Multiselect collections

Denghaotian
Is there a way to select multiple collections from the collection pane on the left of Zotero standalone? It will be useful for reorganizing collection structures (e.g. making many collections as a subcollection of a newly created collection).

Sincerely,
David
  • djross3
    If I understand this question correctly, you could simulate this with a saved search.
  • adamsmith
    Not for the stated purpose of organizing collections, though: You can't e.g. move a whole set of sub-collection from parent collection 1 to parent collection 2 at once that way.
  • djross3
    You can identify which ones you'd like to move, if indirectly.
  • adamsmith
    I guess I don't understand. I'm looking at this use case:
    e.g. making many collections as a subcollection of a newly created collection
    Presumably you know which collections you want to move, but you want to do it quickly. How does a saved search help with that?
    What I'm reading as a question/future request is behavior akin to e.g. Windows Explorer, where I can ctrl+click (or shift+click) to select 25 collections/folders and drag&drop them all at once to a new collection/folder.
    That's not possible in Zotero currently, and while I don't think it's essential, it'd certainly be nice.
  • djross3
    (Ah, I may have misread. I interpreted this as asking about merging collections into a subcollection, and viewing the combined contents to identify which ones to merge. But if this is just moving the collections around, then my reply is irrelevant.)
  • Denghaotian
    Thanks @adamsmith for clarifying my question. This is what I had in mind:

    "Behavior akin to e.g. Windows Explorer, where I can ctrl+click (or shift+click) to select 25 collections/folders and drag&drop them all at once to a new collection/folder."

    (By the way, how did you quote things? I tried to look for a format guide for the forum posts, but failed to find one.)
  • bwiernik
    You can use HTML formatting tags. In this case <blockquote> </blockquote>
  • ErwanPannier
    +1
  • ananixon
    +1
  • der_dirk
    +++1
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