# Display comment on maintable

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/display-comment-on-maintable/926>\
**Category:** Features\
**Tags:** maintable\
**Created:** [December 5, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/display-comment-on-maintable/926 "2017-12-05T07:37:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Psychelzh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/psychelzh/32/218_2.png) [@Psychelzh](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Psychelzh)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/display-comment-on-maintable/926/1 "2017-12-05T07:37:48Z")

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I have many articles on the same topic with different findings, but there is nothing to distinguish them in the maintable in the current version of **JabRef 4.0**. I’d like to display comments (or something similar) on the maintable to better distinguish among those articles. Could that be done?

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Please vote if you support this proposal:

_Poll ([view on site](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/display-comment-on-maintable/926/1))_

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**Author:** ![tobiasdiez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/tobiasdiez/32/340_2.png) [@tobiasdiez](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/tobiasdiez)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/display-comment-on-maintable/926/2 "2017-12-05T11:47:46Z")

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You can customize the columns that are shown in the main table. For example, you can add the field `note` and then put your notes in this field. Is this what you want?

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**Author:** ![Psychelzh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/psychelzh/32/218_2.png) [@Psychelzh](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Psychelzh)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/display-comment-on-maintable/926/3 "2017-12-05T16:52:42Z")

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Thank you very much. It seems that what you replied is what I need. I would have a try.