Limitations

Elements without a source location

Spotnote only points at elements written literally in your own source. For these, a click selects the nearest stamped ancestor, and the prompt says so:

• Elements rendered by dependencies, such as a UI library's components. Spotnote stamps your source, not node_modules.
• Injected HTML: dangerouslySetInnerHTML, v-html, {@html}.
• DOM built by scripts: charts, maps, rich-text editors and other widgets.
• Tags chosen at runtime: <component :is="…">, <svelte:element this={…}>.
• Vue render functions (h(...)).

Platform

• Vite only. Next.js and other non-Vite setups aren't supported.
• Dev only. Nothing runs in builds, unless you turn on a staging build, nor under Vitest.
• Notes are local. Saved in your browser, not shared with teammates, not tied to Git.

Notes and code changes

• Edits that move an element's opening tag detach its note.
• For repeated elements, sorting or filtering moves a note to another item, because the note is tied to a position.