Get started with Stickies

Stickies is a kanban board. You organize work into columns, and each column holds cards. A card has a title, an optional description, a color, and its own comment thread where you can discuss it with the people you share the board with. This page is a quick tour of what you can do.

The board

When you open a board for the first time it comes with three columns: To Do, In Progress, and Done. A welcome card sits in the first column to show you how things work.

Each card shows its title, a preview of its description, and a reply count if there are comments on it. To open a card and read its full content, click it.

You can see who else is on the board. When someone has a card open or is dragging it, their name appears on that card and it gets an outline in their color.

Columns

Columns run left to right across the board. Each one has a header with its title and two small buttons: a plus icon to add a card, and a pencil icon to open Column Settings where you can rename the column or delete it.

To add a new column, open the Insert menu in the toolbar and choose Column.

You can reorder columns by dragging their header left or right.

Cards

To add a card to a column, click Add a sticky at the bottom of that column (or the plus icon in the column header). The Add Sticky dialog opens, where you fill in a title, an optional description, and pick a color. Click Add Sticky to save it.

To edit a card you have already added, open it by clicking on it, then click the pencil icon in the card detail view.

Cards have a color to help you group related work at a glance. You can change a card's color while you edit it, or right-click a card and choose a color from the context menu.

Moving cards

Drag a card to a different column to change its status. You can also drag it up or down within the same column to reorder it. Drag a column header to reorder whole columns.

Comments

Each card has a built-in comment thread. Open a card and type in the box at the bottom to leave a message. Everyone who has access to the board can read and reply. The card face shows a reply count so you can see at a glance which cards have active discussion.

See Discuss a card with comments for more detail.

Filtering by color

The toolbar shows a row of color swatches. Click one to show only the cards with that color. Click it again, or click Clear, to clear the filter.

Undo and redo

Mod+Z undoes the last change. Mod+Y or Mod+Shift+Z redoes it. The Edit menu in the toolbar also has Undo and Redo.

Sharing

Boards are private to you until you share them. Click the share button in the top-right corner of the toolbar to give other people access and choose whether they can view or also edit. See Share a board and manage access for the details.