Classic view removed?

SteveDa
Hi,

I'm running Zotero 9.0.3 (64 bit) windows 10 -- has the classic view for citation been removed? Its time consuming to have to select the record, click the drop down, add the page no. click done and then the tick box to insert the citation.

There is also no drop down (left hand side of the insert box) to select classic view? There doesn't appear to be a way to re select from settings either (edit, settings, cite).

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  • dstillman Zotero Team
    edited 3 days ago
    Yes, it's been removed. Library mode is a direct replacement for the classic view. It's much faster to add page numbers and other locators in the new dialog:

    https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/classic_citation_dialog
  • G.Lione
    Would it be possible to reinstate the classic view instead? This new system is confusing and unfriendly, there's too many steps between clicking the add citation button and adding the page number.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    @G.Lione: Please read the linked page. There are fewer steps, not more:

    https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/classic_citation_dialog#adding_page_numbers_and_other_locators
  • roland.berberich
    Actually, it is more steps and more complicated with a process that is neither intuitive nor user friendly.

    Over a number of threads multiple users report this new idea disrupts their workflow and clarity goes completely out of the window. The response is to deny what these users experience.

    I am trying to add several citations for an argument.
    I search, I find. If I click the + to add one, my search resets.
    If I CTRL Highlight and drag and drop, it works to add them but the search for a different author messes up the searchbar again.

    The new process may work for you, great, but it does not for an increasing number of people that have used Zotero for years.

    I am using Zotero since 2012 and I am being dismissed for not recognising the brilliance of this new release.

    I urge you to reconsider this approach.
  • SteveDa
    Agreed I find the new process less intuitive and more time consuming (also there is a weird bug where the library search loads to the left of the screen and then can't be moved). To be honest its a pain:
    Click insert citation.
    Library search loads (and then can't be moved on the screen).
    Change to library (I find it easier to look for the reference).
    Select it.
    Click the drop down to add the page number.
    Click done.
    Click the tick box to add the citation.

    Although I wasn't aware you could put the page no. in the search bar. I'll see how it goes. I would prefer the classic view still be available... for us old timers... :)

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