Upgrade StorageCreating a link to a specific Zotero item key
I want to quickly create a URL/URI/link that points to a specific Zotero item. This is a separate use case from citations.
I want to create these links in tools like those used for mind mapping.
The usual format for these local select links would be something like:
zotero://select/library/items/RNUJUWE9
where RNUJUWE9 is the Zotero item key.
This works well if I know the Zotero item key, but finding a version of the key that can be copied and pasted is not easy enough to make this practical.
On Win11, in Zotero we can do the following slow steps to get the key on the clipboard:
Select the desired item in your Zotero library
File/Show File
right click
select Properties
highlight and copy the key, which consists of the last 8 characters in the Location: field.
Many versions ago, I think Zotero automated creation of the select link, but I cannot find it in either the Zotero 7 or Zotero 8 menu structure. Could be my 79-year old brain, but there must be a better way.
I'd value your thoughts.
I want to create these links in tools like those used for mind mapping.
The usual format for these local select links would be something like:
zotero://select/library/items/RNUJUWE9
where RNUJUWE9 is the Zotero item key.
This works well if I know the Zotero item key, but finding a version of the key that can be copied and pasted is not easy enough to make this practical.
On Win11, in Zotero we can do the following slow steps to get the key on the clipboard:
Select the desired item in your Zotero library
File/Show File
right click
select Properties
highlight and copy the key, which consists of the last 8 characters in the Location: field.
Many versions ago, I think Zotero automated creation of the select link, but I cannot find it in either the Zotero 7 or Zotero 8 menu structure. Could be my 79-year old brain, but there must be a better way.
I'd value your thoughts.
Unfortunately, upon download of the .xpi files, each raises a github error telling me they cannot be installed because they appear to be corrupt.
I found another file among the plugins called TheBrain.export, which appears specifically designed to solve my problem. TheBrain.export is, however, a .js file, not a .xpi file, and is not loaded as a plugin when dragged to the Zotero plugins window.
So close, but alas, so far, at least for me.
I appreciated your one-sentence tutorial on installing plugins. Do you have the patience to write a corresponding sentence for TheBrain.export, which I believe is a JavaScript file?