Upgrade StorageQuick copy/drag drop annotation does not include link
When I drag drop an item (a paragraph) in my note to obsidian, the item does not include the zotero link to the pdf. Report ID: 1361350850
Current outcome when drag drop:
Team Learning as an Outcome (Wiese and Burke 2019:1418)
Desired outcome:
Team Learning as an Outcome ([Wiese and Burke 2019:1418]{zotero://open-pdf/library/items/B35SSNLL?page=2))
Current outcome when drag drop:
Team Learning as an Outcome (Wiese and Burke 2019:1418)
Desired outcome:
Team Learning as an Outcome ([Wiese and Burke 2019:1418]{zotero://open-pdf/library/items/B35SSNLL?page=2))
Turn on the 'Auto convert HTML' does work, but only with annotations that are extracted with the zotfile plugin.
Example:
- Without shift:
Networking ([Wolff et al 2018:3](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/RQN97AKI?page=3))
- With shift:
Networking (Wolff et al 2018:3)
But for the annotations that are extracted with zotero ('Add note from annotation'), the link do not show up:
- Desired outcome:
“Centering” ([Finch and Bolin, 2017, p. 38](zotero://select/library/items/TVQ2G4GH)) ([pdf](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/5JCEELGZ?page=53&annotation=QCVRISLS)) Centering
- Outcome without shift:
“Centering” (Finch and Bolin, 2017, p. 38)
- Outcome with shift:
“Centering”
If you're using Zotero's Quick Copy function, Shift is totally irrelevant for note dragging, as I explained repeatedly in the linked thread — it applies solely to dragging regular non-note items in bibliographic mode. So if Shift is doing something, you're not using Quick Copy note export.
(And your debug output doesn't show a drag, so I'm not sure what you're doing here.)
In the notes, i have many annotations.
So for the debug, i dragged 1 annotations from that note.
https://ibb.co/hsfxKj6
It's possible dragging an annotation from a note should do the same thing, but currently that simply drags the visible text. (I'm not sure why you're seeing a difference with Shift. That may be something Obsidian is doing. Zotero shouldn't care about that, and Shift makes no difference for me when dragging to an actual plain-text editor.)
It would be wonderful if dragging annotation from a note also preserve the link :D.
Thank you so much for your quick response and patient!
About the shift: I tested with Notepad and the result is the same as you said.
Once again, thank you!
@warguelles
May I ask if you are dragging the whole note (note item) or an annotation within a note?
Single annotation:
If you want to drag only one annotation, you will drag it from the left-hand pane in the Zotero PDF reader, and it will keep the backlinks (you can also select two or more annotations and drag them).
You can also drag an annotation directly from the annotated PDF (center pane). It will copy the highlighted text and its comments (as well as the backlinks), but I find the previous option more convenient.
Thank you! dragging annotation from the left-hand pane and the annotated pdf in the Zotero PDF reader work!
However, I still prefer the option to preserve the link when dragging from the note editor though.
Its a better workflow for reading a book. After each chapter, I can drag new annotations over to obsidian rather than having to drag the whole note and reprocess it.
But if for the feature, I would prefer highlighting text and drag (so user can choose single or multiple annotations for dragging)