# Adding a note to a snapshot **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener\ **Tags:** wishlist, text-editing\ **Created:** [November 16, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068 "2022-11-16T10:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![creaston](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@creaston](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/creaston)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/1 "2022-11-16T10:05:43Z")
Good morning, I’m about to start editing a large project in scrivener (novel). I’m using snapshots to handle different drafts of chapters, but this can get a little unwieldy. It’s hard sometimes to find the right older snapshot. I give them helpful titles sometimes but even then sometimes I can’t find the right previous version. It would be really helpful if there was some way to attach a note to your snapshots, so I can give a snapshot some more context which would help me find the right one later. I don’t think this is possible. You can write notes to accompany a document (helpful) but such notes are not stored in a snapshot. Am I missing something? Is there an easy way to do this? If not I will post this as a feature request. It’s the one thing in scrivener that I’m really missing. Otherwise it does everything I need it to do. Chris ---
**Author:** ![rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rms)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/2 "2022-11-16T12:22:28Z")
What if you put a new document just under “Draft” (or where you like) and write as much as you want to explain that snapshot. Of course, remove these before compiling as a deliverable. ---
**Author:** ![GoalieDad](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/goaliedad/32/28584_2.png) [@GoalieDad](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/GoalieDad)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/3 "2022-11-16T12:28:31Z")
If duplicate snapshot you want by taking a snapshot of it (cannot edit snapshot titles once created) and add symbol like ! in front, if click snapshot titles the snapshots are ordered alphabetically with the symbol showing up first in the line, Could even use different symbols for different types of edits. ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/4 "2022-11-16T13:21:50Z")
![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/5/b5a9686189b5238b8bd6f9eb0770c632b08533b0.png) ---
**Author:** ![rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rms)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/5 "2022-11-16T13:50:13Z")
As I suspected, there is room in title to write quite a bit of text. I don’t know the max is and could not test as I could not get a large view like you have demonstrated. What steps did you take to get that view? ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/6 "2022-11-16T13:53:55Z")
Not sure I understand the question… All I did is make the inspector a tad wider than what I normally have it set to, then I cut/pasted the text below in the snapshot’s title. ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/1/e1b4f0b28d2db219830714826b4840ddb21e9610.png) > [@rms](#): > > I don’t know the max ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/7/278b094c7fd37259958440341ae030cc0b16a555.png) 20 lines should do… ? 😛 I probably could have kept going… ---
**Author:** ![rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rms)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/7 "2022-11-16T13:57:50Z")
The question seems clear to me, but I guess you answered it from your perspective. On my MacBook, earlier I widened it thinking it would do as you show. There is a limit to how wide it can go and it does not enlarge the cell holding the Title. Guess a difference for how Windows vs. macOS handle the form. ![Screenshot 2022-11-16 at 13.56.41](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/f/dfb7dbb57964edd7621e6a803cafda384d2826d3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/8 "2022-11-16T13:58:56Z")
You need carriage returns to be pasted in for it to grow taller. ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/a/bab8f7d4d55c970d3a625d70b9c5d5f98eb7d29f.png) How wide it can get is a max % of your screen, I suppose. That’s the max for me: ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/d/7dfd952017e710ea4a49f025aaefa7955c34ac5c.png) ---
**Author:** ![rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rms)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/9 "2022-11-16T14:04:46Z")
No apparent way to add carriage returns to the title text. When I paste in text with carriage returns, doesn’t expand and doesn’t take all the text. You clearly are seeing different behavior on Microsoft Windows than I see on Apple macOS. I expected my Mac to behave with these Title cells you see, but apparently not. Behavior probably buried deep in the OS. I’m on macOS 13.0.1 with Scivener 3.2.3 ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/10 "2022-11-16T14:06:23Z")
Oh. That’s too bad… Perhaps try line-breaks ? That then also mean that there could be a problem for a cross platform project. ---
**Author:** ![rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rms)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/11 "2022-11-16T14:07:35Z")
Tired 'em all (Return key on its own, Return with cmd, Return with option, Return with control, Enter with shift). And copy/paste from BBedit. ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/12 "2022-11-16T14:08:12Z")
AH. That doesn’t work for me either… You need to PASTE it. Write a few lines in your editor, with a carriage return at the end of each line. Then copy the whole to the snapshot’s title. ? ---
**Author:** ![rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rms)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/13 "2022-11-16T14:10:06Z")
This time paste from BBEdit puts all the text in, but the cell does not expand. ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/14 "2022-11-16T14:10:53Z")
I don’t know what BBedit is. Try from Scrivener’s editor, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rms)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/15 "2022-11-16T14:12:59Z")
BBEdit is a mainline well respected text editor. [https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/](https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/) Tried in Scrivener too. Text from outside pasted in seems to get to cell, but the cell does not expand to show it. ---
**Author:** ![rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rms)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/16 "2022-11-16T14:40:21Z")
To close out the thread, @Vincent_Vincent and I in “messages” pursued, and it seems that only in Scrivener Windows do the cells in the table list of Snapshots do any sort of word-wrapping or expansion. Scrivener macOS does not enlarge the cell if warranted. Bug? Dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/17 "2022-11-16T14:42:50Z")
It doesn’t wrap in the Windows’ version either. Only pasting a carriage return spawns a new line, making the cell taller. Bug in the Mac version ? I don’t think so. Pretty sure that this behavior in the Windows version (although useful to some extent) is not intended by the devs. Just some sort of enjoyable fluke. [EDIT] I just tried with a line feed instead of a carriage return, and that works too. ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/18 "2022-11-16T14:56:20Z")
> [@Vincent\_Vincent](#): > > That then also mean that there could be a problem for a cross platform project. @rms and I tried a cross platform project and it indeed failed. ---
**Author:** ![Rdale](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/rdale/32/15925_2.png) [@Rdale](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Rdale)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/19 "2022-11-16T14:56:50Z")
This isn’t helpful after you’ve made the snapshot, but what about putting an inline annotation at the top of the document you’re about to create a snapshot of? There’s a check-box in the compile window that will strip out any annotations on the compiled output, so you don’t have to worry about leaving them there. ---
**Author:** ![GoalieDad](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/goaliedad/32/28584_2.png) [@GoalieDad](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/GoalieDad)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068/20 "2022-11-16T19:29:23Z")
or put info in note section which snapshot is one you want. That will not be included in compile and no limits on note info. [Next page](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-a-note-to-a-snapshot/131068.md?page=2)