reading memo fields in grid

Is there a way to read memo fields in grid mode, besides looking in the editor pane at the bottom?

What you could do is: compose a SELECT query in which you select the TEXT (if it is a TEXT) field as CONCAT(field) AS field. This will cause Heidi to display it as it displays, for example, VARCHAR fields

I agree with you that it would be handy if you could toggle between displaying this kind of data as MEMO or directly.