[Feature] Simple notes navigation #439
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Sorry for the possible misleading of the opening note link behavior. Currently, it behaves like this:
The note pane on the right side of the library tab is a preview provided by Zotero and I think we may better keep it as is. It is possible to let the plugin take over all opening note cases, but disabling Zotero features would really "have fundamentally changed the functionalities of Zotero". Let's see what we already have and what I can do to improve your experience:
You could copy links here: I could try to provide some shortcuts for these functions.
The drag&drop between notes is controlled by Zotero. The dragged note content will be put into the drop position. That's what we better not touch.
This is a behavior of opening note links in the very early version of the plugin. Users complained that clicking the note links should act the same as other links, so I removed that. Maybe we could make a switch for users.
That's reasonable. Would it be acceptable after the changes above? |
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It is nice indeed to leave as much as possible the Zotero features untouched. So I will try to propose a few changes in line with this idea:
Feel free to reject any of the requests above as you think they are too complicated or modify too much Zotero. Thank you very much again for your hard work on this plugin and the amazing features it brings to Zotero! |
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My conclusions of current stage:
If I missed anything, please let me know. Q&A
I guess not. The problem is, you may not have much chance to see other types of zotero:// links in the notes.
We could leave the choice to the users.
Changing color would be a little bit complex, and impossible if the plugin is disabled. As we are going to have a totally different prefs window in Zotero 7 and it is currently unavailable in Zotero 6, I try to avoid adding a pref pane before Zotero 7. So the options will be put in a note template in JSON format. |
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Yes, that would be great. Thank you very much. I will ask in the Zotero Forums if there is a way to change the colour of certain links. |
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@mjthoraval Available actions are: openLink, openLinkIfNote, openLinkIfSelect, openLinkIfPDF, openLinkInNewWindow, copyLink, setMainNote |
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I am very confused by the current notes navigation options.
If I click on a zotero://note link, it can either open in a new window, in the same pane, in the right side pane or in the workspace, depending if the note where you click the link is opened in a separate window, in a right side pane next to the library or a PDF Viewer tab, in the workspace or in the right side of the workspace. It can even depend on whether the workspace is currently opened as a tab in the main Zotero window or not.
I am mostly taking notes in Evernote, where the behaviour of links is straightforward:
I am not interested in complex bi-directional links, workspace or split view, before the most simple notes navigation can work efficiently. Is it possible to get the very simple notes navigation features described above?
I guess most note taking apps follow similar conventions. Are you following the logic of some other note taking app to build the current behaviour?
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