using zotero://select to select multiple citationkeys.

[jshahin]

Debug log ID

GX62HJIN-euc/6.7.231-7

What happened?

I would like to be able to select more than one citationkey using the zotero://select function. this currently does not work in BBT.

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[retorquere]

Please try with this build (which will fail) and then send a new log.

[retorquere]

still interested?

[jshahin]

Yes, sorry, it’s a crazy fortnight; teaching both in NL and Belgium, and conferences. Will try tomorrow if OK with you, sorry for the delay!!On 26 Sep 2024, at 08:46, Emiliano Heyns @.***> wrote: still interested?

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[retorquere]

No problem, trust me, I know how that is.

[jshahin]

Hi Emiliano

As promised, I have run, and yes, it failed :). On entering:

@.***

Into my browser, Zotero ‘beachballed' for a very long time, and then selected everything. One other weird thing: it opened all the triangles (so makes all attachments visible in the list view in my library (see screenshot).

J2TJ8TCZ-euc/6.7.234.7043-7

All the best, -Jamal



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No problem, trust me, I know how that is.

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[retorquere]

sorry, didn't read beneath the cut.

[jshahin]

Do I need to do anything extra then?

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sorry, didn't read beneath the cut.

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[retorquere]

new log please

[jshahin]

Done!

IPN8HJGH-euc/6.7.236.7088-7

All best, -Jamal

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new log please

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[jshahin]

It worked?!

RV852YNM-euc/6.7.236.7089-7

Wow!!

Best wishes,
-Jamal

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[retorquere]

Also for multiple then?

[jshahin]

How do I write out multiple? Separate with an &?Sorry, amateur hour here :-)On 27 Sep 2024, at 13:48, Emiliano Heyns @.***> wrote: Also for multiple then?

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[retorquere]

Just as you would with multiple item keys.

[jshahin]

so, after referring to: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/75794/feature-request-allow-multiple-item-selection-with-zotero-select, I tried zotero://select/library/items?citationKey=gerring2008,gerring2009 and that did nothing.

Neither did: zotero://select/library/items?citationKey=@gerring2008,@gerring2009.

zotero://select/library/items/@gerring2008,@gerring2009 selected the entire library.

9DES2FYW-euc/6.7.238-7

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[retorquere]

Please retry on build 7096

[jshahin]

Afraid the same experience as last time:

WASVVBWS-euc/6.7.238.7096-7

Best wishes,
-J

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Please retry on build 7096

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[retorquere]

But does that actually work to select these items if you select them by their item keys instead of their citation keys?

[retorquere]

You can get the item keys by selecting some items and then going into Tools - Developer - Run Javascript and entering

ZoteroPane.getSelectedItems().map(item => item.key)

and press Run

[jshahin]

Thanks, I was just trying to find out how to do that. Indeed, that (see example below) works perfectly!

zotero://select/library/items?itemKey=ZPAGHTHD,SF46N4F2,IL6VAQU5,SK6QTBYT

Best wishes,
-Jamal

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You can get the item keys by selecting some items and then going into Tools - Developer - Run Javascript and entering

ZoteroPane.getSelectedItems().map(item => item.key) and press Run

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[retorquere]

Can you send me a new log after you did that?

[jshahin]

Sure, here it is:

QUXZUENW-euc/6.7.238.7096-7

Carried out on: zotero://select/library/items?itemKey=P4FBPSLU,PNAR8RAH,9KK62BU8,IL6VAQU5,V5AK2CU3

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Can you send me a new log after you did that?

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[jshahin]

Hi! No change.

I carried out zotero://select on multiple itemkeys and that worked.

I carried out @.**@*.**@*.**@*.**@*.*** and that didn’t seem to react, as well as some other variants (citationkey all in lower case, omitting the “/library” part).

Debug log: 3CJYSLZZ-euc/6.7.238.7100-7

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[jshahin]

No change, sorry..

Tried zotero://select/library/items?itemKey=P4FBPSLU,PNAR8RAH,9KK62BU8,IL6VAQU5,V5AK2CU3 and that worked.

Tried: @.**@*.**@*.**@*.**@*.*** and that doesn’t work

Tried: @.*** and that doesn’t work either

But good old @.*** does!

2EEJ62KS-euc/6.7.238.7103-7

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[retorquere]

Most of the text posted is unreadable, sorry. Please use the web interface. The mail-response interface of github has a lot of issues.

I can see the first form in your logs, the other doesn't trigger my code. I'll have to dive into zotero to see what sanity checks it does to weed them out.

[jshahin]

Reposting:

No change, sorry..

Tried zotero://select/library/items?itemKey=P4FBPSLU,PNAR8RAH,9KK62BU8,IL6VAQU5,V5AK2CU3 and that worked.

Tried: zotero://select/library/items?citationkey=@gerring2008,@gerring2008a,@gerring2009,@gersbach2005e,@gervais2013 and that doesn’t work

Tried: zotero://select/library/items?citationkey=@gerring2008 and that doesn’t work either

But good old zotero://select/library/items/@gerring2008 does!

[retorquere]

Just as you would with multiple item keys.

it's

zotero://select/library/items?itemKey=@gerring2008,@gerring2008a,@gerring2009,@gersbach2005e,@gervais2013

not

zotero://select/library/items?citationkey=@gerring2008,@gerring2008a,@gerring2009,@gersbach2005e,@gervais2013

Zotero does not support citationkey= so my code never gets called.

[jshahin]

that works! (sorry, brief)