Ideas for Dabble as submitted to our Feature Upvote board. Ideas are ordered by 'new' and the 50 top matches are included. pr_cmx1rncsqmmhslh 2025-05-18T12:19:03Z sug_fgylweftmxmzwpi 2026-06-01T00:27:26Z 2026-06-01T13:24:39Z A card or note that is either designated or you can choose to have 'pinned'. This card then appears in your right sidebar (underneath the word count bars would be ideal, or otherwise at the top of the plot/scene cards) and acts as a quick reference card. Theoretically, anything could be added to this card, but it would be very useful for remembering things that you have to refer to constantly, like days of the week in a fantasy/scifi verse, character names and eye colours, a university/school schedule, etc. and would minimise the time spent clicking back into the notes section to get this constantly referred to information. sug_qtuowa9gyzvittz 2026-05-27T00:15:08Z 2026-05-28T19:58:36Z Character Memory Consistency Tracker It automatically tracks: What each character knows What they’ve experienced What they’ve forgotten / shouldn’t know yet Then flags mistakes. sug_hzswlqscg8jkh4e 2026-05-25T20:25:23Z 2026-05-26T12:55:12Z I would like a feature that tells me how many times I have used a word in a chapter/manuscript. Scrivener has something like this. sug_kdco6zxg7gc36dx 2026-05-26T06:04:26Z 2026-05-26T12:55:05Z 1. Name generator. I keep Scrivener on my machine expressly for this. (And the fact that I am gradually copying and pasting everything in Scrivener into Dabble.) This name generator allows a writer to select names by country / nationality, choose male, female, or either, decide what letter the name will start with. There's a given name and a surname selection. (plus other flourishes, and generate 10-15 names. The particularly cool part of it is that the user can import their OWN name lists as comma-delimited text files, using the format Nation or language, Gender, Name, Meaning. Thus, if someone has a language they have invented, with unique names, they can import those and use the generator. 2. 4. Ability to create a Book which will have short story headings and actual chapters under each story title. Currently, one must use a chapter as the title of the short story, and then use a scene for each chapter, dividing the scene/chapter into actual scenes by some physical indication. Currently there is the "Book" category, and the "Chapter" category. Create a book and then create chapters under that book. To accomplish the Short Story organization would, I think, require two new categories. The "Book of Short Stories" which Dabble should position like a regular book within a project. And second, the "short story" category which would be a "book within a book." Chapters would appear under the SS category just as they do under a normal book, and scenes would follow under chapters. 3. Ability to select more than one chapter or scene at a time to copy. Or to check the word count on. Or to export for viewing. 4. DUPLICATE Chapter would be very convenient. If I duplicate it, I have one copy which can be placed in an archive per an earlier suggestion. And I have a copy to edit, rearrange , and mangle, knowing that if what I have in mind doesn't work, I have the original saved copy in the archive to go back to. sug_9fmmqvhqtnhzanh 2026-05-19T00:09:59Z 2026-05-21T18:34:18Z When I write dialogue, I like to type the Quote (") button two times, and have it show The opening mark (“) that curves to the right, while the closing mark (”) that curves to the left. But instead, I get two quotes curving to the right. This is really maddening. Can you please fix it? sug_wqs2gdtnl87wpum 2026-05-14T05:53:25Z 2026-05-18T14:57:41Z sug_wjmrjgeumm7rroh 2026-05-11T14:16:43Z 2026-05-18T14:57:39Z Sometimes as I am writing a comment, I want to check something else in the manuscript, however, if I navigate away from the page where my comment was started, the comment is gone when I return. A workaround is saving a comment and updating it if need be, but it would be nice if a comment draft is saved until it is either posted or cancelled. Word has this function. A new comment cannot be created if one is in progress. I wouldn't expect it to be saved if I close Dabble. sug_v80u0vodobdecyf 2026-05-11T14:13:50Z 2026-05-18T14:57:38Z it would be nice to be able to use "tab" to move from the comment box to the buttons on the comment box. Tab once would take the user to the "Comment" button. Tab a second time would take the user to the "Cancel" button. Then, once the button is selected, a user could hit "enter" to activate the button and either post the comment or cancel it. sug_zqcp0gy2abce0kg 2026-05-11T21:58:10Z 2026-05-18T14:57:36Z Can we please have the ability to see when a project was started? This is crucial information for copyright. sug_wxas4jbhqvcuj0q 2026-05-14T02:40:18Z 2026-05-18T14:57:35Z When you save the dabble manuscript e.g to word or google documents, you are able