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Overlay / Sheet Mode

Feature Request

Right now, opening Quick Draft on iPad often triggers a full app-switch. This can be annoying in Safari because if I stay in the note too long, the background page sometimes refreshes due to inactivity.

It would be awesome if the app could open as an always-on-top sheet/overlay (similar to Apple’s Quick Notes). This way, the "host" app stays active in the background, which is way more efficient for taking notes while browsing or watching a course.

Posted by Shamun Haydar ·
Status: Planned1 comment

Comments1

  • Serhii Petrenko

    Team•

    Feb 23

    I’ll definitely look into it. It may not be technically achievable. Apple’s Quick Notes behavior is likely powered by private system APIs that aren’t available to third-party apps.

    The closest alternative I can think of right now would be improving the Share Sheet flow — for example, allowing direct typing there without fully switching apps. That might provide a similar “stay in context” experience.

    I’ll explore what’s realistically possible on iPad and see how far we can push it. And if you’ve seen any third-party apps that manage to do something similar, I’d really appreciate a hint — that would help a lot.