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_xpun4g2i9u47y5t 2026-07-26T18:23:07Z 2026-07-27T13:27:07Z It would be great to have more formatting options where I control it. I export to words and I always have to adjust formatting such as the chapter subheading being indented and I didn't want it to be. Justified alignment and things like that. sug_lxxqloqjnivs5pi 2026-07-23T23:48:53Z 2026-07-24T14:12:26Z I'd like to be able to alphabetize the notes and folders in the notebook section. I have a decent number of magical races in my book, and the best way for me to organize them is alphabetical. I'd love to be able to do that without having to sort them manually. sug_ojqm2p2hyy4riqk 2026-07-22T23:29:45Z 2026-07-23T16:06:17Z What happened to us not HAVING to be connected to the internet? What happened to the reassurance that our work was locally saved? What happened to working offline? All these new features are great but the BEST feature of the old version was the fact that we could work ANYWHERE at ANYTIME and crashing wasn't a thing I worried about. Since the new launch I have had to talk to support more times than I ever did in the last two years of using Dabble. (Never... I never once needed to contact support in two years. Since the new update? Twice. with one major loss of work). Yes, there are some great new features here, some definitely were needed to bring Dabble up to par with other programs. But the one feature that was always Dabble's best feature? Never losing your work. Always opening the desktop icon while offline and finding your work EXACTLY how you left it. That is the feature that needs to be returned. In the world of being tech forward and "clouds" absolutely NOTHING replaces local back up. NOTHING. Losing a two hours of straight writing really has be questioning what is important in my writing software and if where I am writing isn't guaranteed to be backing up on a PERFECT internet connection due to a buggy system, then why am I here? sug_j01nmhyejeml64l 2026-07-23T01:14:26Z 2026-07-23T16:06:14Z -invite capabilities for fellow dabblers by name, not just email. (Name could just pull from profile info and just hide their email from our eyes) -Blurb tool. As of now I just made my “chapter one” called blurb. Would be nice to be able to have a separate space for blurb or maybe even a share blurb tab. sug_gukethfxu6hgbbl 2026-07-22T02:07:09Z 2026-07-22T15:40:18Z I work full-time and I'm a mom of two. I have a really hard time staying focused. The word goal is helpful, but I usually set a lap timer on my phone. It really helps me keep track of time I'm working on a book. Even if I'm not actually writing, I might be editing or reworking a scene. sug_r5hddttmau6dsgy 2026-07-20T23:04:01Z 2026-07-21T17:17:38Z When writing a story with a lot of characters, it gets really hard to remember how everyone is connected. You have family members, friends, enemies, coworkers, people who secretly know each other, and characters who have complicated pasts. After a while, it becomes a lot to keep in your head. A character relationship map would make this way easier. It could be something where you add your characters and connect them together with lines. You could label the connection, like “brother,” “enemy,” “partner,” or “doesn’t trust.” You could also add notes about their relationship, like why they know each other or what happened between them. I think this would be really helpful for people who write series or stories with big casts. It would stop writers from having to scroll through hundreds of notes just to remember one small detail about a character. Dabble already has a lot of useful tools, but I think something like this would make organizing characters much easier. Stories are built around characters and their relationships, so having a place to see all of that together would be really helpful. I think this would be a great feature to add. sug_preiv1lgfd9twmq 2026-07-21T14:52:40Z 2026-07-21T17:17:34Z I'd like to have an automatic typo mistakes detection/correction sug_6jhdthjx7znyqpp 2026-07-21T15:52:35Z 2026-07-21T17:17:31Z With the new ability to share read-only or comment only versions of the projects, one of my reviewers noted they cannot bookmark their current location in the novel. we have a workaround where they leave a comment with a particular phrase so I know they are just marking their place. It would be nice for them to be able to bookmark their spot electronically. sug_16qpv2o2np9wc9x 2026-07-16T17:44:55Z 2026-07-20T13:57:57Z Currently, you can insert an image, a property list holder, a property list, and a horizontal rule into a project. If there is a video you have on your desktop that has information helpful to your project, being able to insert it into your project to house it in the same place as your other notes could be beneficial. sug_1jbj35dioelxtc8 2026-07-16T19:41:58Z 2026-07-20T13:57:55Z I used to be able to see how many words I wrote in each of the last few days. It's helpful if I draft late at night and forget to count. I could check the wordcount of the previous day. I could also