to save it with comments (like how word prints with comments on the right hand side). As well as highlighting which has been done on dabble get's downloaded too. sug_oychasifj9le9jx 2026-05-16T01:21:59Z 2026-05-18T14:57:34Z I have a bad habit of getting stuck on the phrasing of a single sentence, rewriting it over and over and never getting any further. I'd love to have a "keep writing" mode that I can turn on to commit to just writing words, even if I think they're bad. Then later I can turn off " Keep writing" mode when I'm ready to go through and edit. sug_jyphgsfoithbzek 2026-05-16T14:02:28Z 2026-05-18T14:57:32Z The desktop program is completely useless now. I've restarted multiple times, but it still won't work. And you did this just before the weekend. Why? sug_aqwuk3soncpkejz 2026-05-17T19:45:19Z 2026-05-18T14:57:31Z I have a large plot grid that I am working through. I would like the find box to highlight the plot card if it has the search text anywhere in the card. Much like the chapters are highlighted when in writing mode, highlighting the cards will let me see things at a glance and go in and look at specific ones. This would only apply to the plot grid. Thanks sug_r7azunhcydkz5dz 2026-05-08T21:41:16Z 2026-05-11T14:08:57Z I make extensive use of the character pages for my work in Dabble, including headers, tables, and the like. The problem is if I want to export them. Exporting to the web is completely unavailable, and would be a definite nice to have for collaboration and showing them off. If I use one of the available options, either to Google Drive or to Word, the export loses almost all its formatting. Tables, font changes and formatting for headers, all of it is gone. I would love to have an ability to preserve formatting and share or export a character sheet that preserves the look it has in Dabble itself. sug_n1l4bzvbv2k4dno 2026-05-09T12:31:30Z 2026-05-11T14:08:55Z A way to share your story by link for others to view/beta read. A link that can preferably share the entire story or chapter by chapter when selected by the writer. sug_atllfsvcaye7qkc 2026-05-09T13:33:46Z 2026-05-11T14:08:53Z Word will read aloud the words on the page just written. This is a most useful aspect, and I would like to see this feature in the platform; without it, I'm not sure this will work for me. sug_yob1nbfbzjact4i 2026-05-06T22:20:22Z 2026-05-07T13:28:26Z I would like a comic panel facture where I can write in comic panels and be able to track my story timeline sug_3splt0dmgb3yo9n 2026-05-06T22:07:46Z 2026-05-07T13:28:24Z we all want to help the guys and girls who helped us don't we? sug_xbiueyulugt478h 2026-05-07T00:14:54Z 2026-05-07T13:28:23Z cant even indent multiple times. its really annoying how its just crammed together. >:( sug_cebohrmamiuz6up 2026-05-01T15:52:00Z 2026-05-01T18:05:52Z I use a Chromebook, Laptop, and Tablet that have screens larger than a phone. On my phone though I have the full area to write but have the drop-down menus/sidebars show as I need them and disappear when I'm done. I would like to be able to switch to that mode so my screen space is not taken up by sidebars or toggled off sidebars that leave gray space. sug_mqqrxewkrih3qao 2026-04-27T16:17:33Z 2026-04-30T13:59:53Z For those of us who do multiple POV (or for any other reason) when we need to colour a scene accordingly, could we have the whole section of that scene coloured in the left-hand nav manu, please, and not just a tiny part of it? It's really hard to see the difference in colours - and isn't gonna be easier now that we'll have more colour options (which is totally welcome, of course). :) sug_xpzlvy7glir7jze 2026-04-21T18:29:23Z 2026-04-23T16:48:54Z A little doodle surrounding the chapter to keep the reader fully immersed in the story sug_o8ru86r9gpsjrwa 2026-04-22T19:55:25Z 2026-04-23T16:48:52Z 1. Prefer working with justified text 2. Ability to increase magnification of JUST the working screen. Like I could in Scrivener. And can in Google Docs. Now, to see what I am working on, I must set the font to 16, and then reset it to 12 when exporting. 3. Personally controlled auto-substitute for foreign words or names -- type "BJorn" and get "Björn." NOT an autocorrect! **I** determine what is substituted. Not having this ability makes it hard to work in Dabble. 4. Tables: I use tables for EVERYTHING, from my universe calendar to file comparison -- if my co-author has a version of a scene, and I have a version of a scene, we put hers in one column, mine in the next, and then create a composite version in the third column. Have considered something like the plot grid but I really do not want to have to copy and paste 200 years, month by month, into the plot grid, and in any case, my calendars are NOT my plot -- and there's no way to put a plot grid in my Notes. 5. Substitution so if my co-author changes or adds something, I can see what she's done (and vice-versa., and can accept or reject it. Ditto beta reader. 