Allow opening a note in a new window more than once

Bear feedback Feature Request
1

At the moment (Bear 2.3.10 — 13092), one may open a note in a new window by right-clicking it in the side bar and clicking “Open in a new window”, which is great.

This feature request is about being able to do that more than once. Right now, if one tries to click twice on “Open in a new window”, it just brings back the already-opened window in focus.

My use case for opening the same note more than once is that I may want to see something at the top of the note (let’s say a figure) and write about it in a section below. To do this, it’s great to have the same note opened side-by-side. This is possible if I open the note in a new window and in Bear’s main window at the same time but it means I can’t use Bear’s main window for other notes. Therefore, I would find it nice to be able to open a note as many times as one clicks on “Open in a new window”.

2

Actually you can use the same note in the main window as second instance and close the left sidebar and the notes list. The result would be the same: you would have two windows with the same note

3

Yes exactly, but as I mentioned, it means you can’t use your main window for something else. Basically, I would like:

  • the main window available to switch at any time between notes and switch context across the day
  • two windows side by side in a dedicated screen showing the same note