Zutilo in Zotero 7--Which of its functions are most essential?
While we all hope that Zutilo will be available in Zotero 7, it appears at risk. If the entire plugin cannot be made ready, I am hoping that at least the most essential functions can be available by some means. Can those of you who use Zutilo please respond to notify developers of which functions you consider most essential? Below are the v. 6 utilities, as a refresher. Please let me know if some are already handled by other means.
Zotero item menu
Copy tags
Remove tags
Paste tags
Relate items
Show attachments
Modify attachments
Modify attached URLs
Copy attachment paths
Copy creators
QuickCopy items
Copy select item links
Copy Zotero URIs
Create book section
Create book item
Copy child items
Relocate child items
Copy item fields
Paste into empty item field
Paste non-empty item field
Paste all item fields
Paste item type
Open Zotero URIs
QuickCopy items (alt 1)
QuickCopy items (alt 2)
Zotero collection menu
Copy select collection link
Copy Zotero URI
Zotero item menu
Copy tags
Remove tags
Paste tags
Relate items
Show attachments
Modify attachments
Modify attached URLs
Copy attachment paths
Copy creators
QuickCopy items
Copy select item links
Copy Zotero URIs
Create book section
Create book item
Copy child items
Relocate child items
Copy item fields
Paste into empty item field
Paste non-empty item field
Paste all item fields
Paste item type
Open Zotero URIs
QuickCopy items (alt 1)
QuickCopy items (alt 2)
Zotero collection menu
Copy select collection link
Copy Zotero URI
Copy tags
Paste tags
Copy attachment paths
Modify attachment paths
Copy select item links
Copy select collection link
Copy attachment paths
Copy select item links
Attach stored copy of file
Open run Javascript window
Paste tags
Are definitely essential for me.
Very useful for when you need to add a bunch of tags at once.
Attachments: attach link to URI
Duplicate item
QuickCopy Items
For me...
Paste tags
Copy item fields
Paste item type
Without these life would get more complicated.
Copy item fields
Paste into empty item field
Paste non-empty item field
Modify attachment paths
We need it rarely, but when we do, it's a lifeline. For those of us who prefer linking to our attachments, there's always the risk that a path is going to change, by accident or design. Being able to alter paths in a batch keeps the broken links from being an overwhelming mess.
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Daily use:
Copy tags
Paste tags
Relate items
Fairly frequent:
Paste into empty item field
Paste non-empty item field
Paste all item fields
Occasional but important (sometimes lifesavers!):
Show attachments
Modify attachments
Copy attachment paths
Copy Zotero URIs
Losing any of these would put a big dent in my way of working.
Copy tags
Paste tags
Relate items
Copy Select Item Links
The instructions and scripts can be found in the Readme at https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags#readme. It requires a bit more setup than Zutilo did, but also has some pretty amazing capacities--like triggering a script to run when a particular thing happens. Once you add a few to your menu, it gets easy.
@DonnaCoxBaker
> It requires a bit more setup than Zutilo did
I've introduced `import actions from file` and `export actions to file` in a recent update, which allows you to easily share multiple actions to others. For users who don't want to manually add all these actions one by one, they can just replicate the settings from someone (they trust).
Copy select collection link
It provides a work-around for (still missing) symbolic links within the collection structure.
(I use the link as the URL in a manually created item, choosing item type "radio broadcast" for visibility.)
I hope that setting up "Copy select collection link" for Zotero 7 will not involve too much work.
Thank you !
https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/115
Create book item
Use all the time
Copy authros
Create book section (#204)
https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/204
If you want to request others, you can do it here:
https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions
Copy item fields,
Paste into empty item field,
Paste non-empty item field,
Paste all item fields,
Paste item type?
I browsed in the community of the plugin's Github, but was unable to find.
or is there any other plugin that can do this in zotero 7?
https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/165
See: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/447118/#Comment_447118
Zutilo's Copy item fields (and Paste item fields)? I can't find it.
Make book section from a book is a life line