6. File import: current copy and paste is okay, but my machine does not have enough memory for files more than about 1K -- there are letter drop-outs, sometimes whole word drop-outs, which I then have to go through and find and fix. I am an expert typo-ist. I don't need help from my computer to achieve them! 7. Ability to see who is in a file with me. 8. Internal chat is a GREAT idea. Can those chats be recorded for future reference? (Currently using DIscord.) 9. Ability to right-click on a chapter or scene and move it to an archive where it will be labeled for what book and chapter it came. Scrolling back and forth from where I am working to my "Old Files" Folder down in World Building is a royal pain. In my old program, I could right click, select the folder I wanted it to go to, and done! sug_5av6nhiozdeigi1 2026-04-15T01:56:30Z 2026-04-15T13:46:19Z I love the confetti celebration when I meet my daily word count and when I meet my overall word count goal, but now that I am nearing the end of my manuscript, I realize it would be so fun to have extra confetti to celebrate. Obviously not super important, but it would make some writers smile, so why not? sug_rkpcxcdpqc2amcw 2026-04-09T18:23:44Z 2026-04-10T14:42:11Z I'd love to be able to have color code in the left hand chapter header to easily distingush POV scenes or to mark different plot points. The tiny icons of a lock or "X" , a check mark, or an eye icon is just not handy enough, and its way to small and invisible at a glance. sug_frs1nqhgrzh90bo 2026-04-06T09:45:08Z 2026-04-06T14:50:11Z Instead of the continuous "Passive sentence warnings", why can you use AI to make a suggestion sug_q3x1nscsyrsp6nx 2026-04-06T12:14:26Z 2026-04-06T14:50:09Z Is there a way to give separate tabs for each character's stories so that they can be read chronologically as they are posted? I am finding that I am scrolling up and down looking for different stories for reference and thought if this idea was possible it would make trying to find a specific character's timeline easier. sug_h18xopergi5ebyk 2026-04-04T18:43:29Z 2026-04-06T02:51:52Z The option of having a pages view. instead of one long, unending page. sug_n2axgxaxflgycvg 2026-04-02T10:13:45Z 2026-04-02T20:33:56Z I should be able to upload my Draft sug_rshutxslyqxdo8g 2026-03-26T16:15:46Z 2026-03-28T20:54:58Z Please can you extend the length of time that the inspiration quote stays on screen by a couple of seconds? By the time I get to it, it has disappeared!! sug_jmxcsanz3a0ub4m 2026-03-24T23:06:18Z 2026-03-25T14:25:09Z This ones simple. I'd like my word count for each Act, for a broad overview, not just each chapter & scene. Please and thanks. sug_arti4vgldqyt3uj 2026-03-21T22:22:42Z 2026-03-22T19:22:43Z I am dyslexic, so many times when I type a word a few letters are out of order. Usually 2-3. For some reason, spellcheck in Dabble can almost never suggest the word I was actually going for, even when it's VERY close. But it will give me 4-5 words that aren't even remotely close. So I have to manually fix it anyway. It also misses a LOT of typos and grammar that I then have to double check with grammarly in another program to catch. This happens constantly. I can only assume it's because the spellcheck is through ProWritingAid's integration, which corrects based on AI-learning, and I have no idea how long it will take to actually learn proper corrections or catch grammar issues. Spell Check was so much more efficient in the days before AI because it was based on a locally installed dictionary. Local-based spellcheck is just far more efficient/faster than an integration, and far more robust than AI learning. We should also have the option to be totally AI-free, including not using PWA. sug_xi3yrzm03kvwis1 2026-03-22T05:43:37Z 2026-03-22T19:22:38Z While typing scenes and plot notes, it would be nice to have a visual representation I can add/remove to the notes and cards as well. sug_zbxmg3spby7m7sk 2026-03-15T11:32:38Z 2026-03-15T20:53:32Z It would be helpful to me to be able to hear my characters speak with Scottish accents, as some of my books are set in Scotland. sug_ufpnrknfbwrk2jr 2026-03-15T18:26:16Z 2026-03-15T20:53:30Z Agents typically want so many pages or chapters--would be easy to not have to export the full manuscript and cut out pages. Would be nice to say export to (whatever format) pages 1-50, for example. sug_nxwxu0jrj0zbgc8 2026-03-06T07:00:30Z 2026-03-09T03:55:44Z I cant seem to find an app for this on the Google play store so can do it off my phone instead of my computer sug_qyjdgsz5atoxdhk 2026-03-05T06:02:40Z 2026-03-09T03:55:34Z I have six series and I would like to be able to group them in folders so I'm not looking through my multiple projects and standalones. sug_tpkejrzwd4s0nly 2026-03-03T01:09:13Z 2026-03-04T17:30:39Z Right now, Dabble on formats to left-justified. It should be able to format the way an