Upgrade StorageDrag and drop references should default to pdf attachment
Hello,
I often want to drag and drop pdf files out of Zotero, e.g. to my Kindle. It tends to be a hassle - I either have to (i) expand a whole bunch of reference, control-click to select multiple pdfs, then click and drag; or (ii) export all the references with files, sort through a big directory tree to find the pdfs, then delete lots of extraneous stuff.
It seems like clicking and dragging reference(s) into a folder should default to copying file attachments. This wouldn't crowd out any other functionality since the current behavior when I drag reference to a folder is to do nothing.
Or perhaps there is a more efficient way already?
(I'm using Windows 7)
I often want to drag and drop pdf files out of Zotero, e.g. to my Kindle. It tends to be a hassle - I either have to (i) expand a whole bunch of reference, control-click to select multiple pdfs, then click and drag; or (ii) export all the references with files, sort through a big directory tree to find the pdfs, then delete lots of extraneous stuff.
It seems like clicking and dragging reference(s) into a folder should default to copying file attachments. This wouldn't crowd out any other functionality since the current behavior when I drag reference to a folder is to do nothing.
Or perhaps there is a more efficient way already?
(I'm using Windows 7)
@novosad - you could use a saved search with attachment item type is pdf - this will still show the parent items, but if you select and drag you'll only get pdfs. How exactly you manage with that depends on your specific use case.
@Dan - To me, copying all attachments would be the expected behavior.