# Feedback **URL:** https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/c/devonthink/feedback/17.md [Latest](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Feedback category](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/about-the-feedback-category/24)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/about-the-feedback-category/24 "2003-03-14T15:52:48Z")
What can we do to improve DEVONthink and its ecosystem? --- ## [CSV format of Sheets](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/csv-format-of-sheets/87672)
**Author:** [@halloleo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/halloleo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/csv-format-of-sheets/87672 "2026-09-26T10:59:51Z")
Sheets created in DEVONthink have by default a semicolon-separated-value file underneath. Is there a way to say use comma-separated-value (CSV) format --- ## [Feature Request: Option to remove Strike-Through display in trash](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/feature-request-option-to-remove-strike-through-display-in-trash/87691)
**Author:** [@eMaX](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eMaX)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/feature-request-option-to-remove-strike-through-display-in-trash/87691 "2026-09-25T16:51:55Z")
Trash folder is visually unreadable due to strike-through. Request an option to remove that / change that font. --- ## [Adding or appending scans to a PDF](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/adding-or-appending-scans-to-a-pdf/87697)
**Author:** [@mike3](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/mike3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/adding-or-appending-scans-to-a-pdf/87697 "2026-09-23T06:16:59Z")
Many years ago I used to use a program called PaperPort. It used to allow you to scan a doc/receipt to the inbox similar to DT and then drag the Doc/receipt over the Main PDF and it would append it to the Doc/PDF at the … --- ## [Can't update indexed folder when search is active](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/cant-update-indexed-folder-when-search-is-active/87681)
**Author:** [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/cant-update-indexed-folder-when-search-is-active/87681 "2026-09-22T15:08:50Z")
DT 4.4 here and I’m not sure if the following is intentional or not. Here’s what I did: I have something entered in the global search field and the search results are displayed in the list view. Then I select an indexe… --- ## [Retain cursor/scrolling position in Annotation pane and Annotations list](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/retain-cursor-scrolling-position-in-annotation-pane-and-annotations-list/87693)
**Author:** [@weirded](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/weirded)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/retain-cursor-scrolling-position-in-annotation-pane-and-annotations-list/87693 "2026-09-22T14:56:29Z")
In my workflow for reviewing and annotating PDF documents, I regularly switch between the Annotation pane and the list of Annotations in the ‘Inspectors’. I find it annoying that every time I switch back to the other pa… --- ## [DT 4.4 on macOS 27: Fails once to OCR with Internal Program Error](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt-4-4-on-macos-27-fails-once-to-ocr-with-internal-program-error/87682)
**Author:** [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt-4-4-on-macos-27-fails-once-to-ocr-with-internal-program-error/87682 "2026-09-21T11:53:32Z")
I have an indexed folder on a NAS a smart rule that watches this folder and converts incoming PDFs to PDF+Text with DT’s OCR this worked flawlessly with DT4.3 and macOS 26.x Now, I see this in the DT protocol, but onl… --- ## [UI is blurry. Font is not clear type? or not smoothed?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ui-is-blurry-font-is-not-clear-type-or-not-smoothed/63272)
**Author:** [@Kbob](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Kbob)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ui-is-blurry-font-is-not-clear-type-or-not-smoothed/63272 "2026-09-20T02:27:40Z")
Has anyone else had this problem? See picture --- ## [~/Library/Application Scripts/com.devon-technologies.think (without the 3) to be copied?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/library-application-scripts-com-devon-technologies-think-without-the-3-to-be-copied/87671)
**Author:** [@halloleo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/halloleo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/library-application-scripts-com-devon-technologies-think-without-the-3-to-be-copied/87671 "2026-09-19T06:55:57Z")
I am adding a new Mac to my line-up. I’ve read DEVONtechnologies | How to Migrate to a New Mac, but the blog post talks about copying ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.devon-technologies.think3 – but I have only ~/Libra… --- ## [Save webpage to PDF seems to be more broken in 4.4](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/save-webpage-to-pdf-seems-to-be-more-broken-in-4-4/87609)
**Author:** [@halloleo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/halloleo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/save-webpage-to-pdf-seems-to-be-more-broken-in-4-4/87609 "2026-09-19T03:09:50Z")
I want to save the webpage Th1rt3en (Eddie Flynn, #4) by Steve Cavanagh | Goodreads to a PDF. I have upgraded to DEVONthink 4.4 which – as I understand – promises to do better with web clipping. For the clipping I use S… --- ## [Resolved: After upgrade to macOS 26.7 Sorter Preview button seems to have disappeared](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/resolved-after-upgrade-to-macos-26-7-sorter-preview-button-seems-to-have-disappeared/87643)
