This is not an issue I'm aware of. You should only get a new note in a window if you're NOT in the Note view. For example if you're in Tags clicking new note will pop it up in a window. Is anyone else seeing this issue? I tried now and it works as expected When in note view I create a new note and it opens in the same window When in tags view I clicked on create new note and a new window opened Tested on MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) with Yosemite 10.10.4 installed Thanks - as it turns out, I didn't notice (didn't even pay attention as I didn't know it would make a difference) - I was in a search results list. It seems this behavior happens (maybe intentionally) when in that view, similarly to when being in the tags view.