Upgrade Storageproperly update author / creator with known first and last name
I have the following situation:
a) Lots of publications from a same author where the last name and only the abbreviated first name is available, e.g., "A. Einstein".
b) At least one publication where the full first name is available, e.g., "Albert Einstein".
Now I would like to update the author/creator information of all publications in a) to have the full first name information for all publications of this author.
To do so I click in the last name ("Einstein") of the corresponding author ("Einstein, A.") and Zotero suggests the author with the full firstname ("Einstein, Albert"). However, when hitting enter the new author name is incorrect since the last name field contains "Einstein, Albert" while the first name field still contains "A.". The resulting string (Lastname, Firstname) is "Einstein, Albert, A.".
To replicate the problem here we go with a minimum working example:
1. Create a bibliography item (e.g., book) with one author called "Einstein" (last name) "Albert" (first name)
2. Create a bibliography item (e.g., journal paper) with one author called "Einstein" (last name) "A." (first name)
3. Click in the last name field of the author of the 2nd item (journal paper) and start typing "Ein" until the suggestion "Einstein, Albert" appears. Select this (either with the mouse or by hitting enter). The resulting author is then called "Einstein, Albert, A.".
Am I using this the wrong way or is this a bug?
Thanks a lot in advance for your clarification.
a) Lots of publications from a same author where the last name and only the abbreviated first name is available, e.g., "A. Einstein".
b) At least one publication where the full first name is available, e.g., "Albert Einstein".
Now I would like to update the author/creator information of all publications in a) to have the full first name information for all publications of this author.
To do so I click in the last name ("Einstein") of the corresponding author ("Einstein, A.") and Zotero suggests the author with the full firstname ("Einstein, Albert"). However, when hitting enter the new author name is incorrect since the last name field contains "Einstein, Albert" while the first name field still contains "A.". The resulting string (Lastname, Firstname) is "Einstein, Albert, A.".
To replicate the problem here we go with a minimum working example:
1. Create a bibliography item (e.g., book) with one author called "Einstein" (last name) "Albert" (first name)
2. Create a bibliography item (e.g., journal paper) with one author called "Einstein" (last name) "A." (first name)
3. Click in the last name field of the author of the 2nd item (journal paper) and start typing "Ein" until the suggestion "Einstein, Albert" appears. Select this (either with the mouse or by hitting enter). The resulting author is then called "Einstein, Albert, A.".
Am I using this the wrong way or is this a bug?
Thanks a lot in advance for your clarification.
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dstillmanYeah, this is a bug. Populating both fields based on a two-name autocomplete works properly when starting from an empty creator field but not if there's already a value. So the workaround here would just be clearing the field, pressing Enter, and then filling it in again with the autocomplete. I've created an issue to track this, though it might not get fixed for a little while. Thanks for reporting.