Brackets

H_Koechlin

Hi, I'm having troubles when citing more than one source. Zotero then inserts brackets around every source seperately (e.g. (Meier, 2011) (Müller, 2001) but what I want is (Meier, 2011; Müller 2001)). What do I have to do to insert all citations into one set of brackets?
I use the APA citation style.
Thanks very much for answers!

aurimas

When selecting sources, in the insert citation dialog, select all the sources at the same time. For the "e.g." part, you'll have to add that as a prefix to the first reference (click on it in the insert citation dialog)

zuphilip

Here is a picture: https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_usage#quick_format_citation_dialog

aurimas

We should add ability to add prefix/suffix to the whole citation, rather than just individual cites.

Gracile

@aurimas: That could be more user-friendly but it seems already pretty straightforward to me (i.e. to add a prefix to the first reference/ a suffix to the last one).

But there could be something like a prefix (and a suffix) bubble, with a label "Add a prefix". The bubble would display the text of the prefix once the user would have typed it.

adamsmith

no, this isn't so much about user-friendliness as it is about robustness (at least that's what I think aurimas is saying -- that's why I'd like that ability):
there are citation styles that sort in text citations chronologically and those that do so alphabetically.
Without the ability to set a prefix/suffix for the entire citation, changing between these types of styles will mess up the citation.
Same for adding an item to a citation.

H_Koechlin

Thanks a lot for your answers, that is very helpful!