Would you please consider allowing the user the hold the SHIFT key while pressing the keyboard shortcut for a highlight, and thereby being able to create a note instead?
  1. On the web app, we have the following keyboard shortcuts: n creates a new note, h applies the last-used highlight style, and r removes the selected highlight and anchors. This is coming to desktop soon (with 8.4 on April 15, I think). Will this meet your needs?

  2. Thanks again, Phil. That will satisfy me, although I would have preferred the SHIFT key suggestion, as that would make it easier to use multiple note styles.

  3. <This is coming to desktop soon (with 8.4 on April 15, I think)> Now that's some cool news! Thanks for sharing. If that was shared before, I had missed that.