Upgrade StorageAvailable for beta testing: Multiple windows and library tabs
dstillman
Zotero Team
In the latest Zotero 11 beta, you can now open multiple main windows, and you can open more than one library tab within the same window. This allows for all sorts of new workflows, from quickly looking something up without losing your place to keeping different projects open in different windows, each with its own reader and note tabs.
You can open a new library tab or window by pressing Cmd/Ctrl-T or Cmd/Ctrl-N or by right-clicking on a collection and choosing Open in New Tab or Open in New Window. You can also right-click on an existing tab and choose Duplicate Tab or Move to New Window.
Existing tabs can be dragged between windows, and you can drag a tab off a window to open a new window with just that tab. Reader tabs move seamlessly, preserving your scroll position and text selection and without even interrupting Read Aloud playback.
Dragging one or more collections or items onto the tab bar opens new library, reader, or note tabs. You can also drag collections or items over an existing tab to bring that tab to the front, letting you drop them into its collections or items list or drop an item into a note to create a citation.
Advanced Search, which moved into the main window in Zotero 10, can now be opened in its own window or tab, so you can search without leaving the collection you're in. Shift-clicking the Advanced Search button opens the Advanced Search in a new window, populated from the quick search bar if you've typed something there. Cmd/Ctrl-clicking opens it in a new tab instead.
Each window you open keeps its own item list columns, item pane section order, quick search mode, and more, so you can set up different windows for different tasks. A new window uses the settings from the window you opened it from.
A new Tabs and Windows section of the General settings collects various existing settings and lets you configure whether new library tabs and windows open the current collection or a specific library or collection.
Your open tabs and windows will be restored the next time you open Zotero, so you can quit the app anytime without worrying that you'll lose the workspace you've configured.
As you can imagine, this required major changes across Zotero, so please let us know in new threads if you run into any problems!
You can open a new library tab or window by pressing Cmd/Ctrl-T or Cmd/Ctrl-N or by right-clicking on a collection and choosing Open in New Tab or Open in New Window. You can also right-click on an existing tab and choose Duplicate Tab or Move to New Window.
Existing tabs can be dragged between windows, and you can drag a tab off a window to open a new window with just that tab. Reader tabs move seamlessly, preserving your scroll position and text selection and without even interrupting Read Aloud playback.
Dragging one or more collections or items onto the tab bar opens new library, reader, or note tabs. You can also drag collections or items over an existing tab to bring that tab to the front, letting you drop them into its collections or items list or drop an item into a note to create a citation.
Advanced Search, which moved into the main window in Zotero 10, can now be opened in its own window or tab, so you can search without leaving the collection you're in. Shift-clicking the Advanced Search button opens the Advanced Search in a new window, populated from the quick search bar if you've typed something there. Cmd/Ctrl-clicking opens it in a new tab instead.
Each window you open keeps its own item list columns, item pane section order, quick search mode, and more, so you can set up different windows for different tasks. A new window uses the settings from the window you opened it from.
A new Tabs and Windows section of the General settings collects various existing settings and lets you configure whether new library tabs and windows open the current collection or a specific library or collection.
Your open tabs and windows will be restored the next time you open Zotero, so you can quit the app anytime without worrying that you'll lose the workspace you've configured.
As you can imagine, this required major changes across Zotero, so please let us know in new threads if you run into any problems!
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foss-Outstanding - multiple windows is a very useful feature, thanks. Very brief test worked nicely.