**Author:** [@rmschne](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rmschne)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/resolved-after-upgrade-to-macos-26-7-sorter-preview-button-seems-to-have-disappeared/87643 "2026-09-16T08:45:45Z")
Doesn’t seem to matter what “format” is selected… I’m postponing for a few months moving to macOS 27, but accepted this 26.7. --- ## [If a rule with "Chat - Query" cannot connect to the server, it fails silently](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/if-a-rule-with-chat-query-cannot-connect-to-the-server-it-fails-silently/87631)
**Author:** [@bdamage](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/bdamage)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/if-a-rule-with-chat-query-cannot-connect-to-the-server-it-fails-silently/87631 "2026-09-14T09:06:39Z")
I changed from ollama to LM Studio, and the default port for the server changed. I forgot to change this in DT4 (version 4.4) and all my rules with “Chat - Query” actions failed. The problem is that they failed silently… --- ## [Rendering of List with multi-paragraph checkboxes out of wack in 4.3.2](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/rendering-of-list-with-multi-paragraph-checkboxes-out-of-wack-in-4-3-2/87489)
**Author:** [@halloleo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/halloleo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/rendering-of-list-with-multi-paragraph-checkboxes-out-of-wack-in-4-3-2/87489 "2026-09-10T00:18:11Z")
Look at this Markdown code: # Checkbox rendering ## List with checkboxes \* \[ \] An unticked checkbox \* \[x\] A ticked checkbox ## List with multi-paragraph checkboxes \* \[ \] An unticked checkbox rm -rf \* \* \[x… --- ## [New MD renderer: render citations as numbering instead of citekey](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-md-renderer-render-citations-as-numbering-instead-of-citekey/87604)
**Author:** [@xurc](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/xurc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-md-renderer-render-citations-as-numbering-instead-of-citekey/87604 "2026-09-09T23:37:23Z")
Hi there! I’ve been absolutely in love with the new markdown editing experience, thank you for the amazing updates as always! One trivial complaint I have is the way citations are rendered. Let’s say I have a citation \[… --- ## [Kudos on Markdown Edit Formatting in DT 4.4](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/kudos-on-markdown-edit-formatting-in-dt-4-4/87554)
**Author:** [@Phileosophos](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Phileosophos)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/kudos-on-markdown-edit-formatting-in-dt-4-4/87554 "2026-09-03T17:07:08Z")
I’m quick to complain when something doesn’t seem to work right, so I also try to be equally quick to praise the good stuff. So I’m here today to offer kudos to the developers on improving the Markdown editing so much th… --- ## [Markdown Looks Great](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/markdown-looks-great/87559)
**Author:** [@Warp10](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Warp10)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/markdown-looks-great/87559 "2026-09-02T05:16:30Z")
With the latest update of DT4, markdown looks great, to me anyway, in both “source” and “preview.”. Many moons ago I updated DT and it made markdown rather ugly. However, since I use DT as my main writing app, I simply … --- ## [DEVONthink 4.3.2: OCR'd PDFs stay "PDF document" with 0 words — three interacting text-extraction bugs](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-4-3-2-ocrd-pdfs-stay-pdf-document-with-0-words-three-interacting-text-extraction-bugs/87545)
**Author:** [@terpetter](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/terpetter)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-4-3-2-ocrd-pdfs-stay-pdf-document-with-0-words-three-interacting-text-extraction-bugs/87545 "2026-09-01T21:34:22Z")
DEVONthink 4.3.2: OCR’d PDFs stay “PDF document” with 0 words — three interacting text-extraction bugs Summary After running OCR (ABBYY) in DEVONthink 4.3.2 on macOS 27, the resulting record stays “PDF document” with wor… --- ## [DT4.0.1: Strange selection behavior with markdown files](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt4-0-1-strange-selection-behavior-with-markdown-files/84277)
**Author:** [@2b3pro](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/2b3pro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt4-0-1-strange-selection-behavior-with-markdown-files/84277 "2026-08-29T17:57:30Z")
This is hard to explain. When I’m editing a markdown file and I scroll to the bottom of the page, and then double-click to select an entire line, the page scrolls down a few lines - and then selects some other random li… --- ## [Folders for the Favorites section?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/folders-for-the-favorites-section/87467)
**Author:** [@hdbaumeister](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/hdbaumeister)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/folders-for-the-favorites-section/87467 "2026-08-14T10:06:50Z")
Hi, I’d like to pick this up again: Folders for Favorites and Smart Rules - #10 by BLUEFROG In Sept. 2023, this was marked “planned for upcoming releases” - as far as I can tell, there is no way to currently group favor… --- ## [Size of the Sticky Note](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/size-of-the-sticky-note/87460)
