changelog [Zotero Documentation] (2024)

• Full keyboard accessibility in PDF reader (details; additional documentation to come)

  • Allows all possible operations, including highlight/underline creation and resizing, to be done via the keyboard

  • Coming to EPUBs/snapshots in a future version

• Automatically switch in and out of Stacked layout when resizing window horizontally

• Ink annotation merging

• Added labeled Title field in attachment box (in addition to Title header at top)

• Add new creator in middle of creator list using Shift-Enter/Shift-Return

• Keep dark margins when disabling “Use Dark Mode for Content”

• [Windows] Fixed potential reboot loop on installation/upgrade in non-admin accounts

• Fixed potential stall on “Loading items…” at startup due to invalid character in tab title

• [Mac] Fixed potential delay in opening citation dialog from Word

• Fixed “Some data in My Library could not be downloaded” sync error after moving saved search to trash

• Fixed zoom potentially getting stuck after scrolling in reader

• Fixed phrase search in “Everything” mode within collection matching entire library

• Fixed potential error when auto-relinking files

• Prioritize DOI over child attachment URL

• Fixed some snapshot annotations jumping to wrong position

• Fixed formatting bugs when printing PDFs

• Miscellaneous other bug fixes and accessibility improvements

Zotero for Mac only

• Show banner to trigger Word plugin installation on macOS Sequoia, which requires system permissions prompt (“Zotero.app would like to access data from other apps”)

• Fixed “Localized string not available for general.warning” startup error instead of proper warning if data directory is in cloud storage folder (since 7.0.4)

• Allow attachment preview to use the available screen height at wider pane sizes

• Wrap attachment filename field in item pane

• Speed up exports of files that don't contain annotations

• Added “Paste and Search” option to Add Item by Identifier context menu

• [Windows] Fixed potential cause of repeated reboot prompt on upgrade from non-administrator account

• Don't show rich-text markup in reader window titles

• Show status line in settings when external app access is enabled

• Miscellaneous other improvements

• Fixed problems transferring documents into and out of LibreOffice

• Fixed citation dialog becoming invisible on some monitors

• Fixed “module record has unexpected status” startup error

• Fixed attachment preview disappearing unexpectedly

• Reader fixes:

  • Fixed zotero://open navigating one page too far

  • EPUB: Fixed returning to the last-read page

  • EPUB/snapshot: Open popup after adding note

  • PDF: Fixed Cmd/Ctrl-G skipping every second result

• Fixed “Add Item by Identifier” textbox not expanding when entering multiple rows

• Fixed scrolling in “Manage Lookup Engines” window with many engines

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• Miscellaneous other bug fixes

• Render supported rich-text markup in tab titles

• Fixed LibreOffice installation prompt appearing on systems without LibreOffice

• Fixed “User canceled primary password entry” error when setting up syncing in old Zotero profile

• [Windows] Fixed “Could not find a running Word instance” error when running Windows using hidden Administrator account (Note: Running Windows with the hidden Administrator account is unsafe!)

• [Windows] Fixed incorrect message when existing files can't be deleted during uninstallation

• Fixed font size in feed item abstracts

• Progress bar didn't follow color scheme

• Fixed locale detection for plugins with locales that don't exactly match Zotero locales

• Word processor plugin installation improvements

  • Fixed Word for Windows plugin installation not running at startup

  • Show warning if word processor plugin can't be automatically installed or updated at startup (e.g., because Word is open)

  • Don't show progress window at startup on repeated installation attempts

• Fixed Mendeley attachment import (since 7.0)

• Improve startup performance with many tabs

• Increased line height of Abstract field

• Fixed error viewing trash containing collection when using “Enable bidirectional text editing utilities”

• Fixed reversed order of tag colors in items list

• Fixed reader item pane not opening in Stacked mode

• Miscellaneous other bug fixes

• Windows installer improvements

  • Added option to resolve a permanent reboot prompt when previous installation couldn't be deleted

  • Show an appropriate error when trying to install the ARM version on a non-ARM system or the x64 version on a 32-bit system

  • Warn when trying to install the x64 version on an ARM system

• Show a clearer error message with documentation link when Zotero can't find a running Word instance

• Enable auto-scroll by default on Linux (configurable via general.autoScroll hidden pref)

• Improved handling of bidirectional text

  • Guess item field direction based on the field itself, the item's language field, and the app locale

  • Requires “Enable bidirectional text editing utilities” to be checked in the Advanced pane of the Zotero settings

• Fixed startup error for libraries containing items with DOIs containing certain character sequences

• Removed erroneous horizontal scrollbar in item pane

• Fixed collection name text field closing if editing name during sync

• Fixed two item panes occasionally appearing at the same time

• Fixed item pane notes section not updating after adding note

• Fixed context menu (with Cut/Copy/Paste) not appearing when right-clicking in Add Attachment → Web Link text field

• Fixed blurry creator row buttons on non-HiDPI displays

• Fixed certain wizards (e.g., File → Import) sometimes starting with the wrong title

• Miscellaneous other bug fixes

• Fix Debugger tab of Browser Toolbox not showing Zotero sources when passing d to build_and_run

See the Zotero 7 announcement for more details.

