Drag & drop question

poirca118
Hello!
This may seem like a silly question, but if you're in the remote/web access version of your account can you still drag and drop things from your library into particular collections? I don't use the remote access all that often, but I will be needing to demonstrate how to add to your library, create collections, etc. on a computer that isn't mine. For practice I tried dragging and dropping an item from my library into one of my collections, and it didn't work? Was I doing something wrong, or is that a feature not available remotely? If it is something not available remotely, is there some sort of work-around for instructional purposes? Thanks! -- Maureen
  • adamsmith
    What do you mean by "remotely"?
    To the online version of your library at zotero.org? No, that's not possible - you currently can't do anything except look at citations there.

    What you'd want to show is syncing to a new machine - then, of course, you can drag&drop items all you want.
    If that doesn't answer your question you'll need to describe what you're doing exactly.
  • ajlyon
    But the Zotero Everywhere project should include modifying things through the website. Hopefully that will include nice things like drag-and-drop. The website portion of Everywhere has no announced timeline.
  • poirca118
    Thanks, Adam!
    Yes, I was referring to the online version of my library. What I am trying to do is demonstrate adding items to Zotero and creating collections to students in a computer classroom. None of the computers in that room have Zotero downloaded to them.
    I suppose I can see about getting permission to download Zotero to the instructor machine. Would I need another account for that? I apologize if I seem ignorant, but I haven't had to do much with the online version for a while. Again, thanks!--Maureen
    P.S.Ajlyon, thanks for the heads-up about Zotero Everywhere.
  • adamsmith
    I'd recommend using a separate account for presentations, so that you don't have to sync your entire library - which might take a long time, but it's not required. But yes, if you want to demonstrate Zotero you'll need a copy installed (or you can show a video).

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