actual book is: fully justified with hyphenation. On export, we should also be able to format for page size and book type with gutters and margins. At least for standard pocket books (6"x9") and hard covers (8.5" x 11"). Having to use multiple software to write and then format for printing seems nuts. One package should be able to do it all...and so far, of the writng software available, I do like Dabble the best. sug_07e6s5rsofjd7db 2026-03-02T21:00:24Z 2026-03-02T23:12:16Z i don’t know if there is anything to be done , but the autofill bar on chrome iPad makes it impossible to highlight words now. I have to float the keyboard to do it. Tbh, apple is making so many dumb changes that I just switched to safari which works and I am not a fan of safari, but it has gotten impossible to use chrome at this point, I wish there was a way you could expand the area by a line or two. FYI, I’ve turned everything off. The bar should not be there, but it continues to show up. sug_mdglmk51gotpjww 2026-02-26T23:46:03Z 2026-03-02T14:31:24Z We REALLY need to be looking into getting a desktop app ready for PCs abd Macs to move into an offline version of Dabble; apparently there'sa Chromebook app, so it seems bizarre that we can't do the same for Windows and Mac. An active subscription can act as a license key if needs must, or as long as your login details are tied to an active subscription or whatever will make this work. This would tie-in VERY nicely-neatly with a potential, "local file saving" feature. A desktop app doesn't even need to be feature complete either - I'd realistically be happy enough with access to just a writing pad and have all my world-building tabs be stuck on the web app. sug_c2morgkld7fvggg 2026-02-23T23:39:03Z 2026-02-26T19:51:00Z I would like to be able to change the size of the page to the size it will be when it is a physical copy, it will be much easier this way for exporting/printing and having the idea of how big it will be and it will be more accurate for page numbers. When you cant do this and say you export your document to word, it looks much different than it does on this website and then you have to go back and change everything. This would be a big game changer. sug_tvn1ozess5joy6k 2026-02-20T18:25:42Z 2026-02-23T03:09:43Z I am not able to indent a word or sentence more than once which really upsets me. the same goes for the space key as it only works once on the docs sug_lezyaddebqq22t6 2026-02-02T09:08:14Z 2026-02-16T02:21:35Z Being able to download as a pdf so I can send it to myself and others. sug_bhmdozh49vggdau 2026-02-03T01:28:59Z 2026-02-16T02:21:33Z Hello. I dumped an already created manuscript that is quite large into dabble. I'd like the option of being able to highlight a selection of text, right click it and create a chapter. sug_1tfudilxxl0fmaj 2026-02-02T11:55:45Z 2026-02-16T02:21:32Z I don't always catch my grammar errors in Dabble Software, it's only when I'm exporting I catch them on alternative software and there's loads to go through. It would be helpful if Dabble could identify grammar or spell errors so we can go back over smaller chunks as and when to rectify. sug_zfxdwxpika7ewu3 2026-02-03T23:51:22Z 2026-02-16T02:21:31Z Being able to download my story as a pdf sug_3vjf2a3fpz7hpqn 2026-02-03T02:50:18Z 2026-02-16T02:21:30Z Having the option to either strike out text or have checkboxes in the notes sidebar so I can track things I've done as I write would be helpful. sug_r06cpvw9palrs5p 2026-02-04T13:01:18Z 2026-02-16T02:21:28Z I notice that note cards can't be copied/ duplicated from side plotlines to the main plotline. How i use the timeline feature is i plot what everone is doing both at the forefront and behind the scenes and what makes the plot line feature difficult to use this way is having to manually create a new note card and place it where it needs to go (and then having to manually rewrite the note card) instead of updating one note card and duplicating the entire note card to the main chapter plot line. If there was a way to mark a note card and link it to the main plotline (potentially tag characters/places in note cards, which would be helpful) that would help a ton sug_o2mgsvhi36vlylc 2026-02-06T09:38:04Z 2026-02-16T02:21:26Z Why does pressing Ctrl + Enter to split a chapter into two scenes add an extra blank line at the end of the first section? This looks unintended. Could this be fixed? sug_xhdlhiizzkrkqjc 2026-02-04T13:16:37Z 2026-02-16T02:21:25Z as of right now, Scene note cards cant be copied/pasted, added to the main plotline outside of manually creating new notecards and rewriting them before adding them to the scene plotline column. Related to this issue is the inability to remove chapters without completely removing entire scenes and sections, or add chapters without them being horribly misplaced. it would be helpful to add an option to the scene cards to create a new chapter from the selected scene