Adding items from Zotero online Library -> No tags and notes?

gagnon · 2026-04-02T21:12:29+00:00

When importing an item from a Zotero user's or from a group's online library, tags and notes are not imported. Is that normal behavior? Is there a personal option we can activate to import an item with its tags and notes? I'll push my luck and ask, could it import related items as well?

Thanks in advance.

mjthoraval · 2026-04-03T07:50:57+00:00

I have tested on the online library, and notes and tags were all copied.
Do you import to your personal library?
Do you do the import with drag and drop?

In the desktop app, you can enable it from the General pane of the Settings:
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gagnon · 2026-04-03T13:30:04+00:00

Yes, I'm importing to my personal library, from another user's or a group's public Zotero library. Using the Zotero connector in the browser will import the correct item type which is good (though not from feeds), but it does not import tags or notes, if there are any in a given item in the online library.

I've just checked the settings you are referring to, and they are all checked (see below). But unless I'm wrong, I think these options are for when copying between libraries in the Zotero app?

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adamsmith · 2026-04-03T14:04:53+00:00

Why are you using the connector? You can just drag items to your library from the group.