I saw a request in 2008 for the ability to choose the font for the Notes field. This would be very helpful for grid look-up (fixed-width font).. There was no response to the 2008 request.
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If you are willing to use a fixed-width font in the main KeePass window use the Select List Font button in Tools>Options...>Interface(tab) to set the main window to display with a fixed-width font. The entry view pane uses this font and shows the Notes field. The Add/Edit Entry dialogs are not affected by this setting and will continue to use the system font.
Alternatively, attach a text file to the entry. Set the text file viewer to a fixed-width font. The display font setting is saved globally. The KPEnhancedEntryView plugin provides convenient attachment management via the entry view pane.
The only feature request I found regarding setting the font of the notes field was to Select Notes Font in Edit Entry Dialog. These dialogs are intended for editing data, not using it. If you found a different feature request, you can up-vote it or add your up-vote or suggestion to the existing request.
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I have tried the image attachment, and yeah its a work-around, but then if I change the grid I have to do screen capture, replace the image, and it adds ~50kb to the database even though the information content is only about 40 bytes, which is an inefficient method.
As for changing the List Font, it does not carry over to the Notes box. See attached 2 files. I chose Courier New for the List Font, and it is using that, but the Notes section of the entry is still using the System Default. This is under Windows 10, v. 2.49 (64-bit).
I'll search for the comment. It wasn't listed in feature requests, it was a discussion topic, I think.
the Notes section of the entry is still using the System Default. This is under Windows 10, v. 2.49 (64-bit).
The Notes field in the Edit Entry dialog uses the system font. The Note contents, displayed in the entry view pane (not shown in your screenshot) uses the List font. To enable the entry view pane check View>Show Entry View.
I have tried the image attachment, ...and it adds ~50kb
An empty text file is 1kb. A text file containing 100 lines of the following text is 11kb. 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789
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I created new RTF attachment (edit > Advanced > Attach > Create New Empty Attachment).
Edited it with the internal editor using tab as the spacer.
Now I can view it by right clicking on the entry and selecting Attachments.
I can change the font at will - see screenshot.
@wellread1 - yes, I can see it there in the Entry View, but that is a single line (and yes, in fixed-width font), but I need a 2-D grid for TFA and with more than about 10 columns, the columns no longer line up, so you have to put a variable number of spaces. Very clumsy. When you really spread them out well enough to see all the columns (28 in my case), then it is too wide for the dialog box. I did install a plugin to allow for adjusting the dialog box, but that is not guaranteed to survive future upgrade to the main code, and doesn't solve the problem for Mac and iOS.
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@Paul - that does work and saves a lot of memory over screen capture. I'll call this a valid work-around for the PC. When I open the .kdbx file on Mac or iOS I'm not sure I'll be able to see the attachment in the same way, but I'll try. Thank you.
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For now, I downloaded the source and figured how to compile and modified PwEntryForm.cs to reflect the fixed-width font and recompiled. Works like a charm. Won't solve the iOS and Mac problem, but one step at a time.
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I saw a request in 2008 for the ability to choose the font for the Notes field. This would be very helpful for grid look-up (fixed-width font).. There was no response to the 2008 request.
If you are willing to use a fixed-width font in the main KeePass window use the Select List Font button in
Tools>Options...>Interface(tab)to set the main window to display with a fixed-width font. The entry view pane uses this font and shows the Notes field. The Add/Edit Entry dialogs are not affected by this setting and will continue to use the system font.Alternatively, attach a text file to the entry. Set the text file viewer to a fixed-width font. The display font setting is saved globally. The KPEnhancedEntryView plugin provides convenient attachment management via the entry view pane.
The only feature request I found regarding setting the font of the notes field was to Select Notes Font in Edit Entry Dialog. These dialogs are intended for editing data, not using it. If you found a different feature request, you can up-vote it or add your up-vote or suggestion to the existing request.
Last edit: wellread1 2021-09-22
Or make a PNG of the grid and attach it. KeePass has an internal viewer for PNG.
cheers, Paul
I have tried the image attachment, and yeah its a work-around, but then if I change the grid I have to do screen capture, replace the image, and it adds ~50kb to the database even though the information content is only about 40 bytes, which is an inefficient method.
As for changing the List Font, it does not carry over to the Notes box. See attached 2 files. I chose Courier New for the List Font, and it is using that, but the Notes section of the entry is still using the System Default. This is under Windows 10, v. 2.49 (64-bit).
I'll search for the comment. It wasn't listed in feature requests, it was a discussion topic, I think.
I did find this feature request discussion (#1859 Select Notes Font in Edit Entry Dialog) and up-voted it.
The Notes field in the Edit Entry dialog uses the system font. The Note contents, displayed in the entry view pane (not shown in your screenshot) uses the List font. To enable the entry view pane check
View>Show Entry View.An empty text file is 1kb. A text file containing 100 lines of the following text is 11kb.
0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789 0123456789You can also edit a text file and import the changes using KeePass
I created new RTF attachment (edit > Advanced > Attach > Create New Empty Attachment).
Edited it with the internal editor using tab as the spacer.
Now I can view it by right clicking on the entry and selecting Attachments.
I can change the font at will - see screenshot.
cheers, Paul
@wellread1 - yes, I can see it there in the Entry View, but that is a single line (and yes, in fixed-width font), but I need a 2-D grid for TFA and with more than about 10 columns, the columns no longer line up, so you have to put a variable number of spaces. Very clumsy. When you really spread them out well enough to see all the columns (28 in my case), then it is too wide for the dialog box. I did install a plugin to allow for adjusting the dialog box, but that is not guaranteed to survive future upgrade to the main code, and doesn't solve the problem for Mac and iOS.
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@Paul - that does work and saves a lot of memory over screen capture. I'll call this a valid work-around for the PC. When I open the .kdbx file on Mac or iOS I'm not sure I'll be able to see the attachment in the same way, but I'll try. Thank you.
For now, I downloaded the source and figured how to compile and modified PwEntryForm.cs to reflect the fixed-width font and recompiled. Works like a charm. Won't solve the iOS and Mac problem, but one step at a time.