOFT_TEAMS_NODE_TYPE = 'n8n-nodes-base.microsoftTeams';
 export const NO_OP_NODE_TYPE = 'n8n-nodes-base.noOp';
+export const STICKY_NODE_TYPE = 'n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote';
 export const NOTION_TRIGGER_NODE_TYPE = 'n8n-nodes-base.notionTrigger';
 export const PAGERDUTY_NODE_TYPE = 'n8n-nodes-base.pagerDuty';
 export const SALESFORCE_NODE_TYPE = 'n8n-nodes-base.salesforce';

packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/components.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import {
 	N8nRadioButtons,
 	N8nSelect,
 	N8nSpinner,
+	N8nSticky,
 	N8nTabs,
 	N8nFormInputs,
 	N8nFormBox,
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ Vue.use(N8nMenuItem);
 Vue.use(N8nOption);
 Vue.use(N8nSelect);
 Vue.use(N8nSpinner);
+Vue.component('n8n-sticky', N8nSticky);
 Vue.use(N8nRadioButtons);
 Vue.component('n8n-square-button', N8nSquareButton);
 Vue.use(N8nTags);

packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/i18n/locales/en.json

@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@
 	"nodeSettings.waitBetweenTries.description": "How long to wait between each attempt (in milliseconds)",
 	"nodeSettings.waitBetweenTries.displayName": "Wait Between Tries (ms)",
 	"nodeView.addNode": "Add node",
+	"nodeView.addSticky": "Click to add sticky note",
 	"nodeView.confirmMessage.beforeRouteLeave.cancelButtonText": "Leave without saving",
 	"nodeView.confirmMessage.beforeRouteLeave.confirmButtonText": "Save",
 	"nodeView.confirmMessage.beforeRouteLeave.headline": "Save changes before leaving?",

packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/icons.ts

@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ import {
 	faUserCircle,
 	faUserFriends,
 	faUsers,
+	faStickyNote as faSolidStickyNote,
 } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
+import {
+	faStickyNote,
+} from '@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome';
 
 function addIcon(icon: any) { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
@@ -177,6 +181,8 @@ addIcon(faServer);
 addIcon(faSignInAlt);
 addIcon(faSlidersH);
 addIcon(faSpinner);
+addIcon(faSolidStickyNote);
+addIcon(faStickyNote);
 addIcon(faStop);
 addIcon(faSun);
 addIcon(faSync);

packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/telemetry/index.ts

@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ class Telemetry {
 				case 'nodeView.addNodeButton':
 					this.telemetry.track('User added node to workflow canvas', properties);
 					break;
+				case 'nodeView.addSticky':
+					this.telemetry.track('User inserted workflow note', properties);
+					break;
 				default:
 					break;
 			}

