LoayGhreeb / jabref

Graphical Java application for managing BibTeX and biblatex (.bib) databases
https://devdocs.jabref.org
MIT License
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Wrong syntax should be highlighted more explicitly #11

Closed koppor closed 2 weeks ago

koppor commented 3 weeks ago

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(Source for the syntax https://docs.jabref.org/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/search#general-syntax)

We think, it is not an issue of the branch, but I want to report it. It seems that JabRef sometimes shows the input field in red.

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One has to move mouse to a certain position in JabRef


old jabref marked the field red - to give "real" user feedback:

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(I know, the red background was also used for something else)

koppor commented 3 weeks ago

Side track: (b|c)=2 is not handled intuitively with work in recent JabRef. Just works wiithout (). Syntax details: https://docs.jabref.org/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/search#search-within-specific-fields

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