Not sure how many folks knew this already but I am tickled to learn this!

Keyboard shortcut for opening the Stickies Application: Command+Shift+Y

While it isn't the most important App in OS X, I'm sure someone besides myself will find this useful.

Dave,

Ahh, but those lowly Stickies do so much more!! When highlighting text and/or pictures on the web, hit that same keyboard shortcut - command+shift+y - and it opens Stickies AND copies and pastes it into a new note! Great way to capture only part of a website, saving paper and ink if you print. Great for maps.

This command works in other apps but not all, can't remember the list.

Linda

If you're interested in an alternative to Stickies that doesn't leave files/pages all over the desktop, BUT is extremely easy to access from the desktop, take a look at SideNote. Free. I love it. Will save as many or few pages as you wish, hides at the right or left edge of the screen as a barely visible window that pops out either with the mouse, or a hot key. Not necessary to "hide" other apps to get to it to add or access its content. Great for those little tidbits you want handy temporarily (or permanently) Has a LOT of functionality, works with the OS Font palette, exports pages to a text file if you want a more permanent copy, etc., etc. - universal binary.

http://www.chatelp.org/?p=9

Linda,
I can't get your tip about capturing things on the web to work. Tried several pages - didn't even open Stickies. I even tried selecting your hint and hitting command+shift+y and nothing happens - My copy of Stickies is 5.2 - is there an update? If so, where?

Thanks

Doesn't work for me, either, on my MBP, 10.4.10. I don't see any shortcut for Stickies in the Keyboard Shortcuts either.

I couldn't get it to work on my Intel iMac, but it's working on my aging G4 iBook. The text capture works and leaves the new capture behind the working window so it won't interfere.

Keystrokes work from Finder to open Stickies, but couldn't get Linda's "screen capture" to work from Safari.
A little comic relief: When I tried Dave's version from the finder, it created a new Sticky with an icon of the finder in it. (no other text)
OS 10.4.9, 5-yr-old QuickSilver tower.

My daughter, who has an Intel iBook Says "it only works if you have stuff highlighted. otherwise cmd-shift-y doesn't do anything.
"

Doesn't work for me, highlighted text or not.

Does she have an PPC iBook or an Intel MacBook? Because our unscientific poll only shows it working on PPC machines so far.

intel macbook. I see that on my my G4 it only opens Stickies. It does not create a new stickie with the highlighted info.

Command-Shift-Y is the gamut warning in Photoshop FWIW.

Interesting - it *does* work on my MacPro, but not the MacBook Pro. Pastes the selected area into a new Sticky, even without the program running first.

I just highlighted Jack's text and used my keyboard shortcut on my G4 iBook and it copied everything just fine. It works on my Intel Mac Mini as well.

This was a tip for opening Stickies quickly but as with most Apple programs, there always seems to be a shortcut or another purpose available.

The keyboard shortcut is under Safari>services>make new sticky note.

If you don't have text highlighted, it is grayed out.

It works in Mail, Safari, iWork, iCal, iChat, iPhoto it will even work in a playlist of songs in iTunes.

Not in Firefox or MS Office

Of course, just because it can........

Stickies 5.2.0

Sorry, Linda. It's not showing on my Intel iMac.

Ah HA! I now know why it doesn't work on my MB Pro. I have a program called "Service Scrubber" that lets you turn off services (like the always popular "Chinese Text Converter"). I have it turned off because I don't use Stickies. I mist not have turned it off on my MacBook.

I haven't run the program for a long time, and didn't think about it until Linda mentioned that you can see the command in the Services menu.

D'oh! I completely forgot about Service Scrubber. I think I used it once, then promptly forgot about it. Thanks, Jack.

Back to SideNote. I selected a random area on the screen for this discussion, copied/pasted to a new SideNote page. Did "export note" and it saved a TextEdit document that is virtually a screen capture, pictures and all.

A bit more trouble than the Stickies hot key version, but it should work no matter what computer you have.

Free. Try it. http://www.chatelp.org/?s=Sidenote

MAke new sticky note is Grayed out for me too. How would I get it back if I wanted it?