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Feature Requests: Recursive display of all items of a collection and its sub-collections

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    • CommentAuthoratomas
    • CommentTimeJun 26th 2008
     
    It would be nice to have an option to display all items of an collection and its sub-collections in the item-list. That would be especially useful if I use the collections as a categorization for items.

    Example: I've the collection HCI containing the collections CSCW, GUI, and so on. All the items are located in sub-collections of HCI (or even in sub-collections of sub-collections).
    If I click on the HCI collection right know I get nothing in the item-list. What I would like to have, is to list all items that are somewhere in the sub-collection of HCI.
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    Go to about:config in the address bar, look for extensions.zotero.recursiveCollections, set it to true.
    • CommentAuthoratomas
    • CommentTimeJun 27th 2008
     
    thx. An option in the properties form would be nice :)
    • CommentAuthorkati42
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2008
     
    I second the request for this to be a "normal" option. I assumed that it wasn't possible for quite some time because it just wasn't there in Preferences.
    • CommentAuthordperkel
    • CommentTimeFeb 18th 2009
     
    I was about to post a similar request and found this thread. I'm still a bit confused by what it means to "go to about:config" in the address bar. Where do you have to go to find that setting?

    Thanks,
    Dan
    • CommentAuthordperkel
    • CommentTimeFeb 18th 2009
     
    Follow up:
    I realized that this means literally type in "about:config" in the address bar instead of a url. (For other people totally unfamiliar with this, doing this takes you to an alarming "warning" page that tells you to be careful or you'll void your firefox warranty.)

    Scroll down to "extensions.zotero.recursiveCollections" and double click on where it says "false" on the right. The change will be immediately noticeable in zotero. No restart required.

    I would definitely like for this to be a feature in the preferences pane. A few colleagues of mine have complained about this as a huge limitation of subcollections. For some reason, in this context, it seemed much more intuitive that it should default to "true" (or not even be an option at all). I don't know how people think of zotero folders though in relation to folders on their desktop (where a recursive option is not the norm).

    Anyhow, thanks for providing the secret feature to enable this.

    Dan
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    I'd like to add my vote to the request for recursive collections to either be on by default, or at least made a first-class option. I feel sub-collections are just that, a subset of a collection, and so its members should also be members of the parent collection.

    I love Zotero, use it every day---keep up the good work!
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    I echo all samuelbritt's comments
    • CommentAuthordstatman
    • CommentTimeOct 25th 2009
     
    I'm a big fan of this option, but I find myself turning it on or off, depending on how I use my sub-collections. Is there some way to selectively activate recursiveCollections for some folders/collections but not others?

    It seems like a long shot, but I thought I'd ask, and maybe it will end up as a feature request. Thanks!
    • CommentAuthoradamsmith
    • CommentTimeOct 25th 2009
     
    no, currently there is no way to do this.

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