look at how productive I was, and it was really nice. Now it's gone. There's only a line and no way to check how many words I wrote in previous days. It's sad, as it was a nice feature. Is there any way to bring it back? The new wordcount has more ways to add goals, but what's the point, if I can't even track them? Yes, I can open a spreadsheet to track how much I wrote each day, but then it's extra work. sug_52tixbx89pxfdw3 2026-07-16T22:12:16Z 2026-07-20T13:57:54Z At least on my macbook, the side-bars used to advance text, is so small it is hard to grab with the mouse pointer. sug_4hzdlzadja6aocg 2026-07-18T14:17:43Z 2026-07-20T13:57:52Z I lose chunks of subplots within my mauscript that at times need rearranging. If I could mark this somehow with another line of explanation under each chapter name, I could find them a lot easier. sug_ebsgeug772vbjkc 2026-07-17T07:50:40Z 2026-07-20T13:57:51Z I have a bug to report.... it's quite a big one... can I email an admin or dev to report it? sug_sdw1heg5vwrv0da 2026-07-18T14:28:27Z 2026-07-20T13:57:49Z I find that tracking subplot thread questions the MC has by the end of each chapter extremely helpful. If there were a separate box to be filled in after each chapter, one or more of those threads can be answered in the next chapter or two as it's being written, instead of getting lost. This kind of plotting leads to more immediate reader engagement. The "Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees" thing. Right now I print a hard copy of my MS and attach small sticky notes to the end of each chapter to do this very thing. sug_1tloxxynpzdhr7j 2026-07-18T20:33:29Z 2026-07-20T13:57:47Z It would be awesome if the plot grid had an option/setting to choose between Top-to-Bottom or Left-to-Right. Personally, I visualize the flow of time better in left-to-right than top-to-bottom. I made a vague attempt at a mock-up. sug_ljznojb73neecom 2026-07-18T20:34:58Z 2026-07-20T13:57:43Z This may not be for all writers, but for me, I love personalizing my books. Each book is a different genre, different characters, and different settings. I’d absolutely love it if I could customize the background within my projects! And not just with default images Dabble has. Let the user upload their own images. When I’m writing, plotting, or inventing characters or settings, I can feel like I’m really in the book. sug_tpp1vumog4ideng 2026-07-19T00:31:21Z 2026-07-20T13:57:42Z I like the visual timeline of daily word count stats, but I'd love to see a numerical breakdown as well, or an option to save/export stats. Currently, I have to mouse over every day and record it manually if I want to save the values beyond 30 days. sug_puhrxilaoqticeg 2026-07-19T16:40:30Z 2026-07-20T13:57:40Z Just a simple request to be able to change the text font for the text on the cover art you can upload sug_1lulvhgcisuaqdb 2026-07-19T20:31:12Z 2026-07-20T13:57:32Z We used to have the ability to click a plus between chapters when viewing the manuscript in the corkboard format and it's gone. Now you have to click at the top, scroll down to add chapter. And we should be able to see the corkboard version of the manuscript we're in without having to click manuscript every time. There's so many bugs with this update. sug_u4jzanihuaenoci 2026-07-19T22:18:20Z 2026-07-20T13:57:30Z It would be nice to have a Home/Dashboard button when I'm browsing Templates or Templates Library. Instead I have to close and restart Dabble, or hit the back button until I get back to home. sug_1msxtjarhtt651n 2026-07-19T23:30:41Z 2026-07-20T13:57:10Z The Export currently defaults to google docs. I'd prefer to set that globally and return with my preference already set rather than having to re-select word every time. sug_mswahfuzm9kfcf7 2026-07-14T22:30:53Z 2026-07-16T14:52:20Z The sidebars are very skinny, making it hard to advance the page using your mouse pointer. sug_zgpolcykhq3nfzt 2026-07-14T16:45:01Z 2026-07-16T14:52:18Z My Dabble just updated to 3.0. In the previous versions, I liked that I could have a chapter that wasn't TECHNICALLY a chapter -- i.e. it wasn't auto-numbered. This is useful for inserting quotes or perhaps little scenes or even prologues/epilogues. The 3.0 version doesn't have the option, and instead now everything is a chapter whether I want it to be or not. I don't like that this then throws off the auto-numbering of actual chapters. Thanks for the consideration! sug_rmrdarz6daqgcrn 2026-07-15T01:01:05Z 2026-07-16T14:52:17Z **Add Simple, Screen-Friendly Font Options** Please consider adding Arial or another clean, highly readable sans-serif font to Dabble’s manuscript editor. PT Serif is available, but its more decorative, rounded letterforms can feel too loopy and difficult to read during long writing and editing sessions. The general Dabble UI font is so much easier to read than the stylized font options in the manuscript. Fonts such as Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, Calibri, Atkinson Hyperlegible, or Lexend would provide simpler letter shapes, clearer spacing, and better on-screen readability. Adding a few