Adding Page Number in Zotero 8

brycetuttle

I mostly love the new update but I do find it quite irritating that you have to do a few clicks to add a page number. I cite in Legal Bluebook style which requires page numbers for every cite. The old version allowed you to use classic entry which made adding page numbers much faster. If there is a way to change this, it would be much appreciated!

dstillman

You can just type the page number after choosing the item (or even before choosing the item if you use "p" (e.g., "p123") to distinguish it from a search term).

Even if you use the mouse, it's not "a few clicks". It's literally just clicking on the bubble, typing the page number (which is already the focused field in the panel that pops up), and pressing Enter/Return.

To be clear, the classic dialog hasn't been the default citation dialog in over a decade. The Zotero 8 dialog works similarly to the previous "red bar" citation dialog, and it obviously hasn't been more difficult to enter page numbers for over a decade — it's been faster.

This documentation hasn't yet been updated for Z8, which works slightly differently (and supports adding all locators via the search field), but it's basically what's documented here:

https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_usage#customizing_cites

brycetuttle

Thank, I appreciate the clarification/tips. I’m a relatively new Zotero user and have clearly been using the dialogue box wrong.