Notes and editors
Pages, zoom, the date pill, deleting, Topics, Meeting notes and meeting details in journal, meeting and topic editors.
Pages and zoom
- Every page is A4 portrait (595 × 842 pt) on every device. There is no infinite canvas.
- Ink, pen widths and paper patterns share page points.
- 100% zoom is real paper size, from the device's physical density.
- A page opens at fit-width the first time a device shows it.
- The Zoom tool is − / level / +, inline in the bar or in the » tray.
- Zoom runs from 30% to 300%, by pinch or by step.
- The steps are 30, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200 and 300%. Tapping the level (tabular figures) fits the page width.
- Lock zoom is a separate toggle icon. It blocks pinch scaling, not explicit steps.
- There are no zoom-preset toolbar items.
- The area outside the sheet is gray
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Paper and pen defaults
Widths are shown in “pt”.
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Line spacing | 12 pt |
| Dot and grid spacing | 9 pt |
| Line width | 0.375 pt |
| Dot size | 0.75 pt |
| Pen width | 0.75 pt |
| Highlighter width | 4 pt |
Date pill
Confirmed journals and recurring meetings show a date pill. See Pill.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Position | Top right of the writable viewport, below meeting details when present |
| Inset | 16 dp from the top-right corner, measured to the outline |
| Outline | 28 dp tall, thin outline, white surface |
| Date text | 14 sp Medium |
| Chevrons | 24 dp glyphs in 48 dp targets that extend beyond the outline |
- On the tablet, tapping the date opens a date picker popover anchored under the pill, right-aligned, with Today in the heading and no footer.
- On the phone, tapping the date opens the date picker sheet. See DatePicker.
- In a journal, the arrows change the day.
- In a meeting, Back is disabled when the previous occurrence has no saved note.
- The pill supports all seven confirmed date formats, including numeric leading zeros. Settings → Notes → Date format has Cancel/Save.
- The pill keeps the same right anchor in every format.
- Date navigation and page navigation stay separate controls.
- In a topic, the pill shows the topic name without arrows and opens Rename topic.
Meeting series
- Changing a series date keeps the original return route and save admission.
- One-off meeting dates have no series arrows and no series picker.
- When series navigation is unavailable, existing notes stay and the user gets explicit retry feedback.
Journal date navigation
- Journal date navigation (previous date, date and calendar picker, next date) is one optional editing tool.
- Fresh installations and Reset to default put it in the » tray, off the toolbar.
- It is hidden in meeting notes and topics.
- Moving between pages within a note is separate from date navigation.
Deleting pages and notes
- Deleting one of several pages is permanent and has no Undo.
- It asks “Delete page?” / “This can not be undone.” with a “Don't show this warning again” checkbox, remembered per device.
- Settings → Notes → “Confirm before deleting pages” turns the warning back on.
- Deleting the last page deletes the whole journal or meeting notebook and its cached history.
- The last-page confirmation is titled “Delete note?” and says “Are you sure you want to delete this note? This can not be undone.”
- Saved last-page notes always confirm, even when blank.
- Delete page on an untouched, never-saved last-page draft closes it immediately and returns to the overview.
- After a note is deleted, the app returns to the overview (BOOX calendar, phone Todos and agenda). It never waits for remote sync.
- Linked ToDos keep their text and source label.
Topics
Topics are saved on creation, so the never-saved draft rule above does not apply to them.
- Deleting a topic's only page leaves a blank page on the default paper.
- Delete page is disabled on that blank page.
- A topic is removed only through Delete topic.
- Back (app bar or system) returns to the Topics overview.
- There is no previous or next topic.
Topics modal
The only topic-specific view. It uses the shared InkPopover, laid out like the Meeting notes library.
- From top to bottom: a fixed heading with the count and ×, New topic, search with Clear (once topics exist), then a bounded list with a persistent scrollbar.
- The list shows the most recently edited topic first.
- Each topic is a full-width outlined card with its wrapping name, localized last-edited time and page count. See ListCard.
- Tapping a card opens the topic.
- A separate 48 dp More actions target on the card offers Rename and Delete.
- The empty state explains that topics hold notes about a subject rather than a date, and offers New topic.
- The current note stays open underneath. Only opening or creating a topic switches notebooks.
- Topics is a global action on both devices. On the phone it folds into ⋮ like the other global actions.
Topic name dialog
- New topic and Rename share one name dialog (
InkDialog) with anInkTextFieldand a character count. - Inline errors cover a blank name, more than 80 characters, and a duplicate name (case-insensitive).
- The dialog stays open on a save error.
Delete topic
- Delete topic is in the card menu.
- Its confirmation names the topic.
- When pages hold writing, it says how many will be permanently lost.
Meeting notes library
A searchable library of meeting notebooks.
- From top to bottom: a fixed heading with the count and ×, search with Clear, then a bounded list with a persistent scrollbar.
- Each notebook is a full-width outlined card with a wrapping title, the complete localized date and time, and a trailing chevron.
- A card shows a calendar-status message only when it is meaningful.
- All notebooks are listed, with no calendar-connection group label. A missing event association does not mean the calendar is disconnected.
- Tapping anywhere on a card opens the notebook.
- The library has no delete action, menu or confirmation.
- Empty and no-result states explain the next step.
- BOOX uses the wider modal. The phone keeps the bounded, bottom-aligned surface.
Meeting details
Tablet
- Meeting details are a pill at the top right of the writing area, above the date pill.
- The pill is full radius, with a 1 dp outline on the meeting fill: rail, title, time (tabular figures) and a chevron.
- While open, the pill uses the selected style.
- The pill opens a 500 dp popover: title, Refresh and ×, the time, a scrolling description, then Event details, Reconnect notes and Delete meeting notes.
- The writing area keeps its size.
Phone
- Meeting details scroll within the expanded header row.
- Event details, Refresh, Reconnect and Delete stay fixed below the details, so a long description never hides them.
Both devices
- Event details is offered as soon as the event is in the calendar, even before the note is saved.
- The note actions appear once the note is saved.
- Reconnect shows a date picker, a calendar filter and scrollable event cards with title, time and calendar.
- Selecting an event card asks for confirmation.
- When the target already has notes, the existing merge review runs.
Limits and behaviour
Two-finger page navigation
- While the gesture moves, the existing native drawing is shown as a preview, clipped to the writing area.
- Page coordinates are rebuilt once, on release or cancellation.
- Native coordinates are restored before new ink is accepted.
- Stored samples never change.
- Content exposed beyond the preview is redrawn when the gesture settles.
Date pill exclusion
- The pill's 48 dp action targets are separate from its 28 dp outline and belong to the native paper exclusion bounds.
- Date and time pickers exclude the writing surface for as long as they are open.