Numify - automatically add hierarchical numeric prefixes to your Zotero collection names

rafaelsilvaoliveira

Releasing yet another Zotero plugin, this time "Numify". Numify automatically adds hierarchical numeric prefixes to your Zotero collection names. Create, rename, delete, or reorder collections, the numbering stays in sync.

It supports unlimited nesting depth (1.2.3.4...), keeps numbering gap-free, and since the prefixes are just part of the collection name, everything syncs across your devices out of the box.

GitHub: https://github.com/Rafael-Silva-Oliveira/numify
Project page: https://rafael-silva-oliveira.github.io/projects/numify/

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u20157536/dsudgz0gl1f63e84o6rp.png

warguelles

Hi Rafael, thank you so much. Under Windows, the plugin works really well. I have over 40 collections, and I thought I was going to have to start numbering each one, but no... Everything worked automatically just as you described on GitHub.

The only issue I'm having is with the Android app, because there the collections are not sorted numerically. I will ask around and see if it's an Android bug. Thanks!

rafaelsilvaoliveira

Hey, warguelles! Super happy to see that you found the plugin useful! :) If you have other suggestions, feel free to drop them here as well!

Regarding the Android app (or iOS for that matter) - I did not design the plugin around the Android app, so its very possible that it may not work as intended there. It may also be that the Android app treats the sorting in a different way than in the desktop app. Regardless, I will have a look at it over the weekend and see if its something that I can fix with a new release, or if its a limitation on the Android app.

Thanks again for the feedback and always happy to get suggestions or feature requests!

Edit: I just checked on my Android app, and the sorting matches the sorting I have on desktop (collections and sub-collections). Could you post a screenshot or example of the issue you are having?

rafaelsilvaoliveira

As an alternative, I can also add other ways of sorting to the plugin and see if those work on the Android app (if the Android app sorts alphabetically)

Something like:

A.B.C.D
a.b.c.d
I.II.III.IV
i.ii.iii.iv

Etc

I personally prefer the numerical view, but now that I think about it, it would be nice to have other types of sorting like the ones above, so I will be implementing that as well in the upcoming days

warguelles

@rafaelsilvaoliveira , thanks for your feedback. Here’s a screenshot from the Android app (Boox device). It is evident that—unlike the desktop app—the list here is sorted alphabetically:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u2580262/lg453qiprgvpsh2bvgcx.png
Also, to make things easier for you, I’m going to create an issue on GitHub. In addition, I’ve started a thread here to see if it’s possible to configure the sorting order on Android to numerical rather than alphabetical:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/130818/numerical-ordering-of-collections-in-the-android-app
Hopefully, we’ll get a response.

Yes, in any case, I personally would prefer the numbered list, so that the suffix stands in contrast to the title of the collection.

BTW, I forgot to mention that the plugin works fine in 9.0-beta versions!

rafaelsilvaoliveira

Hey @warguelles!

Just pushed a new update (release v.0.3.0), let me know if this works for you!

Check the following box on the Numify settings:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u20157536/id9e4tzxq17og0x0686t.png

The sub-collections stay as is:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u20157536/p3sytix2l8bzui0p5q20.png


And on android, this leading zero now fixes the sorting:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u20157536/etulefpt3yq2hxve4bib.jpg

Feel free to download the latest .xpi file or wait a bit for the new release on the Zotero market place to install (the scraper takes a few hours to add the new release)

Thanks again for the suggestion and let me know if you would like to see others in the plugin!

warguelles

Yes, @rafaelsilvaoliveira, the trick works fine for me on Android (and Windows, of course!).
I just don't understand the comment about the "Not sort" on the Desktop, as I have not this header... maybe it is for Mac users (?)

Thank you!

rafaelsilvaoliveira

Hi @warguelles, you can ignore that comment as the desktop app sorts by the numerical prefixes by default either way, but it was just in case someone is sorting by "collections (Z-A)" or by "item count" which will change the sorting (new users may not be aware that those type of sorting exist). I removed that comment as it could cause more confusion than necessary, thanks for pointing it out!

The setting in mind was the following:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u20157536/8k5ihm1g4d2k2vq1gj9a.png