I have that same problem with Zotero 2.1 in OpenOffice 3.2. A solution would be highly appreciated!

Thanks! It would be nice to have an easy way for assigning shortcuts again. I'll see if I can figure out how to apply your suggested work-around. I suppose the cut-off code line ended with ...addCitation") and nothing else?

edit: I figured it out. Thanks again.

I think, I did the following (I'm translating menu options from German into English, so they might be slightly different in an English installation of LO):

* go to Extras (Tools??) > Macros > Manage Macros > Libreoffice Basic
* single-click "Standard" in the left pane, then choose "Manage", then choose "New" in the newly opened window. Type in a name for the makro, e.g. InsertCitation
* you should be back at the Manage Macros Window then. Have the newly created Macro highlighted and click "Change"
* an editor should pop up with the following three lines:
REM ***** BASIC *****

Sub Main

End Sub

* paste Simon's command line between the last two lines. It's cut-off in the above post and should end with "...addCitation")"
REM ***** BASIC *****

Sub Main
createUnoService("org.zotero.integration.ooo.ZoteroOpenOfficeIntegration").trigger("addCitation")
End Sub

* click the save-icon and close the window.
* you can now assign short-cuts to the created macro

I'm not sure if there are better or more elegant ways for this. I just played around without knowing what I'm doing and this did the trick for me.

This worked brilliantly for me. Thanks very much. Might be nice to make it a little easier for future releases though!

The Word plugins have keyboard shortcuts, but I spent a couple days trying to figure out how to add a keyboard shortcut to a LibreOffice extension and came up empty-handed...

Can the macros be bundled with the extension? Then thee tutorial would just have to cover assigning shortcuts.

They are. Sorry for the false alarm; I misinterpreted anark and Gitty's remarks above. It's really easy to add a shortcut:

1. Open Tools->Customize...
   
2. Click on the key to you want to use, from the list of assignable keys in the top portion of the dialog.
   
3. Find the appropriate Zotero macro in the bottom part of the dialog. The macros are in LibreOffice Macros -> user -> Zotero -> Zotero. Click on the desired action in the list (probably ZoteroAddCitation)
   
4. Click the "Modify" button.
   
5. Click "OK" and enjoy!

which version of Libre Office? This works with Zotero 3.0.3 and the 3.5.2 LO integration, i.e. the most recent versions.
Are you using a non-English version of LO? It's possible that one of the folders would be named differently.

I understand that this is a six year-old question, but google brought me here seeking an answer to this very question, so I'll add an update on how I solved it.

Using LibreOffice 5.3.3.2 on Windows 7x64 with Zotero 4.0.29.21 in Firefox 52 and Zotero LibreOffice Plugins 3,5,12...

The LibreOffice macros that some of the prior answers say to create now exist already. See Menu -> Tools -> Macros -> Edit Macros, then expand My Macros -> Standard -> Zotero -> Zotero and you'll see macros for all of the functions that are available on the toolbar buttons.

To assign them to keys, use Menu -> Tools -> Customise, click 'Keyboard' tab. Click in the top 'Shortcut Keys' frame, then press the key combination you wish to assign. Then in the bottom left half 'Functions, Category' of that dialogue, expand LibreOffice Macros -> user -> Zotero -> Zotero, select the macro you wish to assign from the middle 'Function' box, and with the key combination highlighted in the top window and the macro of choice highlighted in the middle/lower window, click the 'Modify' button at top-right in the dialogue box.

Just like that, the key combo is assigned.

To apply more, wash, rinse, repeat.

I hope this helps someone! :-)

Best,

G

I came in to say thank you to geoffb for their awesome tip that works like a charm in LibreOffice writer 7.2.7 on a macOS Monterey.