Recent Releases of jabref

Added

We added a button in Privacy notice and Mr. DLib Privacy settings notice for hiding related tabs. #11707
We added buttons "Add example entry" and "Import existing PDFs" when a library is empty, making it easier for new users to get started. #12662
In the Open/LibreOffice integration, we added the provision to modify the bibliography title and its format for CSL styles, in the "Select style" dialog. #12663
We added a new Welcome tab which shows a welcome screen if no database is open. #12272
We added F5 as a shortcut key for fetching data and Alt+F as a shortcut for looking up data using DOI. #11802
We added a feature to rename the subgroup, with the keybinding (F2) for quick access. #11896
We added a new functionality that displays a drop-down list of matching suggestions when typing a citation key pattern. #12502
We added a new CLI that supports txt, csv, and console-based output for consistency in BibTeX entries. #11984
We added a new dialog for bibliography consistency check. #11950
We added a feature for copying entries to libraries, available via the context menu, with an option to include cross-references. #12374
We added a new "Copy citation (text)" button in the context menu of the preview. #12551
We added a new "Export to clipboard" button in the context menu of the preview. #12551
We added an integrity check if a URL appears in a title. #12354
We added a feature for enabling drag-and-drop of files into groups #12540
We added support for reordering keywords via drag and drop, automatic alphabetical ordering, and improved pasting and editing functionalities in the keyword editor. #10984
We added a new functionality where author names having multiple spaces in-between will be considered as separate user block as it does for " and ". #12701
We added a set of example questions to guide users in starting meaningful AI chat interactions. #12702
We added support for loading and displaying BibTeX .blg warnings in the Check integrity dialog, with custom path selection and metadata persistence. #11998
We added an option to choose whether to open the file explorer in the files directory or in the last opened directory when attaching files. #12554
We enhanced support for parsing XMP metadata from PDF files. #12829
We added a "Preview" header in the JStyles tab in the "Select style" dialog, to make it consistent with the CSL styles tab. #12838
We added automatic PubMed URL insertion when importing from PubMed if no URL is present. #12832
We added a "LTWA" abbreviation feature in the "Quality > Abbreviate journal names > LTWA" menu #12273
We added path validation to file directories in library properties dialog. #11840
We now support usage of custom CSL styles in the Open/LibreOffice integration. #12337
We added support for citation-only CSL styles which don't specify bibliography formatting. #12996

Changed

We reordered the settings in the 'Entry editor' tab in preferences. #11707
Added "$" to the citation key generator preferences default list of characters to remove #12536
We changed the message displayed in the Integrity Check Progress dialog to "Waiting for the check to finish...". #12694
We moved the "Generate a new key for imported entries" option from the "Web search" tab to the "Citation key generator" tab in preferences. #12436
We improved the offline parsing of BibTeX data from PDF-documents. #12278
The tab bar is now hidden when only one library is open. #9971
We renamed "Rename file to a given name" to "Rename files to configured filename format pattern" in the entry editor. #12587
We renamed "Move DOIs from note and URL field to DOI field and remove http prefix" to "Move DOIs from 'note' field and 'URL' field to 'DOI' field and remove http prefix" in the Cleanup entries. #12587
We renamed "Move preprint information from 'URL' and 'journal' field to the 'eprint' field" to "Move preprint information from 'URL' field and 'journal' field to the 'eprint' field" in the Cleanup entries. #12587
We renamed "Move URL in note field to url field" to "Move URL in 'note' field to 'URL' field" in the Cleanup entries. #12587
We renamed "Rename PDFs to given filename format pattern" to "Rename files to configured filename format pattern" in the Cleanup entries. #12587
We renamed "Rename only PDFs having a relative path" to "Only rename files that have a relative path" in the Cleanup entries. #12587
We renamed "Filename format pattern: " to "Filename format pattern (from preferences)" in the Cleanup entries. #12587
When working with CSL styles in LibreOffice, citing with a new style now updates all other citations in the document to have the currently selected style. #12472
We improved the user comments field visibility so that it remains displayed if it contains text. Additionally, users can now easily toggle the field on or off via buttons unless disabled in preferences. #11021
The LibreOffice integration for CSL styles is now more performant. #12472
The "automatically sync bibliography when citing" feature of the LibreOffice integration is now disabled by default (can be enabled in settings). #12472
For the Citation key generator patterns, we reverted how [authorsAlpha] would behave to the original pattern and renamed the LNI-based pattern introduced in V6.0-alpha to [authorsAlphaLNI]. #12499
We keep the list of recent files if one files could not be found. #12517
During the import process, the labels indicating individual paragraphs within an abstract returned by PubMed/Medline XML are preserved. #12527
We changed the "Copy Preview" button to "Copy citation (html) in the context menu of the preview. #12551
Pressing Tab in empty text fields of the entry editor now moves the focus to the next field instead of inserting a tab character. #11938
The embedded PostgresSQL server for the search now supports Linux and macOS ARM based distributions natively #12607
We disabled the search and group fields in the sidebar when no library is opened. #12657
We removed the obsolete Twitter link and added Mastodon and LinkedIn links in Help -> JabRef resources. #12660
We improved the Check Integrity dialog entry interaction so that a single click focuses on the corresponding entry and a double-click both focuses on the entry and closes the dialog. #12245
We improved journal abbreviation lookup with fuzzy matching to handle minor input errors and variations. #12467
We changed the phrase "Cleanup entries" to "Clean up entries". #12703
A tooltip now appears after 300ms (instead of 2s). #12649
We improved search in preferences and keybindings. #12647
We improved the performance of the LibreOffice integration when inserting CSL citations/bibliography. #12851
'Affected fields' and 'Do not wrap when saving' are now displayed as tags. #12550
We revamped the UI of the Select Style dialog (in the LibreOffice panel) for CSL styles. #12951
We reduced the delay in populating the list of CSL styles in the Select Style dialog of the LibreOffice panel. #12951

