Saved items got to "My LIbrary" instead of open folder
I made a trace of saving several items to zotero (using the firefox plugin, ubuntu): D731605434
During that trace, I downloaded a pdf, extracting it's metadata, then added a few items from google scholar. All failed to go to the open folder.
I made another note on this here: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/540/saving-item-doesnt-go-to-selected-collection/#Item_6
During that trace, I downloaded a pdf, extracting it's metadata, then added a few items from google scholar. All failed to go to the open folder.
I made another note on this here: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/540/saving-item-doesnt-go-to-selected-collection/#Item_6
I'm using zotero 4.0.15 in firefox 25.0 on Ubuntu 12.04
Possibly unrelated, but it also looks like there are some issues with various attachments in your library. Items NX8R3WAN, PBXBKKQ2, R4DFJRAW, UNBIFFKJ, UDSW56KD, WKPGPDG3, and WNC4JUSW (and possibly others) all show as having symlinks in them, which should never be the case under normal operation, suggesting that you're doing/using something weird. You can paste those keys into the Zotero search bar (in "All Fields & Tags" mode) to see the attachments in question. For the ones that have their files locally you can do Show File to see the symlinks. Some of those attachments might only exist on another computer or online, though, in which case you can check on the other computer or view them online with URLs like https://www.zotero.org/drevicko/items/itemKey/NX8R3WAN. Zotero isn't currently able to properly deal with symlinks, so you'll probably want to just delete those from zotero.org, but it'd also be good to figure out how they got into your library in the first place.
Does anyone know how to move files from one folder to another in the standalone? If there is an option to do that, I could not find it...
Thanks!
I made another log with "My Library" selected if it's any use: D440194252 (forgot to check I had a folder selected).
I'll look into the symlinks shortly.
Probably a red herring, but if I recall, something weird was happening with the web proxy... I was viewing the page for an article over the proxy (from home), right-clicked the pdf link, then chose "save to Zotero" - this didn't work. When I clicked the link, I got an "unauthorized" HTTP error, and I don't think the url was going through the proxy. I can't remember how the web page item appeard (can't check right now as I'm in the office and the proxy doesn't work here).
The second symlink thing (PBXBKKQ2) is an ordinary pdf attachment. On my work machine, all local copies are not symlinks (I have webdav setup for zotero on my work machine too - not symlinks in that either). I believe the long trace came from my machine at home though - it's just possible my firefox profilea at home is symlinked? Can't check right now, as that machine is turned off..
I tried the link in your comment (Dan) and it comes up with the web page item ok, nothing seems wrong. I can even click the link, and (here in the office, where the proxy removes itself) it downloads the pdf.
If none of that helps, can you provide exact steps to reproduce this, from browser start?
I have zotfile installed, so some of the trace will be renaming the pdf.
Steps:
1 - launch firefox (it loads the previous session, but only content from visible tabs, zotero was not open in the previous session)
2 - open zotero (opens as a tab)
3 - select a collection (it's actually a sub-collection of another collection)
4 - enable logging
5 - click folder icon in g.scholar tab address bar
6 - popup appears asking which articles to save
!! at this point, it already says "saving to My Library"
!! there are only 3 lines reported as logged
7 - select the article I'm interested in
8 - wait for it to finish (all popups disappear)
9 - click "submit log to zotero"
I did this twice, just to be sure (the t logs above)
Is there another way I can ask zotero via chrome: about which folder is currently open? Perhaps I can track such a request??
I noticed that selecting the collection logged 94 lines, then clicking the folder icon in the address bar logged 3 (already it said "my Library")
@adam smith: Thought it resulted in a copy of the file in the "my libray" folder and the destination folder. So simple, but I had not realized of that...
http://www.zotero.org/support/collections_and_tags?&#collections
Thanks, again!
D175974201
I used a different translator: http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/1433/
Dan: "Saving to My Library" appears in the little notification pop-up in the bottom right of the window at step 6 above. The google scholar translator pauses at this point with a second popup asking which articles to save.
If that doesn't help, or if you want to try this first, install the latest 4.0 Branch dev XPI and provide a Debug ID with that. (The version number should be r11453 or later.) It might give us a bit more info on what's happening here.
I noticed just now that on my mac (running zotero in firefox), things go into the open folder ONLY when the zotero tab is in the same window as the tab with the item(s) I'm adding.
If the zotero tab is in a different window, the item goes into "My Library".
I thought this might be related to having zotero open in multiple windows, but I tried relaunching firefox and opening zotero in only one place, and the behaviour was the same. Firefox does, however, reload my tabs (though it only actually loads the ones with focus), which may be restoring something hidden related to zotero? I had made sure zotero was not open in any tabs when I relaunched firefox.
I suspect that's the problem all along! When next in my ubuntu setup, I'll try there.
Makes sense when multiple zotero tabs are open. I just checked, and zotero won't open a second tab in the same window.
I guess the confusion is from zotero open in only one place - a naive user may expect different behaviour. But it also makes sense to have the same behaviour when only one zotero tab is open (for consistency - otherwise even more confusion ensues!)
Perhaps a note should be added to the FAQ? At least one other has had this confusion, and likely many more.