How to reorder citations?

blockeliz

How do you reorder citations in the editing window? For example, I entered a source from 1905 before one from 1895 by mistake. Is there a way to switch the order without starting over? I tried dragging, but it doesn't work.

adamsmith

some styles will auto - sort for you. If your current style doesn't, but you think it should, please report.
Otherwise re-ordering isn't possible, but it's planned (or even implemented in the beta? Not sure).

blockeliz

I use Turabian, per my institution's request. It does not auto-sort as far as I can tell. Does Chicago Manual auto-sort?

adamsmith

no.
Are you using Author-date or Note? There is, afaik, no note style that auto sorts (though it can certainly be done.
If you're using Chicago author-date, I believe that's equivalent to Turabian, so you can follow the instructions at my link.

blockeliz

I am using Note, not author-date and my institution insists on Turabian, even though it is based on CMS.

Which link of yours are you referring to?

Thanks.

adamsmith

sorry - no link. I was answering two things at one.

Turabian Note is actually slightly different from CMS - the author-date styles are the same.

Are you sure you want them to sort, though? that's highly unusual for notes.
If so, just put
<sort>
<key variable="issued"/>
</sort>

between
<option name="disambiguate-add-names" value="true"/>
and
<layout prefix="" suffix="." delimiter="; ">

http://www.zotero.org/support/csl_simple_edits
for general instructions.

blockeliz

Great. Thanks.