packages/editor-ui/src/views/NodeView.vue

@@ -21,29 +21,54 @@
 				class="node-view"
 				:style="workflowStyle"
 			>
-				<node
+				<div v-for="nodeData in nodes" :key="getNodeIndex(nodeData.name)">
-					v-for="nodeData in nodes"
+					<node
-					@duplicateNode="duplicateNode"
+						v-if="nodeData.type !== STICKY_NODE_TYPE"
-					@deselectAllNodes="deselectAllNodes"
+						@duplicateNode="duplicateNode"
-					@deselectNode="nodeDeselectedByName"
+						@deselectAllNodes="deselectAllNodes"
-					@nodeSelected="nodeSelectedByName"
+						@deselectNode="nodeDeselectedByName"
-					@removeNode="removeNode"
+						@nodeSelected="nodeSelectedByName"
-					@runWorkflow="runWorkflow"
+						@removeNode="removeNode"
-					@moved="onNodeMoved"
+						@runWorkflow="runWorkflow"
-					@run="onNodeRun"
+						@moved="onNodeMoved"
-					:id="'node-' + getNodeIndex(nodeData.name)"
+						@run="onNodeRun"
-					:key="getNodeIndex(nodeData.name)"
+						:id="'node-' + getNodeIndex(nodeData.name)"
-					:name="nodeData.name"
+						:key="getNodeIndex(nodeData.name)"
-					:isReadOnly="isReadOnly"
+						:name="nodeData.name"
-					:instance="instance"
+						:isReadOnly="isReadOnly"
-					:isActive="!!activeNode && activeNode.name === nodeData.name"
+						:instance="instance"
-					:hideActions="pullConnActive"
+						:isActive="!!activeNode && activeNode.name === nodeData.name"
-				/>
+						:hideActions="pullConnActive"
+					/>
+					<Sticky
+						v-else
+						@deselectAllNodes="deselectAllNodes"
+						@deselectNode="nodeDeselectedByName"
+						@nodeSelected="nodeSelectedByName"
+						@removeNode="removeNode"
+						:id="'node-' + getNodeIndex(nodeData.name)"
+						:name="nodeData.name"
+						:isReadOnly="isReadOnly"
+						:instance="instance"
+						:isActive="!!activeNode && activeNode.name === nodeData.name"
+						:nodeViewScale="nodeViewScale"
+						:gridSize="GRID_SIZE"
+						:hideActions="pullConnActive"
+					/>
+				</div>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 		<DataDisplay :renaming="renamingActive" @valueChanged="valueChanged"/>
-		<div v-if="!createNodeActive && !isReadOnly" class="node-creator-button" :title="$locale.baseText('nodeView.addNode')" @click="() => openNodeCreator('add_node_button')">
+		<div
-			<n8n-icon-button size="xlarge" icon="plus" />
+			class="node-buttons-wrapper"
+			v-if="!createNodeActive && !isReadOnly"
+		>
+			<div class="node-creator-button">
+				<n8n-icon-button size="xlarge" icon="plus" @click="() => openNodeCreator('add_node_button')" :title="$locale.baseText('nodeView.addNode')"/>
+				<div class="add-sticky-button" @click="nodeTypeSelected(STICKY_NODE_TYPE)">
+					<n8n-icon-button size="large" :icon="['far', 'note-sticky']" type="outline" :title="$locale.baseText('nodeView.addSticky')"/>
+				</div>
+			</div>
 		</div>
 		<node-creator
 			:active="createNodeActive"
@@ -122,7 +147,7 @@ import {
 } from 'jsplumb';
 import { MessageBoxInputData } from 'element-ui/types/message-box';
 import { jsPlumb, OnConnectionBindInfo } from 'jsplumb';
-import { MODAL_CANCEL, MODAL_CLOSE, MODAL_CONFIRMED, NODE_NAME_PREFIX, NODE_OUTPUT_DEFAULT_KEY, PLACEHOLDER_EMPTY_WORKFLOW_ID, START_NODE_TYPE, VIEWS, WEBHOOK_NODE_TYPE, WORKFLOW_OPEN_MODAL_KEY } from '@/constants';
+import { MODAL_CANCEL, MODAL_CLOSE, MODAL_CONFIRMED, NODE_NAME_PREFIX, NODE_OUTPUT_DEFAULT_KEY, PLACEHOLDER_EMPTY_WORKFLOW_ID, START_NODE_TYPE, STICKY_NODE_TYPE, VIEWS, WEBHOOK_NODE_TYPE, WORKFLOW_OPEN_MODAL_KEY } from '@/constants';
 import { copyPaste } from '@/components/mixins/copyPaste';
 import { externalHooks } from '@/components/mixins/externalHooks';
 import { genericHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/genericHelpers';
@@ -141,6 +166,7 @@ import Node from '@/components/Node.vue';
 import NodeCreator from '@/components/NodeCreator/NodeCreator.vue';
 import NodeSettings from '@/components/NodeSettings.vue';
 import RunData from '@/components/RunData.vue';
+import Sticky from '@/components/Sticky.vue';
 
 import * as CanvasHelpers from './canvasHelpers';
 
@@ -211,6 +237,7 @@ export default mixins(
 			NodeCreator,
 			NodeSettings,
 			RunData,
+			Sticky,
 		},
 		errorCaptured: (err, vm, info) => {
 			console.error('errorCaptured'); // eslint-disable-line no-console
@@ -344,6 +371,8 @@ export default mixins(
 		},
 		data () {
 			return {
+				GRID_SIZE: CanvasHelpers.GRID_SIZE,
+				STICKY_NODE_TYPE,
 				createNodeActive: false,
 				instance: jsPlumb.getInstance(),
 				lastSelectedConnection: null as null | Connection,
@@ -710,7 +739,7 @@ export default mixins(
 					this.ctrlKeyPressed = true;
 				} else if (e.key === 'F2' && !this.isReadOnly) {
 					const lastSelectedNode = this.lastSelectedNode;
-					if (lastSelectedNode !== null) {
+					if (lastSelectedNode !== null && lastSelectedNode.type !== STICKY_NODE_TYPE) {
 						this.callDebounced('renameNodePrompt', { debounceTime: 1500 }, lastSelectedNode.name);
 					}
 				} else if ((e.key === '=' || e.key === '+') && !this.isCtrlKeyPressed(e)) {
@@ -777,6 +806,9 @@ export default mixins(
 					const lastSelectedNode = this.lastSelectedNode;
 
