Zotero 7: only citekey display in the item detail box remaining

[jangid19]

The builds dropped here are release-ready for Zotero 6. Anything that does not work as expected in Zotero 6 will get priority to fix. For Zotero 7, 7.0.0-beta.26 is the minimum required version.

Open issues:

• citekey display/edit field awaits API from Zotero (#)
• settings screen is jacked up
• auto-export is not triggered when the citekey is edited #
• export screen errors out #
• prefs screen has rendering issues on beta 26
• BBT sentence-case for item titles Zotero sentence-case will be replaced by BBT sentence-case in Zotero 7 (#)
• translator init takes insanely long. Nothing much I can do about it (#), but maybe I can just let that run in the background.
• export options are not translated
• disable-enable does not work
• debug log needs to be resurrected -- again!
• Top-level <wizard>…</wizard> → <window><wizard>…</wizard></window> and dialog button/event changes
• all events routed through event-emitter
• prefs screen needs to be resurrected
• replace/inject window, remove document
• item pane is not editable
• Zotero 6 on MacOS: close and reopen of main pane works (but you can't select the citation key column after reopen, and there's no fix for this)
• Zotero 7 on MacOS: citation key in the item-list column picker no longer works in Z7.
• citekey in itempane focuses item type
• update https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-debug-log for Z7
• reinstall does not work
• nsIIdleService → nsIUserIdleService
• XUL textbox → HTML <input type="text">
• <label> → <label><html:h2> within <groupbox>
• tooltiptext → title — works automatically in existing windows; in new windows, requires a XUL <tooltip id="html-tooltip"> element and a tooltip="html-tooltip" attribute on the <window> (example)
• prefs: quick-copy doesn't switch details screen
• Top-level <dialog>…</dialog> → <window><dialog>…</dialog></window> and dialog button/event changes
• createElement()/createElementNS() → createXULElement() for remaining XUL elements (example)

Reference: Zotero 7 for developers

[tdegeus]

Is there a timeframe?

[retorquere]

No. I'm actively working on it, and I keep thinking I'm close and then hitting another problem. It could be days, weeks or months.

[tdegeus]

... Thanks for your hard work!

[redleafnew]

Will the plugin Zotero Debug Bridge be updated to be compatible with zotero v7?

[retorquere]

I've uploaded the new version, 6.7.79 should work with 7.

[retorquere]

No. I'm actively working on it, and I keep thinking I'm close and then hitting another problem. It could be days, weeks or months.

In a bit of good news, I'm one failing test away from getting BBT to bootstrapped, which is the most important hurdle.

[redleafnew]

I've uploaded the new version, 6.7.79 should work with 7.

Thanks. However, it prompts me:

The add-on "C:\Users\hmy\Desktop\debug-bridge-6.7.79.emile.limonia.xpi" could not be installed. It may be incompatible with this version of Zotero.

[chickymonkeys]

Same here, unfortunately. Running Zotero 7.0.0-beta.7+7c902d40a on Apple Silicon.

[retorquere]

I've forgotten to update the install.rdf. I'll fix that when I'm back home in a few hours.

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[retorquere]

New version is up, same version number though.

[redleafnew]

Download again, and still cannot be installed.

[retorquere]

I started the wrong version. I can replicate the install problem. Looking into it.

[retorquere]

New version installs on 7

[redleafnew]

Now it installs on v7

[Mingzefei]

Hello! I just upgraded from Z6 to Z7 (7.0.0-beta.52+2f8e536f2 (64-bit)) and installed the latest better bibtex plugin (6.7.140). I have encountered an important issue: the citation key that used to appear in the info pane has disappeared!

I would like to know if this issue is still being discussed and addressed. Additionally, is there a temporary alternative solution? I urgently need to obtain the citation key and do not want to revert to Z6.

[Mingzefei]

Oh, I suddenly saw the citation key being successfully displayed in the info pane in the demo video by @jrennstich .
(Please forgive me, the comment under this issue is too long)
How was this achieved, or could it be an error in my plugin installation?

[retorquere]

That wasn't a stable solution. I'm still awaiting the solution promised here.

[mjthoraval]

@Mingzefei:

is there a temporary alternative solution?

