PDF preview window
It would be great to have the option of browsing through your library while previewing the PDFs in another pane. Being able to browse the actual PDFs can be very useful when searching for a specific figure or piece of information.
I would like to be able to specify another way of opening files from Zotero than from Firefox in general. I want pdfs to open in a new window (external pdf-viewer) when I open them from Zotero but not when I open them from Firefox in general.
Also (or alternatively since this could probably replace the request above for my use), being able to direct Zotero to use another Firefox-window to display anything (pdfs or links) would be nice. This would make using Zotero in fullscreen mode more feasible, shift-clicking to open in a new window currently is a bit cumbersome since you get a new window each time.
I figure the preview option mentioned is along the lines of what Mac OS currently does? But where would sufficiently large preview icons go?
True, "show file" is only one click more I guess, but it's a quite a bit more moving of the mouse and you open an extra window - I really don't like that option. The launchNonNativeFiles works perfectly for what I want right now though so no worries. :)
@Dan
launchNonNativeFiles works fine for me now so I'm not insisting on any changes but I do think that it is possible to improve on the Shift-clicking function specifically to make it smoother to use Zotero in fullscreen mode. Essentially you should always want to open links and whatnot in another window when in fullscreen mode, right? I'm inspired by the request in another thread for a stand alone application, sorry if this get's a bit mixed up now. :) Anyway, just a thought.
Zotero should have a pane for previewing the PDFs. This can help especially in cross checking the citations created by "retrieve metadata from PDF" option.
Endnote has some similar functionality too.
https://www.google.com/search?q=endnote+pdf+preview&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAkQ_AUoA2oVChMImtTTj6uPxwIVS9UsCh0x0AT1&biw=1366&bih=606#imgrc=bvHTacdWPmRFqM%3A
I second this request and hope to see it soon.
Many thanks.
https://zoteroquicklook.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/235499-installing-on-windows
Please add this functionality in the softwere anytime soon. It will be a great relief.
I tried Macomfort, but -as Bwiernik says- was not usable. I just install Seer on my Windows, but I don't know how make it work in zotero. Can you help me please? I am little lost
Pd: sorry about my english. It is not my native language
I tried installing it from the link on zotero.org and also from Mozilla, but hit the new Mozilla extension-signing wall. I also tried the "no-unpack" XPI and installing it from a file after negotiating past all of Mozilla's alerts and warnings. It does then show up in my extensions, but there is no sign of any config entries for it (e.g. extensions.zoteroquicklook.*), nor is there any effect from typing the spacebar or CTRL+y.
My FF is 47.0.1 (up to date apparently) and my Z is 4.0.29.10.
Thanks.
Is zotero planing to add a preview functionality for pdfs? It would be really helpful to get a quick view of the pdfs as you browse through a specific file.
https://github.com/mronkko/ZoteroQuickLook/releases/latest