Style Editor "Refresh" Button: What's its purpose?

djinsasa

I wonder what the "Refresh" Button in the Style Editor actually does? The documentation mentiones a "Save" butten (which I also would expect there), but actually there are only a "Refresh" and "Save as" button. I thought, if I change the style in the editor (or paste changed style) and hit "Refresh", the changes would be applied to Zotero and the future bibliographies created with this style. But: no! Changes are not applied.

How do I change existing styles? I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but I'm just stuck.

adamsmith

Refresh updates the items the current style displays (if you've changed them in Zotero)

To update the style in Zotero, Save as, then double-click the saved style to install (if you just update an existing style, your changes will get overwritten on updates, so having a copy saved outside of Zotero is a good idea anyway -- though generally speaking you should almost always change the style ID)

djinsasa

Wow, that's really a quick answer, thanks :-) And it works perfectly!
I did create my own style with changed ID and I also stored it externally, but I thought I had to edit/paste it within the Style-Editor. But your method is even more convenient! Thanks!