That's what Scrawl can do for you. My very first post at Lifehacker was about rolling your own menubar-based notepad using an HTML file and Fluid, the great site-specific browser (SSB) creator.

If you've ever wished you had a quick-access scratchpad in your OS X menubar, there's a quick and easy way to get one with free site-specific browser application Fluid and an HTML document.

Now that your preferences will stay put, you can put a lot of handy things in your headers and footers. You can have Notepad automatically insert the date or time, for example.

Copying Bullets From Word to Notepad. Migrating text from one word processing program or word editor to another can pose various problems. The text often copies over fine but the formatting, such ...

Windows Notepad is getting a new AI 'Rewrite' tool that will let you highlight text and tap into generative AI to rewrite and change it.

Hate Notepad in Windows 11 because Microsoft keeps adding features to the app, bloating it up? You might like the new 'Edit' app that's in the works now.