Minor UI request: papers with many authors

rpgoldman

I was just trying to enter the author information for a paper with 22 authors, and I found I had to fight Zotero to do this.

The problem is that when you enter one author, the "+" icon to add another is inactive (grayed out) until you save and close that text field. That meant to enter my 22 authors I had to enter one author, click somewhere else in the citation window to deactivate the author text entry widget, go back and click the "+" and repeat.

Would it be possible to modify the UI so that the "+" is active while editing the author's name, and clicking it saves the currently-being-edited author, and starts a new one?

thanks!

dstillman

We'll fix that, but you can just press Shift-Enter to start a new row.

rpgoldman

Thanks! Got it!

Gurdas_Sandhu

Another option is to type each author name in a separate line in Notepad and then just paste the entire thing as one author. Zotero will create an author entry for each line. I change the author field to "first last" (from last, first) before the paste, then switch it back after the paste.

bwiernik

With gurdas’ Method, You can also enter the names as Last [tab] First, with each name on a new line, rather than switching between field modes

Gurdas_Sandhu

@bwiernik I can't get it to work if the field is set to the "Last, First" mode. I tried a bunch of combinations, but the first and last names get mixed up during the assignment. The full name mode works fine. Here's what I tried:

*** Last, First Mode ***

Last1 M1. First1
Last2 Middle2 First2
--
Last1, M1. First1
Last2, Middle2 First2
--
Last1, First1
Last2, First2
--
Last1 First1
Last2 First2

*** Full Name Mode ***

First1 M1. Last1
First2 Middle2 Last2

bwiernik

@gurdas Sorry, the tab indicator disappeared from my previous comment. Last and First names need to be separated by a tab character.