more accessible font options could help reduce eye strain and make extended manuscript work more comfortable. sug_2tedlkprkip65uh 2026-07-15T04:12:36Z 2026-07-16T14:52:15Z I write lots of stuff and my lovely friends want to read all of it! I keep stressing about email mistakes and I'd love to see the profiles I've invited before/profiles I'm currently allowing access appear as a suggestion when I click on the invite box so I can just add my current reviewers/beta readers onto other chapters, projects, etc without having to look up their emails every time. sug_ebfukx1itmmagwp 2026-07-15T03:21:16Z 2026-07-16T14:52:14Z When I send my editor/beta reader invites out to people it uses the name on my account, but I write under two different names, and neither are my first name (which is what my account is under). I'd like to be able to set an author name for each project instead of defaulting to the name on my account! sug_8gtzdyyvkzeyobk 2026-07-15T15:04:27Z 2026-07-16T14:52:13Z Pasting from Apple Notes gets this message plus loses formatting: AppleTypeServicesAppleTypeServicesF2293774 I get crazy results such as giant font sizes pasting research from websites. Please get it back to the way it was. sug_kjm6njgtcmiyatm 2026-07-15T17:23:52Z 2026-07-16T14:52:11Z Several writer friends would love to use Dabble but are neurodivergent enough that they can't without a font like the Oswald option in Google (heavier weight, slightly narrower spacing, etc). sug_twsbtilo5hxddfc 2026-07-16T08:47:58Z 2026-07-16T14:52:10Z I have 2 preferred voices (male/female) I like to use for the read to me function. I have to scroll halfway through the list of over 100 every time (windows desktop app) I want to change the voice. It would be really handy to be able to pin a couple of favorites at the top of the list. sug_hebmwaw206ok55o 2026-07-15T22:29:32Z 2026-07-16T14:52:08Z Please bring back the word count on each specific note/folder sug_bypcnxzalq9ofpm 2026-07-16T08:57:07Z 2026-07-16T14:52:06Z I really like the new update. The one thing I'm finding a hinderance is the size of the margin between the chapter list menu and the document pane within a project. It's now so narrow that it's almost impossible to scroll, other than by jumping down or scrolling down through each chapter. This wasn't the case with the previous version. Can this be corrected please? I think it just needs to be widened. sug_ylogw5moknp9qpw 2026-07-14T17:50:19Z 2026-07-16T14:52:05Z With the new Dabble 3.0, there doesn't seem to be a way to set a daily word count goal anymore. I only see document goal, writing challenge, or project goal. I want to be able to set a goal to write 500 words every day. I don't want that number to change based on some larger goal. I don't want it to get bigger or smaller if I miss a day or write more words one day. I just want a simple, regular goal that resets every day. sug_djvoor64wkjpsri 2026-07-14T18:45:29Z 2026-07-16T14:52:04Z When I used to print from Dabble it would print the 8 (or so) pages that was listed for each chapter. Now it opens it in a new tab in more of a notebook format wanting to print 2 pages compared to the 8. I understand with your new changes there will be tweaks here and there. Hopefully this one can be addressed sooner rather than later. sug_wrkfto3xxbmg62y 2026-07-14T19:35:17Z 2026-07-16T14:52:03Z The plot section has a limited view. When you click on the "Note Card," it doesn't extend like the old format did. People plot more than a single line, which makes it difficult when I have to scroll through the sliver of the allotted section just to see what I've written. For the people who rely on plotting, this is very frustrating and makes me want to switch platforms. I've been with you guys for years. sug_eieqxrc37bvhs6u 2026-07-13T15:39:23Z 2026-07-14T15:46:00Z In the new version, it would be great to have the bolded chapter numbers brought back. It was easier for navigation to see the Chapters in bold and the scene not bolded. Thanks! sug_aewev52xiltwicl 2026-07-13T16:39:29Z 2026-07-14T15:45:56Z In the newest version, the thesaurus has become a little pop-up tab off the word on the written page, but I really miss being able to search for things when it was a sidebar tab. sug_kgcoxxsesr93xel 2026-07-13T17:05:27Z 2026-07-14T15:45:54Z Go back to the old dabble, because this version is slow and clunky. If anything, at least make it look the same as before. Now, it's just not right. sug_6mmgbrr0cjzg4vg 2026-07-13T18:17:46Z 2026-07-14T15:45:45Z Please make the new 3.0 font darker and larger (and brighter in dark mode) asap for our mature eyes. Eye strain requires much harder concentration and less writing time and is very counterproductive. Thanks. sug_y8awbk1thawvhdx 2026-07-13T19:29:39Z 2026-07-14T15:45:43Z Y'all I love you but you already don't allow dictation and I have to pay for a separate program to be able to do that. Now more than 30% of my screen is taken up by task and tool bars that I can't minimize at top and bottom and with my low vision and at 125% on my screen I get like 2 inches to see what I type. Also, many of the new