resizing note editor??

thisistimm
Somehow I have re-sized the note editor so that I can only see 1-2 lines of text in a note; I have to use scroll bar to see every 2 lines. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to resize it to something larger [hence reducing the size of the library view]. I've tried combinations of shft+comd+click, shft+click, et al. all over the place, including 'add/revise note' interface, note editor box, even the 'hide editor' button. I've search hi and lo, cannot figure this out-- help?!?! 8-)

Thanks,
TIMM
  • dstillman
    I'm not sure what you're referring to here. Can you take a screenshot that shows what you're describing, upload it somewhere (e.g., Dropbox), and provide a link here?
  • dstillman
    edited July 2, 2020
    @thisistimm:

    Are you talking about the editor in the classic citation dialog?

    1) If you're using Zotero in another language, be sure not to translate text you see on screen when posting here — it makes it much harder for us to help you. If you're talking about the word processor plugin, the English button is "Add/Edit Citation". If you say "note editor", we're going to assuming you're talking about the editor for Zotero notes in the right-hand pane of the main Zotero window.

    2) It sounds like you're talking about the classic (non-default) citation dialog. That editor is always only two lines, and there's no real reason for it to be larger — it's simply for editing citations, which are rarely more than one or two lines.

    But there's also no reason to use that textbox, and it'll be removed in a future version. If you need to make a manual edit to a citation, you can just do it in the document, but you really should avoid that, since it will prevent Zotero from properly updating citations and can cause document errors. See Customizing Cites for the proper way to make modifications to citations.
  • thisistimm
    Yes, I'm using 5.0, but the classic (non-default). My apologies for being unclear. ok, thanks for clarifying. I'm using it for my PhD thesis/dissertation and there's a 1,001 variables (or so it seems) for any given footnote: non-Arabic script, German, French, Italian, English, journal article with my own comment to follow, multi-volume, books, another comment of my own, et al., all in the same footnote. When I've got something inaccurately cited, I've thought it more simple to just pop open the editor to refine it. Then, I let auto-biblio do its thing, remove all scripts from doc, then line by line double-check. Maybe I'm using Z the wrong way?? Maybe I'm not being more cautious entering data into it???
  • thisistimm
    edited July 2, 2020
    Oh, and yes, I wouldn't make that mistake to edit it in the .doc. Made that mistake a LONG time ago, lesson learned.

    Again, unless I'm missing something here, I would be saddened to see the citation dialog (classic) editor go. Many of my footnotes (and those of my colleagues) are far more than 2 lines long. For a dissertation where I've got 100s of sources and 100s of notes, it's much easier to manage with the classic version when I can't recall the title or author (or both!) as I'm trying to write or revise. I've not used the 'red box' version in ages, but I remember it being not specific enough at times. I'm weeks away from the finish line so I gotta go with what got me here! 8-)

    Also, to be clear: I'm a H-U-G-E fan of Z. I've lost count the number of people I tell to use it. No hating goin' on, just an avid (and sometimes ignorant?) user. 8-)

    Thanks for the help and any further suggestions!
  • dstillman
    Oh, and yes, I wouldn't make that mistake to edit it in the .doc. Made that mistake a LONG time ago, lesson learned.
    No, this is a misunderstanding. I'm talking about editing an active citation at all — there's no real difference between editing in the classic dialog and editing in the document. (The one difference, I believe, is that if you edit in the classic dialog there's no way to undo your changes without replacing the citation, whereas if you edit in the cdocument then clicking Add/Edit Citation will offer to reset it.) The reason the newer citation dialog doesn't have an editor is simply that, when we added the newer dialog, we added detection of edits made directly in the editor. We just never got around to removing the editor in the classic dialog. In any case, it's always been this size.
    I'm using it for my PhD thesis/dissertation and there's a 1,001 variables (or so it seems) for any given footnote: non-Arabic script, German, French, Italian, English, journal article with my own comment to follow, multi-volume, books, another comment of my own, et al., all in the same footnote.
    There may be better, more stable ways to do some of these, but we'd have to see examples of the changes in more detail for us to say for sure.
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