Upgrade StorageFeature idea: pdf tab groups
Many people have requested multiple windows. Here's an idea that might be easier to implement and would address one big reason for that request (tracking open files for multiple projects at once).
Recent versions of Safari and Chrome with extensions (e.g. Toby) have functionality to save and re-open a group of tabs. Given that collections already exist, I think implementing this functionality would be as simple as:
1. Adding a menu item that closes all tabs and saves the corresponding items in a collection.
2. Adding a context menu for the right click on a collection to open all items.
Behavior might be a bit strange for items with multiple pdf attachments, but I'd guess that's an unusual case.
Recent versions of Safari and Chrome with extensions (e.g. Toby) have functionality to save and re-open a group of tabs. Given that collections already exist, I think implementing this functionality would be as simple as:
1. Adding a menu item that closes all tabs and saves the corresponding items in a collection.
2. Adding a context menu for the right click on a collection to open all items.
Behavior might be a bit strange for items with multiple pdf attachments, but I'd guess that's an unusual case.
1. To be able to select any of the already opened tabs and add them to a new group. This will NOT create a new collection automatically.
* Additional functionality would be to allow for saving the new group as a collection if needed.
2. Similarly to Chrome, one can expand and collapse the group by clicking on its name.
3. An option to click on existing collection and opening it as a new group (such that all papers in the collection are the tabs in this group).
I think this functionality would be very helpful when you are working on a project and you need certain papers that are scattered across different collections. Right now you want to group them all under a temporal topic, but you don't necessarily want to save them as a collection.
[1]: https://gist.github.com/ifree/a91b68dbe1a6927bd9fd8ba4b67aad6a
The return value is a bit confusing indeed, you could just ignore it(Because there is no function call or variable definitions). To load/store tabs groups you can clear developer console and call one of the functions you've just defined eg: `save_tabs_to_selected_collection`, `load_tabs_from_selected_item`.
ps. I have a forked version of Zutilo you might interest: https://github.com/ifree/Zutilo
1. open zotero developer console (Toolbar: Tools/Develper/Run Javascript)
2. paste code from [here](https://gist.github.com/ifree/a91b68dbe1a6927bd9fd8ba4b67aad6a) **and** hit run, (skip if you have done it before, you need to execute it if zotero is relaunched)
3. clear the developer console(the text area)
4. type/paste save_tabs_to_selected_collection() **and** hit run
5. the tab groups are saved in your active collection folder
it's a bit tedious /facepalm, I recommend you to use my forked extension if you heavily relied on the tab group funciton.
1. paste code from [here](https://gist.github.com/ifree/a91b68dbe1a6927bd9fd8ba4b67aad6a)
2. type/paste save_tabs_to_selected_collection()
3. hit run
btw, you could install the addon I made for convenience https://github.com/ifree/Zutilo/releases/tag/experimental
https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/129
Do the steps only once:
1. Install the latest prerelease Actions & Tags for Zotero 7 (https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/releases)
2. Goto settings -> Actions & Tags -> `+` button to create an action
3. In the popup, set `Operation` as Script; paste the code from this link (https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/129) into `Data`; Click shortcut button to record a shortcut. Click save
Use your shortcut to trigger the action (Press OK to save tabs, and Cancel to restore tabs).