Upgrade Storage[Plugin] Zotero Deselect — Click empty space to deselect like Finder and Windows File Explorer
I'm releasing Zotero Deselect 0.2.8, a small plugin that brings familiar Finder and Windows File Explorer click-away deselection behavior to Zotero. It addresses the difference between Zotero's default selection behavior and the desktop file-manager habit of clicking empty space to deselect.
Features:
- Click empty space in the item list to clear the current selection.
- Click the only selected item again to deselect it and clear the residual focus outline.
- Click empty space in the left collection pane to hide the selection highlight while keeping the current collection's contents displayed. Clicking a collection restores normal selection behavior.
- Designed to preserve Zotero's native Cmd/Ctrl/Shift multi-selection workflows.
Tested with Zotero 10.0.6 on macOS. Windows and Linux have not been tested yet; feedback from users on those platforms is welcome.
Download the .xpi from the release page and install it via Zotero → Tools → Plugins → Install Add-on From File.
Project: https://github.com/cczmd/zotero-deselect
Release: https://github.com/cczmd/zotero-deselect/releases/tag/v0.2.8
Please report issues and platform test results at https://github.com/cczmd/zotero-deselect/issues, including your operating system, Zotero version, and steps to reproduce any problem.
Features:
- Click empty space in the item list to clear the current selection.
- Click the only selected item again to deselect it and clear the residual focus outline.
- Click empty space in the left collection pane to hide the selection highlight while keeping the current collection's contents displayed. Clicking a collection restores normal selection behavior.
- Designed to preserve Zotero's native Cmd/Ctrl/Shift multi-selection workflows.
Tested with Zotero 10.0.6 on macOS. Windows and Linux have not been tested yet; feedback from users on those platforms is welcome.
Download the .xpi from the release page and install it via Zotero → Tools → Plugins → Install Add-on From File.
Project: https://github.com/cczmd/zotero-deselect
Release: https://github.com/cczmd/zotero-deselect/releases/tag/v0.2.8
Please report issues and platform test results at https://github.com/cczmd/zotero-deselect/issues, including your operating system, Zotero version, and steps to reproduce any problem.