# Capturing more than a few words in notes

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/capturing-more-than-a-few-words-in-notes/12780>\
**Category:** Bugabee\
**Created:** [May 25, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/capturing-more-than-a-few-words-in-notes/12780 "2026-05-25T13:45:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![hgarg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85f322/32.png) [@hgarg](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/hgarg)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/capturing-more-than-a-few-words-in-notes/12780/1 "2026-05-25T13:45:45Z")

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Hello,

Is there a way to capture a longer note? Such as a few sentences e.g. to record what was done or an important insight. The current notes field feels a little limited to capture details.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![krugerk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/krugerk/32/5161_2.png) [@krugerk](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/krugerk)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/capturing-more-than-a-few-words-in-notes/12780/2 "2026-05-26T10:23:31Z")

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Are you referring to the ‘optional comment’ accompanying a datapoint? I am not sure about the exact max length though testing reveals it can hold over 50k characters.

So maybe the request is about having it shown in a different way, maybe as a taller and wider text area, capable of accepting text including newlines, which it retains. What about some basic formatting, like markdown or a few html tags?

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**Author:** ![hgarg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85f322/32.png) [@hgarg](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/hgarg)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/capturing-more-than-a-few-words-in-notes/12780/3 "2026-05-26T12:04:53Z")

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Thanks @krugerk . Didn’t know it allowed 50k+ chars. And yes, the request is more about showing it differently, in a textarea that allows some basic formatting such as with markdown.

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**Author:** ![zzq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/zzq/32/6471_2.png) [@zzq](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/zzq)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/capturing-more-than-a-few-words-in-notes/12780/4 "2026-05-28T07:16:27Z")

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You could write your own browser extension or userscript to replace the comment input box with a textarea, displaying iit as rendered markdown where applicable, etc. These days, making one’s own tweaks like this is much more accessible than ever before with the help of AI coding assistants.

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**Author:** ![krugerk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/krugerk/32/5161_2.png) [@krugerk](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/krugerk)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/capturing-more-than-a-few-words-in-notes/12780/5 "2026-08-09T11:41:59Z")

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Any update on this? Wondering about your experience with such a browser tweak. Also wondering if it is available for others.

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**Author:** ![skorytnicki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/skorytnicki/32/4204_2.png) [@skorytnicki](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/skorytnicki)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/capturing-more-than-a-few-words-in-notes/12780/6 "2026-08-09T13:02:56Z")

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Not really related, but I used this field to store stringified JSON as a metadata for my own statistics.