Moving linked files to a new directory

[arbox]

If I'm not mistaken there is no possibility for the following usecase:

1. given files on the local storage,
2. given items with attached links to these files,
3. right click on a item in a collection
4. or on a selection of items (even in many collections at once)
5. select e.g. "Move to a destination..." which should move all files pointed by the links to the selected destination. The source location is not necessarily the same. This usecase is my pretty day-to-day work, when you have to split and merge not only the Zotero collections (it's straightforward in this case) but also rearrange the files on the storage. Am I missing the point? Is it implemented already in an easy way?

Thank you anyway for the great plugin and your work!

[jlegewie]

I am exactly sure what you are asking for. At the moment, I am just doing bug fixes and won't add any additional features soon. But I am open to pull requests if they make sense to me.

[arbox]

Ok, we'll try to provide you with a pull request, thank you!

[unode]

I would like to see this option too. Until now I have been using the Manage attachments > Rename attachments option but if you have multiple items it's complicated.

So what I'm thinking right now is if you have 3 items:

Text.pdf
Text-Extra-1.pdf
Text-Extra-2.pdf

an additional option Manage attachments > Move attachments would keep the same names but move files to the zotfile storage location as defined in the "rename" rules.

[arbox]

I didn't have time to dive into this issue. But it's still on my agenda. Any help welcome!