• Major app redesign

  • A beautiful, modern design

  • Dark mode

  • Redesigned item pane with collapsible vertical sections and side navigation bar

  • Customizable item pane header (Title, Title/Creator/Year, Bibliography Entry)

  • Two density options: Compact and Comfortable

  • New app icon

• Much faster performance

• Improved reader

  • Faster PDF handling

  • Support for opening and annotating EPUBs and webpage snapshots

  • Support for creating ink, underline, and text annotations

  • Hovering over a citation or internal link now opens a popup showing the associated reference or figure

  • Annotations can now be resized

  • Support for highlight and underline annotations spanning two pages

  • Basic table-of-contents extraction for Document Outline tab

  • Full functionality is now available in both panes when splitting view

  • Improved compatibility with a wide range of PDFs

• Native support for Apple Silicon Macs

• 64-bit Windows support

  • Better handling of large libraries and files

  • Windows users should reinstall 64-bit Zotero from the download page — existing data won't be affected

• Windows on ARM support

  • Faster performance on ARM PCs, including Copilot+ PCs, as well as when running Windows 11 in a virtual machine on an Apple Silicon Mac

• Improved accessibility

  • Greater support for screen readers

  • Improvements to keyboard navigation

• Faster citing of selected and open items

  • The citation dialog now automatically suggests items selected in Zotero as well as any open items in the built-in reader

  • Can be used as a replacement for the “classic” citation dialog — select an item in Zotero, click Add/Edit Citation, and press Enter/Return

• Restoring of deleted collections and searches from trash

• Collection search

• Open-tabs menu

  • Shows a list of all open tabs, with tab search and fast tab closing/reordering

• Attachment previews

  • For PDFs, EPUBs, webpage snapshots, and images

• Libraries and Collections list

  • New item pane section lists libraries and collections an item is in

  • An alternative to the modifier key

• Customizable file renaming

  • Files can now be renamed according to a much wider array of options

  • Added setting to configure which file types should be automatically renamed

• Improved plugin architecture

  • Restartless loading/unloading

  • Built-in support for common integration points (items-list columns, item-pane sections, settings panes, etc.) for increased stability

  • All existing plugins must be updated for Zotero 7

• Better OS compatibility

  • Follow system dark mode

  • Use system font on macOS

  • Use Wayland on Linux if available

  • Better compatibility with various Linux desktop environments

• Attachment titles are no longer changed to match the filename when manually renaming files from parent metadata

• Improved RTL/bidirectional-text support

• Redesigned settings window with full-text/keyword search

• Retrieve Metadata now works on EPUBs as well as PDFs

• Emoji tags are now displayed in the items list even when not associated with a color

• Added setting to open files in windows instead of tabs

• Added column picker to Advanced Search window

• Added “Add to Dictionary” option in note editor

• Added “Fix Case” text transform to creator context menu for all-uppercase/lowercase names

• Added ability to copy URL of snapshot/link in attachment item pane

• Smarter sentence-casing of titles from item pane (ignore acronyms, mixed case, etc.)

• When importing files, import into current collection if not creating a new collection

• Improved downloading of files from ScienceDirect

  • Zotero will show a CAPTCHA window during a download if necessary

• Feed reader improvements

  • “Feeds” header is now a selectable global view of feed items

  • Support rich-text/graphical abstracts

  • Support additional metadata fields in some feeds

• Added Help → “Restart in Troubleshooting Mode…” for easier troubleshooting

  • Temporarily disables all plugins

• [Mac] Fixed a bug that could cause the Zotero Connector for Safari to stop working after an app update

• [Windows] Version number in “Add or remove programs” is now updated on app update

• PDF indexing no longer requires external executables (pdfinfo/pdftotext)

• Removed “Create Timeline” feature

• Fixed rendering problem that could cause black quarter-circles to appear in PDFs on some systems

• Many additional improvements and bug fixes

For Zotero core and plugin development, see Zotero 7 for Developers.

Also:

• Local HTTP API for accessing Zotero data (details)

• Much simpler build process

• Improved code editor in Style Editor with inline CSL validation

• Improved code editor in Translator Editor within built-in linting

• Automatically load last-opened translator when opening Translator Editor

View the 6.0 changelog