How do I get zotero to alert me to every change to the document?

br0320 · March 27, 2024

Why doesn't zotero alert me every time I change the literature information?
For example, when I used endnote before, every time I made a change to the literature information or Settings, it would remind me whether to make the change.
Is there a way to implement this feature?

dstillman · March 28, 2024

every time I made a change to the literature information or Settings, it would remind me whether to make the change

I'm not sure what you mean by this. What exactly are you changing? Why would you need to be notified when you make a change yourself?

br0320 · March 28, 2024

For example, I changed the author's name or added the URL and other information. Sometimes, I may accidentally delete some information by mistake. If there is no warning from zotero's system, the information of the literature will be damaged and I will not notice it.

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dstillman · March 28, 2024

Zotero obviously isn't going to warn you every time you make a change — that would make it unusable.

br0320 · March 28, 2024

You have not understood my meaning, you can look at the following two pictures, in endnote, every time I make changes to the literature information, it will remind me whether to continue to change and save it.
Could zotero do the same?
This will reduce errors and missteps in my work when I use zotero.
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dstillman · March 28, 2024

Oh, the term you're looking for is "confirmation dialog".

No, we absolutely wouldn't do that — that would be incredibly annoying.

We'd generally like to offer undo functionality, but I don't know when we'll get to that.

br0320 · March 28, 2024

Thank you very much. The "undo functionality" and "confirmation dialog" are also applicable to different groups of people. Hope your company can adopt this opinion.

Because sometimes there are really due to operational errors, resulting in incomplete literature information, which is very annoying.