**Author:** [@apb123](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/apb123)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/size-of-the-sticky-note/87460 "2026-08-12T16:28:00Z")
A quick question regarding annotations to PDF’s. When I add a sticky note annotation it works fine but is really tiny and small. Is there anyway of making the sticky note annotation icon bigger ? --- ## [Please make integrity error messages non modal](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/please-make-integrity-error-messages-non-modal/87439)
**Author:** [@eMaX](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eMaX)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/please-make-integrity-error-messages-non-modal/87439 "2026-08-10T15:12:15Z")
We are increasingly using automation from our agents to control Devonthink. For example, we have an agent who is able to research our complete set of databases to search for a given asset. If he finds that a database is … --- ## [DT 4.3: Conversion MD to HTML creates invalid HTML](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt-4-3-conversion-md-to-html-creates-invalid-html/87442)
**Author:** [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt-4-3-conversion-md-to-html-creates-invalid-html/87442 "2026-08-10T14:24:40Z")
A very simple MD file named Title is converted to this HTML (I removed all unrelated stuff): \ \ \Titel\ \ \ … \ **Author:** [@mlw](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/mlw)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/exclude-tag-from-tag-suggestions/87431 "2026-08-10T09:32:31Z") I’d like to be able to exclude tags from the tags suggestion, similar to how I can exclude groups from classification. Ideally this should exclude the tag from the suggested tags pane and automations (assign existing tag… --- ## [Interactive task-list checkboxes in the Markdown preview — now that the MultiMarkdown dependency is gone](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/interactive-task-list-checkboxes-in-the-markdown-preview-now-that-the-multimarkdown-dependency-is-gone/87429)
**Author:** [@XL108](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/XL108)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/interactive-task-list-checkboxes-in-the-markdown-preview-now-that-the-multimarkdown-dependency-is-gone/87429 "2026-08-09T13:10:12Z")
Long-time user, first substantial feature request. I know this has come up before (this category’s “Feature Request: Markdown checkboxes” from 2017, “Feature request: Checkboxes in Markdown” from 2019, and “Clickable Mar… --- ## [What happened to my Databases?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/what-happened-to-my-databases/87421)
**Author:** [@Ja\_acov](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Ja_acov)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/what-happened-to-my-databases/87421 "2026-08-08T18:15:37Z")
--- ## [Open Links in Browser Redux](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/open-links-in-browser-redux/87400)
**Author:** [@Firebell76](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Firebell76)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/open-links-in-browser-redux/87400 "2026-08-04T15:49:53Z")
I know this has been covered before but I would like to see a pref for “open links in default browser”. OK it is possible to right-click to do that, but why not allow a pref to open in default browser be set as default … --- ## [Thankyou so much for the "Suggested Date" Smart Action Placeholder](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/thankyou-so-much-for-the-suggested-date-smart-action-placeholder/84696)
**Author:** [@stephenjw](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/stephenjw)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/thankyou-so-much-for-the-suggested-date-smart-action-placeholder/84696 "2026-08-01T14:33:33Z")
This is so useful and a huge time saver. Now I can set the Creation Dates of the hundreds of documents I receive each week to the actual date of the document without having to manually key in the date. Just one of the … --- ## [Tiny GUI nitpick](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/tiny-gui-nitpick/87373)
**Author:** [@meta](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/meta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/tiny-gui-nitpick/87373 "2026-07-29T23:00:41Z")
This is really minor, but the DEVONthink menu bar icon is unnecessarily wide in the amount of space it takes up. It’s even wider than the battery icon, which is graphically larger. It makes the icons in my menu bar uneve… --- ## [Markdown editing at the end of file](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/markdown-editing-at-the-end-of-file/87005)
**Author:** [@anderswt](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/anderswt)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/markdown-editing-at-the-end-of-file/87005 "2026-07-24T07:28:40Z")
Hi, I have serious problems editing markdown files, especially at the end of the file. I cannot edit text at the end! I can often (not always) scroll there, but then the cursor jumps to another spot. Rather irritating… --- ## [Feature request:](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/feature-request/87331)
**Author:** [@anderswt](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/anderswt)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/feature-request/87331 "2026-07-20T08:24:01Z")
Hi, I’m using Devonthink 4 on top of GIT repositories. Nowadays, the files are mostly Markdown due to AI. A great feature of GIT software and applications such as Word, BBEdit and GIT is the ability to compare file vers… [Next page](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/c/devonthink/feedback/17.md?page=1)