Item context menu: Show in collection

orschiro
I first reported this request on Github [1] but was told to do so here again.

When I open the context menu of an item, I have the option Show in library. This shows the item in the entire library.

I would love to see support for something similar but for collections:

Show in collection.

Clicking on this entry would show the item in its respective collection folder. Such a feature would also resolve the request to search collection names [2] and being able to quickly find a certain collection if you know that a specific item resides in there.

What do you think of it?


[1] https://github.com/zotero/zotero/issues/416

[2] https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/23377/searching-collection-names/#Item_12
  • adamsmith
    you're aware of this?
    http://www.zotero.org/support/collections_and_tags#identifying_collections_an_item_is_in
  • orschiro
    edited November 11, 2013
    Yes I am. But this Alt key highlighting does not completely do what I am looking for. Let us say:

    1. I am in `My library` and select an item.
    2. I press the Alt key
    3. If my library has dozens of collection folders, I do not even see which collection folder is highlighted because the list of folders is exceeding the navigation pane.
    4. In that case I have to scroll down and look for the respective collection folder

    That being said, it would be great if Zotero could jump directly to the respective collection folder (in the sidebar navigation pane) when pressing the Alt key.

    What do you think?
  • Dominik Schrempf
    I didn't know of the ALT key behaviour, it should be pointed out to the user that this otion exists!
  • aurimas
    That being said, it would be great if Zotero could jump directly to the respective collection folder (in the sidebar navigation pane) when pressing the Alt key.
    https://github.com/zotero/zotero/issues/135
    Show in collection.

    Clicking on this entry would show the item in its respective collection folder.
    That wouldn't work when one item is in multiple collections. In that case you would have to add a submenu with all collections that the item is in. Depending on how much the collections are nested, this could result in quite busy submenus.

    There has been some discussion about this:
    https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/22870/display-collections-to-which-an-item-belongs/
    https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/22870/display-collections-to-which-an-item-belongs/
    https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/25093/#Item_22
  • orschiro
    edited November 11, 2013
    @aurimas

    I see your point about items residing in multiple collections.

    Yet I still see potential for the feature to switch the view of the collection pane directly to the highlighted collection. The issue 135 you are referring to has been left uncommented for one year.

    Is there a specific reason why this feature has not been implemented in the meantime?
  • adamsmith
    edited November 11, 2013
    Is there a specific reason why this feature has not been implemented in the meantime?
    no. No one has done it. There are lots of open tickets, many older than a year. Obviously patches are welcome.
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