 					if (lastSelectedNode !== null) {
+						if (lastSelectedNode.type === STICKY_NODE_TYPE && this.isReadOnly) {
+							return;
+						}
 						this.$store.commit('setActiveNode', lastSelectedNode.name);
 					}
 				} else if (e.key === 'ArrowRight' && e.shiftKey === true) {
@@ -1391,18 +1423,22 @@ export default mixins(
 
 				this.$store.commit('setStateDirty', true);
 
-				this.$externalHooks().run('nodeView.addNodeButton', { nodeTypeName });
+				if (nodeTypeName === STICKY_NODE_TYPE) {
-				this.$telemetry.trackNodesPanel('nodeView.addNodeButton', {
+					this.$telemetry.trackNodesPanel('nodeView.addSticky', { workflow_id: this.$store.getters.workflowId });
-					node_type: nodeTypeName,
+				} else {
-					workflow_id: this.$store.getters.workflowId,
+					this.$externalHooks().run('nodeView.addNodeButton', { nodeTypeName });
-					drag_and_drop: options.dragAndDrop,
+					this.$telemetry.trackNodesPanel('nodeView.addNodeButton', {
-				} as IDataObject);
+						node_type: nodeTypeName,
+						workflow_id: this.$store.getters.workflowId,
+						drag_and_drop: options.dragAndDrop,
+					} as IDataObject);
+				}
 
 				// Automatically deselect all nodes and select the current one and also active
 				// current node
 				this.deselectAllNodes();
 				setTimeout(() => {
-					this.nodeSelectedByName(newNodeData.name, true);
+					this.nodeSelectedByName(newNodeData.name, nodeTypeName !== STICKY_NODE_TYPE);
 				});
 
 				return newNodeData;
@@ -2174,8 +2210,12 @@ export default mixins(
 					}
 				}
 
-				this.$externalHooks().run('node.deleteNode', { node });
+				if(node.type === STICKY_NODE_TYPE) {
-				this.$telemetry.track('User deleted node', { node_type: node.type, workflow_id: this.$store.getters.workflowId });
+					this.$telemetry.track('User deleted workflow note', { workflow_id: this.$store.getters.workflowId });
+				} else {
+					this.$externalHooks().run('node.deleteNode', { node });
+					this.$telemetry.track('User deleted node', { node_type: node.type, workflow_id: this.$store.getters.workflowId });
+				}
 
 				let waitForNewConnection = false;
 				// connect nodes before/after deleted node
@@ -2869,6 +2909,28 @@ export default mixins(
 	bottom: 10px;
 }
 
+.node-buttons-wrapper {
+	position: fixed;
+	width: 150px;
+	height: 200px;
+	top: 0;
+	right: 0;
+	display: flex;
+
+	.add-sticky-button {
+		margin-top: var(--spacing-2xs);
+		opacity: 0;
+		transition: .1s;
+		transition-timing-function: linear;
+	}
+
+	&:hover {
+		.add-sticky-button {
+			opacity: 1;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 .node-creator-button {
 	position: fixed;
 	text-align: center;

packages/editor-ui/src/views/canvasHelpers.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { getStyleTokenValue } from "@/components/helpers";
+import { getStyleTokenValue, isNumber } from "@/components/helpers";
-import { NODE_OUTPUT_DEFAULT_KEY, START_NODE_TYPE } from "@/constants";
+import { NODE_OUTPUT_DEFAULT_KEY, START_NODE_TYPE, STICKY_NODE_TYPE } from "@/constants";
 import { IBounds, INodeUi, IZoomConfig, XYPosition } from "@/Interface";
 import { Connection, Endpoint, Overlay, OverlaySpec, PaintStyle } from "jsplumb";
 import {
@@ -217,17 +217,22 @@ export const getLeftmostTopNode = (nodes: INodeUi[]): INodeUi => {
 