features are not friendly to an extra large mouse pointer or dark mode. Just really not friendly to anyone with vision issues. sug_na3882zvnl5usbq 2026-07-13T20:55:03Z 2026-07-14T15:45:41Z Before the update today, we had note cards on the right side of the screen and when you clicked them, they resembled index cards with lines and everything. Now it just looks like the regular word processor. Out of all the cosmetics that have been added to this program today, why in the world would take away one that was actually nice? I liked the lines as it made it easy to organize quick thoughts while writing. sug_ru0oa5ugsdem9co 2026-07-13T21:20:07Z 2026-07-14T15:45:38Z please allow users to change the default preset for timer options, or expand to include 20 minutes for 20 minute sprints sug_kc6a2vykpbzyioh 2026-07-13T22:33:29Z 2026-07-14T15:45:36Z Under the three dots of a book in Dabble 3, add a "move to" option to place book in a certain collection (because the drag and drop feature only works if the My Projects and the New Collection are right next to each other. Scrolling while dragging/dropping doesn't work) sug_omitmzsguf4qdiz 2026-07-14T01:54:11Z 2026-07-14T15:45:32Z If the software had auto-correct that would be perfect for me. I had having to go back and capitalize my sentences. It creates more work for me to do when I go back and self-edit. sug_p525bbskcviqkjw 2026-07-14T05:29:48Z 2026-07-14T15:45:26Z I am BEGGING for an option to turn on the original website layout cira 2020–2025. The new version reads EXACTLY like conversation history with an AI chatbot, and I need an option to return to the original layout, both for the dashboard and actual manuscript editing sug_hfyljusvgw73yqm 2026-07-08T20:11:02Z 2026-07-13T15:22:12Z More and more the burden of proving no AI use is being put on us writers. Its up to us to prove our innocence in gen AI usage regarding our manuscripts. There is the case of Mia Ballard, the case of the Commonwealth prize winner, and there are others who say they did not use generative AI but the defamation of the persons career happens because the writer has no evidence. I would LOVE if Dabble could be on the forefront of innovation and be the second writing software to include a feature that PROVES we did not write with AI. Ellipsus being the first (with a simple but powerful mechanism called Embossing) but I feel there are other ways to approach this besides keystroke documentation. The option to screen record (added bonus of being able to choose to record yourself as the one doing the writing) is a way to prove no AI was written. I feel however the feafure works, it should not use AI. It would be nice to have this proof of no AI/evidence of human authorship feature, even if it costs more as an add-on. Thats something many writers would pay for for peace of mind, like my writing group I converted to Ellipsus because we've all been terrified of the AI witchhunt and how many innocents are being accused. I want to stay with Dabble but part of staying relevant to modern writers would be having this feature. As writers in the age of AI, we need more ways to prove our human made work is in fact human made! Please help us make that happen! sug_b06bwwg7o92kuac 2026-07-08T23:14:25Z 2026-07-13T15:22:09Z It would be amazing to have the app on my tablet device. But I have a tablet that runs android and uses Google play store for downloading apps. I know I can get the app on my iPhone but it would be nice to use my new tablet. sug_w6bbwrqvw0viuxe 2026-07-12T01:55:14Z 2026-07-13T15:22:07Z As we organize outlines within our notes, the ability to split and join entries (similar to Ulysses) is a fantastic tool for building structure. Since Dabble already has a mechanism for splitting and joining scenes, could this functionality be extended to notes as a future feature? I am specifically thinking of Notebook notes, which can become quite lengthy, though it would be useful for Grid notes as well. sug_vuzsjoplmd4skyw 2026-07-12T14:23:01Z 2026-07-13T15:22:05Z Some words are offensive. That's the world we live in. And it's the world I write about. I'm really sick of my word choices being flagged as istaphobic. The latest flagged "Over-the-hill" as potentially ageist. I'm writing about a hill. And a character riding over it. I used to love the blue line feature. Now it's just become invasive. sug_riiduexbpjtsqvr 2026-07-13T14:41:45Z 2026-07-13T15:22:02Z I don't like the new view for several reasons. The goal panel is distracting, I can't make the sidebars thinner (only wider), the top stripe is incredibly distracting, The top menu disappears but it appears and I don't need it at all. I'd rather have my notes with the scene title on the corner, (not on top in bold). The status bar is big and distracting, but I wanted the scene word count (which used to be super discreet. Is there a way to give us the previous view? sug_1akxbzvvdutfir4 2026-07-07T10:42:03Z 2026-07-07T13:27:26Z I find the icons to the left of each title and scene on the left navigation menu very distracting and unecessary. Any chance of an option to get rid of them?