Dropping a sticky
Tap + Sticky and a small popover appears with six colored swatches. Click one and a sticky in that color appears at the center of your viewport. Double-click the sticky to add text. The text binds to the rectangle, so moving the sticky moves the text with it. Press Escape or click outside to commit. You can drop as many stickies as you want, in any combination of colors. Drag to position them. Resize from the corners. Recolor by selecting the sticky and picking a new background fill in the side panel.The six colors
| Color | Common clinical uses |
|---|---|
| Yellow | The classic Post-it. Default for anything that doesn’t need color-coding. |
| Pink | Warm-toned; works for feelings, emotional anchors, validation prompts. |
| Orange | Mid-warmth; flexible — homework prompts, action items, goals. |
| Green | Growth, strengths, what’s working. Pairs with affirmations or values. |
| Blue | Cool-toned; calming. Coping skills, grounding cues, regulation reminders. |
| White | Clean card for “neutral” notes — quotes, observations, anything you’d write on a blank index card. |
When to use stickies
Stickies are the right move when you’d reach for a piece of paper in-room. A few examples that show up in real sessions:- Capturing a thought verbatim — the client says something worth keeping in their words; you drop a sticky and type it.
- Building a homework list together — one sticky per assignment, drag them into priority order at the end of the session.
- Affirmations or grounding cues — green or blue stickies the client can refer back to between sessions (export to PDF so they have the reference).
- Mapping a thought / feeling / behavior cycle — three stickies, one per node, arrows between them. Faster than building a proper diagram and equally communicative.
- Brainstorming — drop a bunch, sort them after.
- Marking up a preset — drop a sticky on top of a preset’s box to annotate that specific cell without disturbing the worksheet structure.
Client annotations and stickies
When Two-way is ON, your client can write text on the canvas — but they can’t drop a sticky note or edit the text on yours. Stickies stay your authoring tool. The client’s text annotations appear as free-floating text in whichever color they picked. If you want the client’s text to live inside a sticky, drop the sticky first, then ask them to type — they can type on top of it. Or simpler: type it yourself based on what they say.Related articles
Drawing tools
Pen, eraser, text, shapes.
Letting your client draw
The Two-way toggle.
Presets — psychoeducation
Stress bucket plus the six sticky colors.