Zotero 10: Advanced search won't let me filter by annotation author

dstillman · 2026-09-02T15:59:23+00:00

This discussion was created from comments split from: Announcing Zotero 10.

Enrieth · 2026-09-02T15:58:18+00:00

I love the new features!!

I noticed the search engine won't let me add a term or search word in the advanced search feature, specifically when I filter by Annotation-Author. The drop-down arrows won't work either, so I'm not sure how to search using an author's first or last name.

Not a big deal since you can still use other ways to search by author.

dstillman · 2026-09-02T16:01:40+00:00

The list is limited to annotation authors in the current library — it's not something you can type in. So you're likely in your personal library or in a group library that doesn't have any annotations. The condition doesn't apply to personal libraries at all, so we should hide it there. (Not totally clear what should happen in a group library without annotations.)