 export const getWorkflowCorners = (nodes: INodeUi[]): IBounds => {
 	return nodes.reduce((accu: IBounds, node: INodeUi) => {
-		if (node.position[0] < accu.minX) {
+		const xOffset = node.type === STICKY_NODE_TYPE && isNumber(node.parameters.width) ? node.parameters.width : NODE_SIZE;
-			accu.minX = node.position[0];
+		const yOffset = node.type === STICKY_NODE_TYPE && isNumber(node.parameters.height) ? node.parameters.height : NODE_SIZE;
+		const x = node.position[0];
+		const y = node.position[1];
+
+		if (x < accu.minX) {
+			accu.minX = x;
 		}
-		if (node.position[1] < accu.minY) {
+		if (y < accu.minY) {
-			accu.minY = node.position[1];
+			accu.minY = y;
 		}
-		if (node.position[0] > accu.maxX) {
+		if ((x + xOffset) > accu.maxX) {
-			accu.maxX = node.position[0];
+			accu.maxX = x + xOffset;
 		}
-		if (node.position[1] > accu.maxY) {
+		if ((y + yOffset) > accu.maxY) {
-			accu.maxY = node.position[1];
+			accu.maxY = y + yOffset;
 		}
 
 		return accu;
@@ -592,6 +597,7 @@ export const getZoomToFit = (nodes: INodeUi[], addComponentPadding = true): {off
 	const {minX, minY, maxX, maxY} = getWorkflowCorners(nodes);
 	const sidebarWidth = addComponentPadding? SIDEBAR_WIDTH: 0;
 	const headerHeight = addComponentPadding? HEADER_HEIGHT: 0;
+	const footerHeight = addComponentPadding? 200: 100;
 
 	const PADDING = NODE_SIZE * 4;
 
@@ -605,10 +611,10 @@ export const getZoomToFit = (nodes: INodeUi[], addComponentPadding = true): {off
 
 	const zoomLevel = Math.min(scaleX, scaleY, 1);
 	let xOffset = (minX * -1) * zoomLevel + sidebarWidth; // find top right corner
-	xOffset += (editorWidth - sidebarWidth - (maxX - minX + NODE_SIZE) * zoomLevel) / 2; // add padding to center workflow
+	xOffset += (editorWidth - sidebarWidth - (maxX - minX) * zoomLevel) / 2; // add padding to center workflow
 
 	let yOffset = (minY * -1) * zoomLevel + headerHeight; // find top right corner
-	yOffset += (editorHeight - headerHeight - (maxY - minY + NODE_SIZE * 2) * zoomLevel) / 2; // add padding to center workflow
+	yOffset += (editorHeight - headerHeight - (maxY - minY + footerHeight) * zoomLevel) / 2; // add padding to center workflow
 
 	return {
 		zoomLevel,

packages/nodes-base/nodes/StickyNote/StickyNote.node.json

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+	"node": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
+	"nodeVersion": "1.0",
+	"codexVersion": "1.0",
+	"categories": [
+		"Core Nodes"
+	],
+	"alias": [
+		"Comments",
+		"Notes",
+		"Sticky"
+	],
+	"subcategories": {
+		"Core Nodes": [
+			"Helpers"
+		]
+	}
+}

packages/nodes-base/nodes/StickyNote/StickyNote.node.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { IExecuteFunctions } from 'n8n-core';
+import {
+	INodeExecutionData,
+	INodeType,
+	INodeTypeDescription,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+
+export class StickyNote implements INodeType {
+	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
+		displayName: 'Sticky Note',
+		name: 'stickyNote',
+		icon: 'fa:sticky-note',
+		group: ['input'],
+		version: 1,
+		description: 'Make your workflow easier to understand',
+		defaults: {
+			name: 'Note',
+			color: '#FFD233',
+		},
+		inputs: [],
+		outputs: [],
+		properties: [
+			{
+				displayName: 'Content',
+				name: 'content',
+				type: 'string',
+				required: true,
+				default: `## I'm a note \n**Double click** to edit me. [Guide](https://docs.n8n.io/workflows/sticky-notes/)`,
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'height',
+				name: 'height',
+				type: 'number',
+				required: true,
+				default: 160,
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'width',
+				name: 'width',
+				type: 'number',
+				required: true,
+				default: 240,
+			},
+		],
+	};
+
+	execute(this: IExecuteFunctions): Promise<INodeExecutionData[][]> {
+		const items = this.getInputData();
+		return this.prepareOutputData(items);
+	}
+}

