Restrict Tag Search to Specific Folder?

ptietjen

Hi-
I'm trying to search by tag within a specific folder. For example: I have a folder called Shakespeare and I want to find only those cites/items that I have tagged with "priority". However, right now, it lists all the cites in my entire library that I have tagged priority. So how do I restrict a search-by-tag to just one folder? Thanks.

Specs: Zotero 2.1.10; Firefox; Mac OSX 10.7.2

dstillman

Can you explain exactly what you're doing?

http://www.zotero.org/support/reporting_bugs#provide_steps_to_reproduce

Clicking on a collection and then clicking a tag in the tag selector in the bottom left will filter the middle pane to just items in that collection that have that tag.

ptietjen

Sure, no problem. For example, my library has several folders

Main Library
>Folder (e.g., Shakespeare)
>Folder (e.g., Hemingway)
>Folder (e.g., Faulkner)
etc ...

In each of these folders I have certain bibliographic cites tagged as "priority." I would like to search the folder by using the tag "priority" to highlight or identify only those items that have been tagged priority.

adamsmith

First. click on the collection (what you call folder)
Then click on the tag "priority" in the tag selector in the left hand panel. That will show - in the middle panel - only the references tagged priority from the selected collection.

You can achieve the same from advanced search.

ptietjen

Thanks, but when I use advanced search, it gives me results from other collections in addition to the folder I've selected.

When I tried the other search option, I don't see any tag selector in the left panel. As best I can tell, the left panel only displays my collections (folders) and Group library collections. Is there something else I need to click in order to view the tag selector in the left hand panel? Thanks again.

ptietjen

Disregard. I figured out what the problem was regarding the Tag Selector Box not appearing. I saw there was a little indentation in the lower left pane and when I clicked on it, then the Tag Selector Box appeared. Thanks.