![]() A great addition and more attractive than the light theme, but it is less practical because of the low contrast and lower legibility.It should either stay closed or remember its state when last closed. ![]() When you open JabRef and it opens the last saved bib file, the entry editor opens unasked for.In the dropdown menu on the far right of the editor which allows you to select a tab, the Entry preview tab is not visible in the list - there is just an empty space where the option should be.In the light theme: when you click in a field, the borders disappear.Instead column 1 occupies approx 70% of the space. In my opinion, these should be approx 50% each. The “Optional fields” tab: the fields are in two columns.Please consider those who use JR on a relatively small screen. Important: When you are using the entry editor, the cursor goes to that entry in the entry table (as it should) but, it should also scroll the table so that the current entry is visible just above the entry editor in the list (particularly if you consider the procedure that is needed to autolink a local file, as described above).Particularly if you use a laptop with a small screen. Drag and drop is not always the easiest or most precise way of moving things. I miss the “move” functions for groups that were available in the context menu in 3.x.that I have a complex group structure, 95% of which was originally created in JR 3.8. It is possible that it is related to the problem above, ie. Unfortunately I can’t replicate this error at will - sometimes it happens, sometimes not. When I reopen the library all the groups have disappeared. Numerous times I have updated a group (usually by dragging an entry into it) but when I save, the library won’t save and I am forced to abandon the session. There also appear to be some bugs in the Groups function.If you open a 3.x file in JabRef 5.x, everything seems OK until you save - at which point there is an error, you have to abandon the session, and when you reopen the file all the groups are gone…! It took me two days, and countless corrupted files to work this out. It is necessary to pass via a 4.x version in order to maintain the groups in 5.x without errors. There is an issue importing groups in a bib file that’s in version 3.x into JabRef 5.0. ![]() Or, alternatively, have one button for a local search and one for an online search (there is plenty of room for an extra button).JR searches the local file directory first and autolinks any files that fit – without requesting confirmation (if a file is named like the BibTex key then evidently you want to link it). ![]() I suggest the following procedure when you click on search: In JR 5.x, when you press the Search button, JabRef looks for a copy online but does not look in the designated local file directory. The old manual system of linking files was much better, in my opinion. A small detail which it took me hours to work out. The autolink function will only recognize file types that are defined in the list of “External File Types” in the “External programs” menu. This seems an unecessarily cumbersome procedure. The new features of the autolink function have made it rather cumbersome for linking documents which are already in your documents folder (something I do all the time). I use a small laptop (12" screen) with Windows 10. (I don’t think that they have been mentioned in other posts, but apologies if they have). I have been using JR 5.0 since it came out and these are some of the issues which I would suggest need to be addressed. I would not want my feedback below to give the impression that I do not appreciate this SW. So first of all, many thanks to all those people who have contributed to its development. I have been using JabRef since 2007 and I think it is an excellent tool.
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