Missing that key icon

The maintainer of Better BibTex says:
"The citation key no longer sits at the top of the item pane. It now sits somewhere in the middle and you may have to scroll to see it. This placement is not under my control"

There used to be a 'key' icon on the right column along with all the other icons which is no longer there. What are the chances we could get that back (it is quite a pain to have to scroll to get to the citation key)?
Thanks guys, keep up the great work!
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    edited today at 5:11am
    You're conflating a few different things here.

    The key icon was for a custom item pane section that BBT created when Zotero 7 came out but before it was possible to add a custom item field. It's still possible for plugins to create custom sections. BBT just doesn't anymore.

    After we made it possible for plugins to add custom item fields, BBT added a custom Citation Key field at the top of the items list and removed the custom section.

    We recently added new fields to Zotero, including an official Citation Key field. That made BBT's custom field redundant, and I guess @emilianoeheyns removed it.

    We don't provide a built-in way for plugins to change the position of official item fields, but BBT could still do various things to move the official Citation Key field to the top of the pane, or it could provide an option to mirror the official field at the top of the pane.

    But for your specific request, a custom section is still something plugins can create.
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