[BUG] Zotero 7 Beta duplicates collection navigation via arrow keys

ulahcherubim · 2024-10-29T11:27:49+00:00

While navigating via arrow keys in duplicates collection on Zotero 7 Beta, the view switches to normal item view, rather than merge view (is that what it is called?).
7.0.9-beta.3+ece595e79 (64-bit)
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enozkan · 2024-10-29T13:19:55+00:00

(I don't know if that is a bug or not, but I like this behavior as I *sometimes* want to delete one specific item, rather than merging, and it helps with visualizing the data for the specific item as I navigate via arrow keys. Getting back to "merge view" is still quite easy.)

ulahcherubim · 2024-10-29T15:24:00+00:00

I was not so sure if it was intended behaviour or not but couldn't figure out how else can I ask the question.

dstillman · 2024-10-30T02:39:50+00:00

Yeah, it's by design, since it's one way to select individual items in the Duplicate Items view. But even though it's convenient for the (probably very few) people who know about it, I think we should probably switch to having the arrow keys select the sets instead. That would make keyboard-based access equivalent to mouse usage, which is important for accessibility, and would just generally be less hacky. If you wanted to select a single item, you'd still be able to do it by deselecting item with modifier keys — a little more tedious, but probably a clearer experience overall. (Sorry @enozkan!)

dstillman · 2024-10-30T02:46:57+00:00

Oh, actually, Option/Alt-click also selects a single item, which is even better as an alternative. So we'll switch up/down-arrow to select sets for an upcoming version.

ulahcherubim · 2024-10-30T10:21:00+00:00

Thank you for the response. I support the idea of a keyboard navigation equivalent for everything that can be done via pointer.