Zotero 7 Beta: Classic Add Citation Dialog Loses Focus (Ubuntu 22.04)

poettli

Zotero 6:

1. Open zotero
2. Open Libre-Office (LO)
3. Click Add/Edit Citation
4. Citation Style choice window pops up (choose)
5. Classic add citation dialog pops up, insert citation
6. Write some text
7. Click Add/Edit Citation
8. Classic add citation dialog pops up above LO window
9. Resize Classic add citation window, insert citation

Zotero 7:

1. Open zotero
2. Open Libre-Office (LO)
3. Click Add/Edit Citation
4. Citation Style choice window pops up (choose)
5. System dialog: 'Zotero "Add/Edit Citation" is ready'
6. Classic add citation dialog doesn't pop up above LO window

System Specs:

OS Name: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
OS Type: 64-bit
GNOME Version: 42.5
Widowing System: Wayland

poettli

Same with zotero 7.0.0-beta.5, either with the classic dialog or the default dialog

poettli

No window opens with 7.0.0-beta.7. (but an error message pops up if Zotero is not running)

samvimes

Yup, just wanted to report the same problem (Kubuntu 23.04, Plasma 5.27.4.) - the beta is running but nothing happens when clicking any Zotero icon in the LO toolbar.

dstillman

Our window-moving code hasn't yet been updated for Wayland, so window focusing won't work yet under Wayland.

No window opens with 7.0.0-beta.7

That's actually just unrelated breakage. Fixed in the latest beta — thanks.

poettli

Fixed in the latest beta — thanks

Works again. Thank you.

[...] so window focusing won't work yet under Wayland

I understand.

adomasven

To give an update here, I looked into this and generally the

System dialog: 'Zotero "Add/Edit Citation" is ready'

prompt is a Gnome "feature". The version of Firefox that Zotero 6 is based on was opening windows the "wrong" way which is why the prompt didn't appear. There doesn't seem to be a simple way to address this using Zotero based on my research.

poettli

There doesn't seem to be a simple way to address this using Zotero based on my research.

Not a good news. Thank you for trying to address it