does not import into selected library

hkb0525
When I import a citation in Zotero 2.1.6, the item does not appear in my selected library, but in a location titled "Unfiled Items". I then have to copy it into the desired library. Why is this? This is new for me for version 2.
  • fbennett
    Is this before or after opening Zotero in a new session? For me, newly downloaded items only land in "Unfiled Items" if Zotero hasn't been opened since a restart (or I have My Library selected in the left panel, of course).
  • hkb0525
    I'm not sure what you mean by "opening Zotero in a new session".
    So for instance, I open FF (it happens to be the first time, since I booted up), then open Zotero (by clicking on the Zotero button in the bottom FF status bar). So I then have a active Zotero window (with 3 panels) "on top of" the FF window, about 1/3 the height of the FF window. In FF I go to some resource I for which I'll download the citation info. In the left panel of the Zotero window, I've selected my specific library of choice under "My Library". Next I download (or export) the citation info, and it's placed in the library I expected (!!) -- this seems new.
    Okay, so I'll repeat this with another citation; this time it does what it was doing before -- it placed the citation in "Unfiled items" instead of my selected library.
    So what exactly are you suggesting I need to do? Close Zotero after each citation download and reopen for the next download? I'll check into this some more.
    Thanks for your comments/questions.
  • dstillman
    Provide a URL for an item that doesn't get saved to the selected collection.
  • hkb0525
    Here's the URL
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TG8-529V14D-1/2/31b93d35f7efd7762e6f1b9f21da4a62?&zone=raall

    I don't know that it's specific to the URL, b/c it works fine with the first import but on subsequent imports, goes to "Unfiled items".
  • mdscur
    I've run into the same problem twice now (both with my at home use and my use on campus, unsynced, new install).

    Is it dependent on citation quantity? I was working on a meta analysis and some time around the 200th reference whenever I added a new citation it placed it into unfiled items by default, even when I had the library I wanted it to end up in selected.

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