Upgrade StorageFeature request: Quick open / quick switcher
Dear Zotero team,
thanks for the great software! My feature request is to introduce a keyboard shortcut, for example CMD + O, that does the following:
1. It opens a big, wide text entry field in the center of the screen, partly overlaying the current view. This should work from anywhere in Zotero, whether you are currently looking at your library, or viewing a pdf.
2. When you start typing, it conducts a fuzzy search of your whole library.
3. The search results are displayed as a comfortable list directly below the text entry field.
4. You can navigate the search results with the arrow keys. Pressing enter either opens the item in the integrated viewer in a new tab (if the item is not currently open), or switches to the item (if it is currently open). Clicking has the same effect.
I feel like this feature would greatly enhance my work with Zotero. This request is inspired a lot by the "Quick switcher" feature in the note-taking software Obsidian (https://obsidian.md).
As a "quick & small solution", I would also appreciate a toggle to tell the ordinary "search" to always look in my whole library. While this would not replace my desire for a "Quick switcher", it would be nice :)
Thanks!
thanks for the great software! My feature request is to introduce a keyboard shortcut, for example CMD + O, that does the following:
1. It opens a big, wide text entry field in the center of the screen, partly overlaying the current view. This should work from anywhere in Zotero, whether you are currently looking at your library, or viewing a pdf.
2. When you start typing, it conducts a fuzzy search of your whole library.
3. The search results are displayed as a comfortable list directly below the text entry field.
4. You can navigate the search results with the arrow keys. Pressing enter either opens the item in the integrated viewer in a new tab (if the item is not currently open), or switches to the item (if it is currently open). Clicking has the same effect.
I feel like this feature would greatly enhance my work with Zotero. This request is inspired a lot by the "Quick switcher" feature in the note-taking software Obsidian (https://obsidian.md).
As a "quick & small solution", I would also appreciate a toggle to tell the ordinary "search" to always look in my whole library. While this would not replace my desire for a "Quick switcher", it would be nice :)
Thanks!
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sylph520IMHO, it would be nice to have this feature, considering the need of jumping between related literature pdfs.
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adrienburgAgree, would be a great quality of life change, and zotero would feel much more modern!
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janpatricI think Zotero desperately needs this feature! You already get a glimps of how this search bar should look like when using the Citaions-Plugin in Obsidian and using the 'Insert Markdown Notation'-Command. I've been watching this request for over half a year now, always coming back hoping to find news whenever I'm miss the feature. btw there's a request which asks for pretty much the same: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/113320/feature-request-global-find-shortcut/p1
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schmopI would love to see this feature!