packages/nodes-base/package.json

@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@
       "dist/nodes/Netlify/NetlifyTrigger.node.js",
       "dist/nodes/NextCloud/NextCloud.node.js",
       "dist/nodes/NocoDB/NocoDB.node.js",
+      "dist/nodes/StickyNote/StickyNote.node.js",
       "dist/nodes/NoOp/NoOp.node.js",
       "dist/nodes/Onfleet/Onfleet.node.js",
       "dist/nodes/Onfleet/OnfleetTrigger.node.js",

packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -1410,12 +1410,24 @@ export interface INodesGraph {
 	node_types: string[];
 	node_connections: IDataObject[];
 	nodes: INodesGraphNode;
+	notes: INotesGraphNode;
 }
 
 export interface INodesGraphNode {
 	[key: string]: INodeGraphItem;
 }
 
+export interface INotesGraphNode {
+	[key: string]: INoteGraphItem;
+}
+
+export interface INoteGraphItem {
+	overlapping: boolean;
+	position: [number, number];
+	height: number;
+	width: number;
+}
+
 export interface INodeGraphItem {
 	type: string;
 	resource?: string;

packages/workflow/src/TelemetryHelpers.ts

@@ -9,13 +9,57 @@ import {
 	IWorkflowBase,
 	INodeTypes,
 } from '.';
+import { INodeType } from './Interfaces';
 
 import { getInstance as getLoggerInstance } from './LoggerProxy';
 
+const STICKY_NODE_TYPE = 'n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote';
+
 export function getNodeTypeForName(workflow: IWorkflowBase, nodeName: string): INode | undefined {
 	return workflow.nodes.find((node) => node.name === nodeName);
 }
 
+export function isNumber(value: unknown): value is number {
+	return typeof value === 'number';
+}
+
+function getStickyDimensions(note: INode, stickyType: INodeType | undefined) {
+	const heightProperty = stickyType?.description.properties.find(
+		(property) => property.name === 'height',
+	);
+	const widthProperty = stickyType?.description.properties.find(
+		(property) => property.name === 'width',
+	);
+
+	const defaultHeight =
+		heightProperty && isNumber(heightProperty?.default) ? heightProperty.default : 0;
+	const defaultWidth =
+		widthProperty && isNumber(widthProperty?.default) ? widthProperty.default : 0;
+
+	const height: number = isNumber(note.parameters.height) ? note.parameters.height : defaultHeight;
+	const width: number = isNumber(note.parameters.width) ? note.parameters.width : defaultWidth;
+
+	return {
+		height,
+		width,
+	};
+}
+
+type XYPosition = [number, number];
+
+function areOverlapping(
+	topLeft: XYPosition,
+	bottomRight: XYPosition,
+	targetPos: XYPosition,
+): boolean {
+	return (
+		targetPos[0] > topLeft[0] &&
+		targetPos[1] > topLeft[1] &&
+		targetPos[0] < bottomRight[0] &&
+		targetPos[1] < bottomRight[1]
+	);
+}
+
 export function generateNodesGraph(
 	workflow: IWorkflowBase,
 	nodeTypes: INodeTypes,
@@ -24,11 +68,32 @@ export function generateNodesGraph(
 		node_types: [],
 		node_connections: [],
 		nodes: {},
+		notes: {},
 	};
 	const nodeNameAndIndex: INodeNameIndex = {};
 
 	try {
-		workflow.nodes.forEach((node: INode, index: number) => {
+		const notes = workflow.nodes.filter((node) => node.type === STICKY_NODE_TYPE);
+		const otherNodes = workflow.nodes.filter((node) => node.type !== STICKY_NODE_TYPE);
+
+		notes.forEach((stickyNote: INode, index: number) => {
+			const stickyType = nodeTypes.getByNameAndVersion(STICKY_NODE_TYPE, stickyNote.typeVersion);
+			const { height, width } = getStickyDimensions(stickyNote, stickyType);
+
+			const topLeft = stickyNote.position;
+			const bottomRight: [number, number] = [topLeft[0] + width, topLeft[1] + height];
+			const overlapping = Boolean(
+				otherNodes.find((node) => areOverlapping(topLeft, bottomRight, node.position)),
+			);
+			nodesGraph.notes[index] = {
+				overlapping,
+				position: topLeft,
+				height,
+				width,
+			};
+		});
+
+		otherNodes.forEach((node: INode, index: number) => {
 			nodesGraph.node_types.push(node.type);
 			const nodeItem: INodeGraphItem = {
 				type: node.type,