Also, once something breaks, other things will quite likely break, so don't worry about the tags, and make sure that every time you try to reproduce this you've restarted Firefox immediately before.
No, the relevant action is selecting a note item in the middle pane, not trying to click on the right-hand pane. Open Zotero, scroll to a note but don't click on it, enable debug output logging, click the note item in the middle pane so that you see the problem, submit.
Far left column - folders, with tags below that area, then a search window/box right at the bottom.
Middle column - reads "Title" at the top, then has the files I'm put into folders/uploaded, which I can still click on. When I click on one...it opens up info. in the third, far right column.
Far right column - shows the file name at the top, then filename, modified, indexed, related, tags. Below that is an area where I've been writing notes. Essentially a Word doc. area, I think.
I have been taking notes in this box/area. However, starting yesterday morning...when I click on a file in the middle column, this "notes" area is blank. And, I can't add anything new to it...it's essentially dead or blocked.
I don't know what changed, I don't know how to see all those notes I took.
Sorry for the confusion. I wish I was better at sorting this out myself, but I'm not sure what is going on.
I will say that these are all files, PDFs, images, etc. that I have personally collected. They're all saved on my hard drive (and backed up on an external HD), but I'm using Zotero to organize them and tag them for the purpose of grouping them to then write about them.
Any chance that the font is just white? Can you click on one of the note fields, type some letters (even if you can't see it) and then press Ctrl/Cmd + A? Does that highlight anything?
Also, could you turn on the notes column in the center pane? At the top right corner of the center pane there's a button that you can click to show/hide columns. Show the "Notes" column and see if it indicates any notes for items that you expect to have notes.
WOAH! Okay...so yes, I can't see anything, but I did type in the notes section, did a select all, a copy...and then pasted it into a Word document and YES, it shows up! What I typed is showing up in the Word doc.
Damn, I think you figured this out. I have no idea how this happened.
Now...not positive have I can get it back to black text. Ideas?
Part 2 - YES! If I click the far right icon/button and "show notes" yes...then in that column I get a number 1 next to the files that I have added notes to.
All the tags and related are also appearing again.
So now I just need to figure out how to unhighlight the notes section...
Is this what you are after? I clicked HTML in the notes section, then it opened a separate window, I copied and pasted that below, with "text" clicked down below.
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Chapter 5</span> - Food Admin. How to Stimulate Participation in High Schoolers in NSLP</p> <p><strong>Food</strong> as Lack of Interest</p> <p> </p> <p>Problem of low participation in NSLP</p> <p> </p>
Yes, if I click on the Notes section, which appear blank, but do a "select all" then paste that into a Word doc, yes, the Notes that I'd like to see do appear.
I can't see it in Zotero, but it is there, and can be copied/seen in a Word doc.
Hmmm, that's a bit unexpected. I'm out of ideas for the moment. Maybe Dan knows something (could be something specific to Mac OSX). If you're syncing, can you see the notes online on zotero.org under My Library?
I'm not syncing right now but yes, I can see the notes in My Library on zotero.org. That is what I've been doing for the past day or so while still trying to work and dealing with this problem. I can see the notes via zotero.org, but not as nice/easy to use as in the Zotero window/pane/viewer.
Okay, so I should...uninstall and then reinstall Standalone?
Upgrade Storage
ID: D656910806.
(I know figured out what the 3rd step means...try to click on the Notes area, got it. That was confusing me before.)
I'll try to clearly describe what is going on.
Far left column - folders, with tags below that area, then a search window/box right at the bottom.
Middle column - reads "Title" at the top, then has the files I'm put into folders/uploaded, which I can still click on. When I click on one...it opens up info. in the third, far right column.
Far right column - shows the file name at the top, then filename, modified, indexed, related, tags. Below that is an area where I've been writing notes. Essentially a Word doc. area, I think.
I have been taking notes in this box/area. However, starting yesterday morning...when I click on a file in the middle column, this "notes" area is blank. And, I can't add anything new to it...it's essentially dead or blocked.
I don't know what changed, I don't know how to see all those notes I took.
Sorry for the confusion. I wish I was better at sorting this out myself, but I'm not sure what is going on.
I'm not positive. How can I tell the difference?
I will say that these are all files, PDFs, images, etc. that I have personally collected. They're all saved on my hard drive (and backed up on an external HD), but I'm using Zotero to organize them and tag them for the purpose of grouping them to then write about them.
I have not/am not sharing this with anyone and these are all journal articles, PDFs, digital images of files, etc. that I have collected myself.
Based on the image you linked and in looking at what I have in my Zotero window...the items are in "My Library. (no group library.)
However, I can add Tags...but the notes section is still un-clickable. Can't put the cursor there, can't add any text in there.
http://imgur.com/kfatK3o
Also, could you turn on the notes column in the center pane? At the top right corner of the center pane there's a button that you can click to show/hide columns. Show the "Notes" column and see if it indicates any notes for items that you expect to have notes.
Damn, I think you figured this out. I have no idea how this happened.
Now...not positive have I can get it back to black text. Ideas?
All the tags and related are also appearing again.
So now I just need to figure out how to unhighlight the notes section...
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Chapter 5</span> - Food Admin. How to Stimulate Participation in High Schoolers in NSLP</p>
<p><strong>Food</strong> as Lack of Interest</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Problem of low participation in NSLP</p>
<p> </p>
I can't see it in Zotero, but it is there, and can be copied/seen in a Word doc.
(Edit: your data will not be removed, but you're welcome to make a backup)
Okay, so I should...uninstall and then reinstall Standalone?