Film surrounded by quotes instead of being italicized with \citetitle

[misilot]

Hello,

When using \citetitle{} the out put is "The Public" instead of The Public.

Example bib entry

@VIDEO{the-public,
    ENTRYSUBTYPE   = {film},
    AUTHOR         =  {Emilio Estevez},
    AUTHOR+an:role = {1=director},
    TITLE          = {The Public},
    PUBLISHER      = {Hammerstone Studios, Living the Dream Films, E2 Films},
    DATE           = {2018},
}

Is there an easy way to fix this, or should I just type out the Title?

Thanks!

[plk]

You should be able to put this in your preamble:

\DeclareFieldFormat{citetitle}{\mkbibemph{#1}}

However, if you have some evidence that this is a general issue and it should always look like this, it can be changed in the next version. Looking at the current code, quotes around the title when citing on the title are there on purpose which looks like it was done on purpose. If you can find something in the APA 7th to contradict this, let me know.

[misilot]

I tweeted at apa_style to see if they can provide any guidance, and just got it back -- https://twitter.com/APA_Style/status/1572699756698439681

Good question! You can tell by the format in the reference. Titles italicized in references are italicized in text; titles not italicized in references are in quotation marks in text. For example, book titles in text are italicized, but journal article titles in text use quotes.

[plk]

In that case, this should fix it in your preamble:

\DeclareFieldFormat[book,manual,report,periodical,legmaterial,jurisdiction,video]{citetitle}{\mkbibemph{#1}}

If that works, I'll update for the next version.

[misilot]

Thanks @plk! This worked great!