Quick format citation dialogue

DavidovicMarija
Hi Dan, thank you for your quick reply (can't quite comprehend how you keep track - there's sooo many threads...),


As a first time user of the forum this thread seems to approach my problem best...

I am using Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit, Word 2010 and Zotero 3.0.3 (FF 11.0 - portable).

I was using ZOtero and inserting citations without any problems. After switching to FF-portable the "Quick Format Citation" dialogue does not appear. Or at least: after selecting a style, a large "Quick Format Citation" window does pop up, but it's empty. I already tried manually re-installing the word-processor-plug-in (there was no trace of the plug-in bar in Word anymore before the reinstall), but no success.

For my new job (PhD research) I'd much rather stick with Zotero than having to go back to EndNote. I hope someone can help me out with this.

Kind regards,

Marija
  • dstillman
    after selecting a style, a large "Quick Format Citation" window does pop up, but it's empty
    What do you mean by "empty"?
  • DavidovicMarija
    It does not show any button or reference. Just a white window with nothing to click on. Can I send you a print-screen?
  • Gracile
    (@DavidocicMarija: you can post a screenshot by linking to ImageShack)
  • DavidovicMarija
    Thank you Gracile, that would be:

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/28/zotero01screenshot20120.jpg/
  • Simon
    edited April 16, 2012
    That's definitely not supposed to happen. Do you have any non-Zotero extensions or themes installed? If so, have you tried disabling them? Otherwise, can you generate a <a href="http://www.zotero.org/support/reporting_bugs">report ID</a> after re-triggering the issue?
  • DavidovicMarija
    Hi Simon, sorry for the delay in my response. I have nothing new (other than going portable): walnut-theme, IE-tab, save session and close and ad-block.

    I even removed my FF on my laptop (C-drive) after back-ups and the works, but that was not the problem either.

    This is the report-ID: 1708292146

    Thank you for your time,

    Marija
  • Simon
    edited April 18, 2012
    Did you try disabling the walnut theme (and "Walnut Theme Fix")? It looks like there's something nutty going on in that screenshot.
  • DavidovicMarija
    I did not expect that would do much, but you were right on. I now get a very small window with a small 'drop-down'arrow (I reinstalled the theme to check and the problem indeed returned).

    Now when I click the arrow I get to choose the classic view. Once selected, it seems to work fine. I do have to re-select it with every reference I make. Is there any way to make the classic view standard?

    I also tried disabling Adblock and updated Java and flash but that did not make a difference.
    Quite strange - there must be others using FF-port and zotero without this curious side-effect. I hope you can figure it out - I understand the classic view will be left out in newer versions of zotero?
  • fbennett
    I understand the classic view will be left out in newer versions of zotero?
    I would be surprised if there was a plan to drop it. Do you have a source for this information, or is it a rumor going around?
  • fbennett
    Is there any way to make the classic view standard?
    Yep. Open the gear menu, click on the Cite tab, and you'll see the tick-box option to use Classic View as the default.
  • dstillman
    edited April 18, 2012
    Now when I click the arrow I get to choose the classic view. Once selected, it seems to work fine. I do have to re-select it with every reference I make.
    What do you mean by this? Why do you have to use the classic view? Is the Quick Format window still not working for you with the theme disabled?
  • DavidovicMarija
    @fbennett: I inferred it from something I read (can't find the thread though), but glad to hear the classic view will stay.

    @Dan: ....as I was typing 'no it still does not work' I wanted to make a screenshot to show it. As it turns out, now I cán type in the window. I don't know why, I did not change anything since the last try (other than x-times restarting FF)

    Thank you both for your time - happy to be able to continue with Zotero (and now off I go getting/creating a citation style that pleases Dutch researchers and publishers...)
  • DavidovicMarija
    Simon, thank you too! Sorry I missed your entry (especially since it cracked the nutty problem :)
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