feature request: Zotero 6 PDF reader - middle click close tab, shortcuts

kirksmith314

Excellent work on the Zotero 6 beta. Couldn't see this feature requested elsewhere, maybe it's already in the works, but middle click (scroll wheel click) to close tabs would make the UI more in line with existing browser/desktop environments.

Also, are there annotation shortcuts on the way? Ie. to switch between selection/navigation and text/area highlighting, etc.

kirksmith314

I'll add, the built-in PDF viewer has already made a significant improvement in my research workflow efficiency, so thank you!

martynas_b

Also, are there annotation shortcuts on the way? Ie. to switch between selection/navigation and text/area highlighting, etc.

Do you mean you want to create annotations with a keyboard only? How do you imagine that could work?

kirksmith314

Something like pressing "1" enables "Highlight Text" mode, press "2" and you're in "Popup Note" mode, and "3" for "Area Highlight" or similar, so you don't have to take your cursor all the way to the top bar to pick between three small adjacent boxes. The actual highlight/selection would still be done with the mouse.

Septatrix

Regarding the middle click there is an older discussion but that stalled (https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/380342/#Comment_380342). I would also really like this feature and no such issue has been created on github from the maintainers

Burghoff

Yes, middle-click to close tabs would be very helpful.

dstillman

@Burghoff: Middle-click should already work to close tabs.