pdf actions; view and add to zotero

spdegabrielle

Hi,

I just got the quartz pdf plugin that lets me view without downloading. (PDF Download is a cross-platform that also lets me choose what to do with my pdfs)

Is it possible to configure zotero to do any of the following;
- 'capture' when a user clicks a pdf link and automatically add it to the zotero repository when it is viewed?
or
- view a pdf immediately if the user chooses to add it to zotero?

Cheers,

Stephen

dstillman

'capture' when a user clicks a pdf link and automatically add it to the zotero repository when it is viewed?

This seems like a pretty specific workflow to support, but you can quickly create a snapshot by dragging the link into Zotero, right/control-clicking the PDF link and choosing "Save Link as Zotero Snapshot", or loading the PDF and then dragging the favicon in the address bar into Zotero. (Just clicking the snapshot button after loading the PDF doesn't seem to work with the Quartz plugin, though it should.)

dstillman

Alternatively, someone could pretty easily write a Zotero plugin that checked for either loading of PDFs or adding of PDFs to Zotero and performed the desired action.

spdegabrielle

thanks for the tips