# Is there anyway we can make the "line-height" of each row in DevonThink 3 list view larger?

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Hi, there,

I love DevonThink 3, but the “line-height”, namely the space between two rows in the list view is too small, is there anyway we can adjust that into more “Finder-like”. I really like Finder’s interface on that. Also, I think Finder’s “Group by tags” is a very good implementation of combining list view and tags/labels, I hope DevonThink could implement it in the future.

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**Author:** ![manfred9](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/manfred9/32/35082_2.png) [@manfred9](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/manfred9)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-anyway-we-can-make-the-line-height-of-each-row-in-devonthink-3-list-view-larger/81754/2 "2025-01-02T06:18:25Z")

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As far as I know you can change the text size viewing in Settings → General → Appearance. But I haven’t found a way to change the line height directly.

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**Author:** ![troejgaard](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@troejgaard](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/troejgaard)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-anyway-we-can-make-the-line-height-of-each-row-in-devonthink-3-list-view-larger/81754/3 "2025-01-02T07:40:28Z")

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You might want to read this thread from last year:

> [@If I could change anything about Devonthink](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/if-i-could-change-anything-about-devonthink/79534):
>
> Since 2007, I have but one enduring gripe with Tinderbox for which Keyboard Maestro can’t find a sloppy fix. I think that’s why I have never implemented into my life/vocation as a lawyer – although I’m trying once more, as I do every few years. It’s the low readability of the various views — DT’s inability to provide a less densely packed list view in any of the windows, its inability to meaningfully change the font itself, its size, to change how tightly it tracks, etc. A book with a headache…

Where BLUEFROG links this blog post:

> **[DEVONtechnologies | How to Deal with Reduced Vision](https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230411-reduced-vision)**
>
> DEVONtechnologies develops DEVONthink, DEVONagent, and other Mac and iOS apps for document and information management and web research.

There is no separate setting for line spacing in the interface, but you can adjust the size of text in the item list (View Text Size) or the sidebars (Sidebar Text Size) in General Appearance. This also adjusts the spacing of elements a bit. Try to increase it.

If you tried that previously, it’s worth trying again, since the 3.9.7 release updated this a bit. From the release notes:

> When setting a larger _View Text Size_ via the _General \> Appearance_ preferences, the thumbnail icon scales better, the vertical alignment of some _List view_ columns is more consistent, and better line spacing improves readability. This also applies to the _Search_ and _See Also & Classify_ inspectors.

For tags, you could try showing a _Tags_ column and/or sort by tag.

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**Author:** ![jackhanson](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7cd45c/32.png) [@jackhanson](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jackhanson)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-anyway-we-can-make-the-line-height-of-each-row-in-devonthink-3-list-view-larger/81754/4 "2025-01-02T07:48:08Z")

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Thank you for your sharing, although I’m aware of larger text in the setting. I was referring more to the comfortable line spacing like how Finder implements.

Here’s the line spacing on Finder

 ![Screenshot 2025-01-02 at 15.47.01](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/3X/9/d/9dddeef484655f32d8d9938dc17a83d386e70830.png)

In comparision, I’d say DevonThink 3 is kinda choke me in terms of its narrow line sapcing.

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**Author:** ![jackhanson](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7cd45c/32.png) [@jackhanson](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jackhanson)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-anyway-we-can-make-the-line-height-of-each-row-in-devonthink-3-list-view-larger/81754/5 "2025-01-02T07:50:15Z")

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I’m not sure if this has anything to do with the coding behind DevonThink 3, which makes it hard to provide an option for a more comfortable or more dense list view? From my point of view, an option to enable a Finder-like comfortable line spacing list view or a dense list view could solve this issue while still make every user satisfied.

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**Author:** ![FrankT](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/a3d4f5/32.png) [@FrankT](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/FrankT)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-anyway-we-can-make-the-line-height-of-each-row-in-devonthink-3-list-view-larger/81754/6 "2025-01-02T08:43:09Z")

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In the meantime, I have (almost) gotten used to the line spacing. What I still find hard to read are the search results. For my old eyes, there’s just too much text too close together.

I wish there was an option to hide the name of the database. Or perhaps an option to make the difference between file name and database clearer?