Zotero PDF annotation: Sort by date [Feature request]

vivjiu
I love the PDF annotation feature in Zotero, and how I can easily add it to the notes. Is there a way I can sort the annotations by data?

I read some articles in my library over many days/ revisit them after some time, and make annotations that I'd like to extract to the note.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    Not currently. Could you say more about the exact workflow you're envisioning?
  • ChaoQi1
    I also love to have annotations sorted by their adding date.

    Workflow:
    For re-reading a book or an article in zotero, I want to only visit several specific sites and add annotations there.
    After reading, I would extract the annotations and sort them according to their adding date. That way, I can easily find and then work on the notes added most recently.

    Is that possible? Thanks.
  • burgarth
    Maybe not exactly what the OP asked for, but what would be incredibly useful if modifying or adding an annotation on a PDF with the internal viewer would reflect in the "Date Modified" field. This way, we could sort by "Date Modified" to see which files we have been working on recently.
  • ChaoQi1
    I think up another way of getting recently modified notes out by starting annotations with modified dates.

    Now, my workflow is this:
    Start annotations with current date.
    Extract annotations in Zotero.
    Copy and paste annotations to my refrence note, and only keep those annotations with recent date.

  • mjthoraval
    This is now available via the Weavero plugin: https://github.com/mjthoraval/Weavero

    The reader's Annotations tab can be sorted by position (current sorting), date added, or date modified in either direction — right-click the Annotations tab header for the menu, and a one-click sort bar appears while a non-default sort is active. While sorting by date, each annotation card also shows its date directly (time-only for today's, full timestamp on hover), so recent annotations are visible at a glance rather than one hover at a time.

    There's also date filtering from the filter above the Reader: independent "Added" and "Modified" ranges — rolling windows like "last 2 days" or a custom calendar range — with Alt+click to exclude a range.

    On the extraction workflow discussed here: the annotations you select in the sidebar are added to a note in the sidebar's current display order — so with Weavero sorting by date, "Add to Note" (or dragging the selection into a note) inserts them chronologically. Combined with the date filter, you can narrow the sidebar to a range, select all, and extract exactly those annotations — without any manual date-prefixing.

    Welcome to provide feedback through the Weavero GitHub issues.
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