[Screenshot 2025-02-21 at 11.06.24] Problem: When choosing an entity to relate to, you might have many to choose from and not sure which on is that you are looking for. Either because of duplicate names, or just because you need to explore a little before choosing the right one. Right now I need t…

That’s a great suggestion and I added +1 vote for this. Notion already has some feature/ui to solve this kind of issue. In Notion, you can customize which other data will show up in the dropdown. It’s very useful. Here’s a video I recorded to show their solution.

Or another option I just realized if just opening a view in another panel. But i also there no shortcut for that. This might be easier to add and have the same (similar) effect without overcomplicating things.

Open larger view on relation field dropdown

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interr0bangr March 7, 2025, 6:29pm 4

This is also essentially what I requested here for the sake of merging/keeping all votes together: Display fields in "link or create" window

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Small size/width of Relation Search Dropdown in table view Bugs & Issues	0	67	May 12, 2024
Link or Create window, display other fields (besides “Name”) for easy identification of desired entity Ideas & Features	9	342	January 2, 2026
Show custom or view name for relations in Entity view Ideas & Features	2	69	November 25, 2024
Relation select dialog needs to show ids Ideas & Features flexible-domain	0	36	January 5, 2026
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Open larger view on relation field dropdown

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