Upgrade Storage+ to Add-Author mouse pointer problem identified and SOLVED
A new mouse surface or pad is the answer. No handy mouse-pad? Use the cardboard back of a paper tablet.
For years there have been help requests from me and from several others who were frustrated by attempts to add an author by clicking on the plus-sign icon (and instead placing the cursor into the abstract field) or trying to place the cursor into the title field (and instead activating the Item Type drop-down menu) or placing the cursor at the very beginning of a field (and needing to use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the proper place).
My literal desktop was designed as a mousing surface. I trusted after 15+ years that the surface couldn't be the problem because in the beginning it worked flawlessly. I tried several different mice without success. A track-pad worked but I hated the experience because of the extra effort needed to right- or left-click.
I recently watched a Fran Blanche YouTube video about the evolution of mouse technology and learned about trackballs, LEDs, and actual diode lasers. I learned that tracking sensitivity has vastly improved over the years. Coincidentally, I was gifted a joke-mouse pad and used it for a lark. My pointing problems were immediately solved. My _only_ real frustration with using Zotero has vanished. (Why I have had no problems with moving the cursor in LibreOffice or on websites such as PubMed is unclear but I can noticeably more easily use my mouse in those situations now as well.)
My own pointer problem was so extreme that I couldn't understand why there weren't many more complaints and why the developers themselves didn't have the problem.
Don't have a mouse-pad? Try the cardboard backing of a tablet of paper. It works for me.
For years there have been help requests from me and from several others who were frustrated by attempts to add an author by clicking on the plus-sign icon (and instead placing the cursor into the abstract field) or trying to place the cursor into the title field (and instead activating the Item Type drop-down menu) or placing the cursor at the very beginning of a field (and needing to use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the proper place).
My literal desktop was designed as a mousing surface. I trusted after 15+ years that the surface couldn't be the problem because in the beginning it worked flawlessly. I tried several different mice without success. A track-pad worked but I hated the experience because of the extra effort needed to right- or left-click.
I recently watched a Fran Blanche YouTube video about the evolution of mouse technology and learned about trackballs, LEDs, and actual diode lasers. I learned that tracking sensitivity has vastly improved over the years. Coincidentally, I was gifted a joke-mouse pad and used it for a lark. My pointing problems were immediately solved. My _only_ real frustration with using Zotero has vanished. (Why I have had no problems with moving the cursor in LibreOffice or on websites such as PubMed is unclear but I can noticeably more easily use my mouse in those situations now as well.)
My own pointer problem was so extreme that I couldn't understand why there weren't many more complaints and why the developers themselves didn't have the problem.
Don't have a mouse-pad? Try the cardboard backing of a tablet of paper. It works for me.