---
title: "The note reading layout"
slug: workspace/notes-view
url: https://projectri.com/docs/workspace/notes-view
section: workspace
audience: workspace
app_route: "/[slug]/[user]/notes/view"
mobile: false
updated: 2026-09-08
source: Projectri documentation
---

# The note reading layout

A static design preview of a note laid out for reading with its comments beside it. It is not connected to your notes.

![The note reading layout](https://projectri.com/docs-shots/workspace-notes-view.png)

## What it is

`/notes/view` is a fixed layout preview: one sample note called *Final Design
Review Notes*, a comments rail beside it, and a floating formatting bar. The
content is written into the page and does not come from the database.

> [!NOTE]
> This screen reads nothing and saves nothing. Nothing you do on it changes a
> real note, and nothing in a real note appears on it. To read or write an
> actual note, open it from [Notes](/docs/workspace/notes).

## How to get there

By typing the address. Nothing in the product links to it — it is not in the
navigation, and no note, notification or search result points at it. It requires
no permission because it reads no data.

## How to use it

There is nothing to do here. The controls are drawn but not wired:

- The formatting bar at the bottom (**Copy**, **Comment**, **Font**, **Bold**,
  **Italic**, **Underline**, **Bullets**, **Numbers**) does not format anything.
- The comment composer, the like and reply buttons and the **All comments**
  filter do not post or filter.
- The share and expand buttons in the top bar do nothing.

The one control that works is the comment count button in the top bar, which
opens and closes the comments rail.

## What it affects

Nothing. It writes no data and reads none.

## On mobile

This screen is web only.

## Limits and gotchas

- The sample content mentions projects, people and issues that do not exist in
  your workspace. Do not read it as a record of anything.
- Because it holds no real note, there is no permission on it — everything on it
  is visible to anybody who reaches the address, which is safe only because
  there is nothing real to see.

## Related

- [Notes](/docs/workspace/notes) — the real list.
- [Writing a note](/docs/workspace/note) — the real editor, with the working versions of these controls.

## Related

- [Writing a note](https://projectri.com/docs/workspace/note.md): The note editor — formatting, tables, charts, callouts and templates, with live co-editing, comments anchored to a selection, version history and sharing.
- [Notes](https://projectri.com/docs/workspace/notes.md): Every note you can reach — your own, ones shared with you and ones the workspace publishes — with filters, a trash tab and row actions for pinning, duplicating and sharing.