Drag link
Using the most recent standalone version and Chrome as the browser.
Is there an explanation to why one can create an entry (item type=webpage - adds url and webpage title only; "as in" like a bookmark manager) by dragging the url entry onto Zotero, whereas importing via the clipboard (url) or copy/paste attempts fail? Unfortunately there is no "save url only" option from within the browser, in contrast to the much valuable "Save a snapshot".
Cheers
Stefan
Is there an explanation to why one can create an entry (item type=webpage - adds url and webpage title only; "as in" like a bookmark manager) by dragging the url entry onto Zotero, whereas importing via the clipboard (url) or copy/paste attempts fail? Unfortunately there is no "save url only" option from within the browser, in contrast to the much valuable "Save a snapshot".
Cheers
Stefan
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At times it would be easier just copy/pasting the URL to Zotero rather than dragging the address-bar link across multiple opened windows - rather cosmetic, but nice-to-have!
Regards
But dragging a URL from the browser and right-click --> save snapshot does exactly the same thing, so why not use that?
- Right-click snapshot does exactly that - saves the entire page locally.
- Dragging URL saves only the URL (i.e. becomes a bookmark) - very handy when doing heavy-duty researching on old computers.
Have I stumbled on something then - as it seems that snapshot<>drag?
Perhaps it's just particular to my setup.
It could be that toggling the respective preference in Zotero will work when dragging from Chrome but not when using the right-click--> Snapshot option. You have "Attach Snapshot..." turned off in the general tab of the Zotero preferences?
So basically by dragging, Zotero is creating a snapshot-sans-snapshot.
Perfect. Would be cool if one could do without the dragging though - perhaps right-click "Save Zotero URL from current page".
One day I'll look under the hood...
Best
I'm not sure how difficult that would be to implement--aurimas, thoughts on that?