{"id":18916918,"date":"2026-05-23T17:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/improve-gutenberg-notes-ux-add-visibility-in-sidebar-or-icon-indicator\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T17:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:34:34","slug":"improve-gutenberg-notes-ux-add-visibility-in-sidebar-or-icon-indicator","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/improve-gutenberg-notes-ux-add-visibility-in-sidebar-or-icon-indicator\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Gutenberg \u201cNotes\u201d UX \u2013 add visibility in sidebar or icon indicator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019d like to share a small UX suggestion regarding the new \u201cNotes\u201d feature in Gutenberg (WordPress editor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, Notes are a great idea for editorial workflow \u2014 especially for SEO work, planning content, and leaving internal reminders inside posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, there is one major usability issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Notes are only visible in the editor flow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They are not visible in the block settings sidebar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is no icon or indicator showing where notes exist in the document<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This creates a problem in longer content:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s easy to forget that notes exist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suggested improvements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Add a small icon\/marker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This would make the feature much more powerful, especially for content creators working with SEO, editorial workflows, or multi-author sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, the feature is useful but feels slightly \u201chidden\u201d and disconnected from the editing workflow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18916918","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18916918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18916918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18916922,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18916918\/revisions\/18916922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18916918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}