adding a snapshot to an existing citation
Hello -
I'm using Zotero 5.0.30. I have unchecked "automatically take snapshots when creating items from web pages" in Preferences, as I usually don't need a snapshot. However, I just created a citation from a web page and I want to add a snapshot of that page. I can't find a command to add a snapshot to an existing citation. Is that no longer possible?
I went to the "add attachment" (paper clip) icon / drop-down menu, which is where I believe this used to exist, but there is no option for adding a snapshot. I can understand that since Zotero is now independent of any browser it might not be set up to "know" from which browser (assuming more than one is open) to take the snapshot. But then it seems like the embedded "save to zotero" button in the browser should allow for an easier way to include a snapshot than toggling the preference.
Thanks in advance for any solutions or explanations.
Rich
I'm using Zotero 5.0.30. I have unchecked "automatically take snapshots when creating items from web pages" in Preferences, as I usually don't need a snapshot. However, I just created a citation from a web page and I want to add a snapshot of that page. I can't find a command to add a snapshot to an existing citation. Is that no longer possible?
I went to the "add attachment" (paper clip) icon / drop-down menu, which is where I believe this used to exist, but there is no option for adding a snapshot. I can understand that since Zotero is now independent of any browser it might not be set up to "know" from which browser (assuming more than one is open) to take the snapshot. But then it seems like the embedded "save to zotero" button in the browser should allow for an easier way to include a snapshot than toggling the preference.
Thanks in advance for any solutions or explanations.
Rich
1: Arrange Zotero and the browser side by side on your screen. Make sure that a) the web page you need a snapshot from is opened in the browser and b) the item you want to add the snapshot to is visible in Zotero.
2: Next to the URL in the browser (typically to the left) there is an small icon that lets you drag the current URL to another program (see here: https://blog.mozilla.org/theden/2012/10/25/create-a-desktop-shortcut/). Drag this *onto* the existing item in Zotero.
3: The snapshot is created and added to the existing item.
Make sure you do NOT drag and drop between two items, then it will be added as a new entry.
I didn't know that. Perhaps you know a way to add a link to a website easily by drag-and-drop?
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/
> Click the URL to highlight it in the browser, and drag it directly onto the zotero entry to create the snapshot
I summarized it, but the answer is here for easy access - https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/393867/#Comment_393867