# General settings for all entry types?

**URL:** https://discourse.jabref.org/t/general-settings-for-all-entry-types/1694
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [July 18, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/general-settings-for-all-entry-types/1694 "2019-07-18T13:11:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![wolfkil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wolfkil](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/wolfkil)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/general-settings-for-all-entry-types/1694/1 "2019-07-18T13:11:24Z")

</div>

I want to have the fields “file” and “keywords” in the “Optional fields” for ALL “Entry Types”. Is there a way other than to set it separately for all single entry types?