Impossible to resize window with Zotero 7

neti
With Zotero 6 I was working splitting my screen in 4, Zotero PDF viewer occupied exactly one fourth of the monitor.
In Zotero 7 apparently it's impossible to resize the window over a certain limit, and it became impossible to work as before.

Would it be possible to take off that limit? Or at least to increase it in order to allow smaller windows on smaller screens?

Thanks!
  • dstillman
    You should be able to resize a standalone reader window to whatever size you want. The main window is limited by the size of the panes in the library tab. You can make them narrower or hide them to allow the window to be resized smaller.
  • neti
    Great, it works!
    Sorry, I didn't try to collapse the panes in the library tab.
    Thanks
  • rgettys
    I’ll try the standalone reader.

    FYI I did minimize the side panes but it didnt change the minimum width.
  • dstillman
    It’s the panes in the library tab, not the reader.
  • dhbpac
    This is not working for me. I can hide individual panes but I can only make the main application window larger, not smaller. Standalone reader is fine.
  • dstillman
    @dhbpac: Again, it's the panes in the library tab that matter here, not the tabs in the reader.
  • dhbpac
    The standalone reader is fine. Clearly I need some guidance because I've spent 20 minutes trying to fix it without success, including searching all the help terms I can think of. It's just not working.
  • dstillman
    edited September 9, 2024
    We're not talking about standalone reader windows. We're talking about the main window, which has a library tab and any number of reader tabs.

    You need to switch to the first tab — which shows your library — and narrow or close the left and/or right panes, showing collections and item data. You can then narrow the window much more, including in reader tabs.

    In an upcoming version, we're going to have Zotero automatically switch into a mode for narrower-width windows when the window is narrowed, but for now, the window's minimum width depends on the panes in the library tab.
  • dhbpac
    So after some futzing it finally got smaller. I had to deselect & reselect the various panes under View -> Layout. I was only able to resize the app window smaller after (somehow) the Item Pane took up most of the window. Anyway, thank you.
  • dstillman
    In the latest beta version, Zotero will automatically shrink the left and right library panes as you narrow the window and, ultimately, switch automatically into Stacked layout mode, where the item pane appears below the items list. This allows the window to be made very narrow. If you then increase the width again, it will automatically switch back to Standard layout mode.

    (At very narrow widths, the reader toolbar buttons will start to overlap, but we'll fix that.)
  • dstillman
    This change is now included in Zotero 7.0.7.
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