You can display the citation key in a column in the center pane of your library if you need to see it:

You can also

• Drag and drop LaTeX citations using these keys to your favorite LaTeX editor
• Show your citation keys in the item list view.

https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/citing/

You can couple these with the Actions & Tags plugin to copy it quickly if you need:
windingwind/zotero-actions-tags#165

[Mingzefei]

@Mingzefei:

is there a temporary alternative solution?

You can display the citation key in a column in the center pane of your library if you need to see it:

You can also

• Drag and drop LaTeX citations using these keys to your favorite LaTeX editor
• Show your citation keys in the item list view.

https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/citing/

You can couple these with the Actions & Tags plugin to copy it quickly if you need: windingwind/zotero-actions-tags#165

It works for me.
Thanks for your timely help!

[champagnealexandre]

@retorquere, about the "citekey display/edit field awaits API from Zotero" issue, I just discovered that the zotero-style plugin adds a "Remark" field (where you can enter text) to the info pane. Would that help?

[retorquere]

I've asked on zotero-dev. The zotero-style plugin uses the zotero plugin toolkit, so I can't just copy what they've done.

[retorquere]

And apparently what they do breaks keyboard navigation, so they're advising to wait on the Zotero-provided API.

[retorquere]

Beta 70 breaks BBT, the work for that is tracked on #2829

[jrennstich]

Thanks for the update, I just was about to post a report. Thanks for all your great work on this!

[retorquere]

I'm dropping a new version that has citation key display in an item section. Not ideal but it'll have to do until the item details pane allows adding fields. It's janky, UI-wise, but functional.

[mjthoraval]

Thank you very much!

Could it be moved to the top of the Item Pane, in a fixed position that does not scroll with the rest of the Item Pane (maybe optional)?
The Preview plugin for example has done that (but it seems to slow down significantly the navigation between items): https://github.com/dcartertod/zotero-plugins

(I am not sure how it would decide which one to put on top if both plugins are active.)

Can the text "Citation Key" appear as the section title?

If the section is collapsed, it appears as empty:

Maybe the collapsed version could do the same as the abstract, showing the citation key in the same line?

But maybe no need to spend too much time on this if it is only temporary.

[retorquere]

Could it be moved to the top of the Item Pane, in a fixed position that does not scroll with the rest of the Item Pane (maybe optional)?

The Zotero crew consistently says "API for this is coming. Please wait". I tried previously to put stuff there and it was incredibly janky.

Can the text "Citation Key" appear as the section title? ... If the section is collapsed, it appears as empty:

I'll see if I can get that to work. I've followed their instruction but the text remains blank.

Maybe the collapsed version could do the same as the abstract, showing the citation key in the same line? ... But maybe no need to spend too much time on this if it is only temporary.

That's not in the Zotero API so they're probably watching the DOM. I'm just going to wait for the real API on this one.

[dstark]

@retorquere, thanks so much for getting things back working to this extent! In Better BibTex 6.7.186 and Zotero 7.0.0-beta.77, there are certain circumstances where the citation key section displays the incorrect key. I haven't entirely sorted out when it happens, but it seems to mainly be when I've

1. done a search and
2. have updated something that requires the key to be revised.

In these circumstances, the old key displays (but isn't copyable) if the key section is collapsed and another random key (but copyable) if the section is expanded as in the examples below. I have to select some other item and then return to the original item for the correct updated key to display and be copyable.

[retorquere]

I haven't been able to reproduce it yet. A new build will drop here soon which will (pretty obnoxiously) show what's happening under the hood. It will pop up two notifications for every time you click an item (item display); remember the ID it showed when you clicked the item of interested, reproduce the problem, and you should see a notification with citekey refresh. I need the text in that notification. Each notification stays up 8 seconds.

[github-actions]

🤖 this is your friendly neighborhood build bot announcing test build 6.7.192.2522.6245 ("show citekey pane info")

This update may name other issues, but the build just dropped here is for you; it just means problems already fixed in other issues have been folded into the work we are doing here. Install in Zotero by downloading test build 6.7.192.2522.6245, opening the Zotero "Tools" menu, selecting "Add-ons", open the gear menu in the top right, and select "Install Add-on From File...".