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Activating a special field should not unselect an entry

Open mlep opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

JabRef version

Latest development branch build (please note build date below)

Operating system

GNU / Linux

Details on version and operating system

JabRef 5.7--2022-07-04--438ec5a Linux 4.19.0-21-amd64 amd64 Java 18.0.1 JavaFX 18+12

Checked with the latest development build

  • [X] I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
  • [X] I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

After performing a search, selecting an entry and modifying the status of a special field (relevance, printed, etc.) has the unwanted consequence of unselecting the entry. This does not occur if search is not active.

  1. Open a library (such as https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/main/src/test/resources/testbib/jabref-authors.bib)
  2. In the search field, type in "Alver".
  3. In the entry editor, select an entry (i.e. do a single left click on it)
  4. In the entry editor, click on the "Relevance" icon (or the "Printed" icon) ==> The entry becomes unselected.

Note 1: if you click again on the icon, you can quickly see the entry being selected and then unselected. Note 2: if you do the same without performing the search, it works as expected (the special field is set and the entry is not unselected).

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mlep avatar Jul 07 '22 07:07 mlep

Where exactly do I to click on Relevance or printed? I tried to reproduce, but I don't see a symbol to click.

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ThiloteE avatar Jul 08 '22 16:07 ThiloteE

I forgot that the Relevance and Printed columns are not displayed by default. You have to add them to the entry table in Options -> Preferences -> Entry table.

mlep avatar Jul 25 '22 12:07 mlep