Feature Request: Auto-Tagging based on Collection Name

jwjwj

Thought:

1) I have an existing Collection
2) I add a new Resource to that Collection via a browser plug-in or drag-n-drop
3) The Resource is auto-tagged with the name of the Collection.

I can choose to leave this default tag as-is, remove it, or add more.

This would likely also require a Preference Setting to turn this functionality on/off.

Thanks for considering this feature-creep!

dstillman

I don't think we'd implement that — collections and tags are conceptually nearly the same thing, so it seems redundant for most workflows — but it'd be a trivial plugin if someone wanted to create one.

Adding either a default tag or some sort of read/unread toggle to new items is a fairly common request and something we might add at some point.

jwjwj

Okay - thanks for the response.

agam2222

The following add-on is helpful in auto-assigning the collection name as a tag when adding new items:
Zotero-Add-Collection-Tag
https://github.com/Zar-rok/Zotero-Add-Collection-Tag/releases/tag/v0.0.2

I believe it deserves to be added to Zotero page as many people may find this useful to combine the strengths of collections and tags.

There is also the zotero-tag add-on that helps in automatically adding and removing unread/read tags, creating some rules for adding multiple tags, assigning or removing tags for multiple items or whole collections (the manual drag and drop Zotero method is still faster though)
https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-tag