BUG: Can’t add webpage manually

mmsalva · April 12, 2022

In macOS Zotero Beta 6.0.3 (6.0.3-beta.3+2f5974e1a), I can’t select “Web Page” from the “+” dropdown. The current workaround is to create another item type like a newspaper article, add the URL, and then change the item type in the pane that appears on the right hand side. Can Zotero add the “Web Page” item type to the “+” dropdown?

fcheslack · April 12, 2022

You've found the workaround if you need it already, but manually adding web pages isn't usually the best way

https://www.zotero.org/support/adding_items_to_zotero#saving_webpages

https://www.zotero.org/support/adding_items_to_zotero#manually_adding_items

dstillman · April 12, 2022

Specifically, from the second link:

Note: Since it's almost always better to visit a webpage in your browser and use the “Save to Zotero” button, the Web Page item type is not included in the “New Item” menu. However, if you really want to create a webpage item by hand, you create an empty item of another type and switch the item type to Web Page in the right-hand pane.