Allow the user to modify the DEFAULT SIZE of the NOTES field

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In previous versions of the Bitwarden app on Windows, the default size of the Notes field was considerably larger than it is in the current version, i.e. 2025.6.1.
The SHRINKAGE in the default height of the Notes field makes it inconvenient to read a long Note. It also renders the Bitwarden app very NOT-user-friendly when editing a long Note – especially when we consider that the Notes field can contain up to 10,000 characters.

Clarification: I can see in version 2025.6.1, that there is an “adjuster” in the bottom right corner of the Notes field, and that the user can click and drag the “adjuster” to resize that field.
HOWEVER, this resize is only temporary! I can adjust the height of the Notes field while viewing any entry in my vault, but the height of the Notes field goes back to the default size (i.e. displays 5 lines at a time) as soon as I look at a different entry; or indeed when I come back to an entry whose Note field I had previously adjusted.
Therefore I would prefer to modify the DEFAULT SIZE of the Notes field.

PS #1: I thought I might could “work around” this issue, by maximizing the app. Sad to say, when I maximize the Bitwarden app on Windows, all columns are displayed with the same width as when the app is not maximized.

PS #2: What do I consider a long Note? → more than 15 lines, as seen in the Bitwarden UI.

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I do not speak for Bitwarden, but I would consider this a bug. When implementing the updated UI style in 2025.6.1, there might have been a regression in the code that renders full-height notes in View mode. I would suggest reporting this as an bug (“New Issue”) on Github. If you do so, please focus your report on the fact that the notes height now no longer expands to fit the available window size (which it did in previous versions); if you mention other suggested improvements (such as remembering previous adjustments of the notes size), then it is highly likely that the Github issue will be deemed a “feature request” (and summarily closed).

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Thank you indeed for your feedback. I have created a new issue on GitHub.

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I would like to ad that it would also be very helpful if, in addition to remembering its height state when transiting between items, the notes window would also maintain that state when entering and exiting edit mode. This piece has been a friction point for me for years.