# Allow user to focus on note-taking on an entry

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/allow-user-to-focus-on-note-taking-on-an-entry/2965>\
**Category:** Features\
**Tags:** ui\
**Created:** [September 24, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/allow-user-to-focus-on-note-taking-on-an-entry/2965 "2021-09-24T08:29:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![i\_ngli](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/i_ngli/32/677_2.png) [@i\_ngli](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/i_ngli)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/allow-user-to-focus-on-note-taking-on-an-entry/2965/1 "2021-09-24T08:29:43Z")

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I use JabRef in two ways: (a) to manage loads of different references, (b) to take and manage notes on a specific reference.

While the first function works well for me, I hope for more support for users who use JabRef also in the second way.

Here is the specific proposal, consisting of two elements:

- Allow the user to open a field of the entry editor in its own window (that I can expand to fill the complete screen, to not be distracted by anything else).
- Allow the use to enter eg html or markdown (etc) formatted notes in that field.

In my setup, I would open the field Note or Annote to edit such rich text notes. This is something I need for every third reference I work with, as I use JabRef to store summaries and comments on the entry.

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Please vote if you support this proposal:

_Poll ([view on site](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/allow-user-to-focus-on-note-taking-on-an-entry/2965/1))_