Fixed

We fixed an issue where pasted entries would sometimes end up in the search bar instead of the main table #12910
We fixed an issue where warning signs were improperly positioned next to text fields containing capital letters. #12884
We fixed an issue where the drag'n'drop functionality in entryeditor did not work #12561
We fixed an issue where the F4 shortcut key did not work without opening the right-click context menu. #6101
We fixed an issue where the file renaming dialog was not resizable and its size was too small for long file names. #12518
We fixed an issue where the name of the untitled database was shown as a blank space in the right-click context menu's "Copy to" option. #12459
We fixed an issue where the F3 shortcut key did not work without opening the right-click context menu. #12417
We fixed an issue where a bib file with UFF-8 charset was wrongly loaded with a different charset forum#5369
We fixed an issue where new entries were inserted in the middle of the table instead of at the end. #12371
We fixed an issue where removing the sort from the table did not restore the original order. #12371
We fixed an issue where citation keys containing superscript (^) and subscript (_) characters in text mode were incorrectly flagged by the integrity checker. #12391
We fixed an issue where JabRef icon merges with dark background #7771
We fixed an issue where an entry's group was no longer highlighted on selection #12413
We fixed an issue where BibTeX Strings were not included in the backup file #12462
We fixed an issue where mixing JStyle and CSL style citations in LibreOffice caused two separate bibliography sections to be generated. #12262
We fixed an issue in the LibreOffice integration where the formatting of text (e.g. superscript) was lost when using certain numeric CSL styles. melting-pot#772
We fixed an issue where CSL style citations with citation keys having special characters (such as hyphens, colons or slashes) would not be recognized as valid by JabRef. forum#5431
We fixed an issue where the [authorsAlpha] pattern in Citation key generator would not behave as per the user documentation. #12312
We fixed an issue where import at "Search for unlinked local files" would re-add already imported files. #12274
We fixed an issue where month values 21–24 (ISO 8601-2019 season codes) in Biblatex date fields were not recognized as seasons during parsing. #12437
We fixed an issue where migration of "Search groups" would fail with an exception when the search query is invalid. #12555
We fixed an issue where not all linked files from BibDesk in the field bdsk-file-... were parsed. #12555
We fixed an issue where it was possible to select "Search for unlinked local files" for a new (unsaved) library. #12558
We fixed an issue where user-defined keyword separator does not apply to Merge Groups. #12535
We fixed an issue where duplicate items cannot be removed correctly when merging groups or keywords. #12585
We fixed an issue where JabRef displayed an incorrect deletion notification when canceling entry deletion #12645
We fixed an issue where JabRef displayed an incorrect deletion notification when canceling entry deletion. #12645
We fixed an issue where JabRref wrote wrong field names into the PDF. #12833
We fixed an issue where an exception would occur when running abbreviate journals for multiple entries. #12634
We fixed an issue Where JabRef displayed an inconsistent search results for date-related queries#12296
We fixed an issue where JabRef displayed dropdown triangle in wrong place in "Search for unlinked local files" dialog #12713
We fixed an issue where JabRef would not open if an invalid external journal abbreviation path was encountered. #12776
We fixed a bug where LaTeX commands were not removed from filenames generated using the [bibtexkey] - [fulltitle] pattern. #12188
We fixed an issue where JabRef interface would not properly refresh after a group removal. #11487
We fixed an issue where valid DOI could not be imported if it had special characters like < or >. #12434
We fixed an issue where JabRef displayed an "unknown format" message when importing a .bib file, preventing the associated groups from being imported as well. #11025
We fixed an issue where the tooltip only displayed the first linked file when hovering. #12470
We fixed an issue where JabRef would crash when trying to display an entry in the Citation Relations tab that had right to left text. #12410
We fixed an issue where some texts in the "Citation Information" tab and the "Preferences" dialog could not be translated. #12883
We fixed an issue where file names were missing the citation key according to the filename format pattern after import. #12556
We fixed an issue where downloading PDFs from URLs to empty entries resulted in meaningless filenames like "-.pdf". #12917
We fixed an issue where pasting a PDF URL into the main table caused an import error instead of creating a new entry. #12911
We fixed an issue where libraries would sometimes be hidden when closing tabs with the Welcome tab open. #12894
We fixed an issue with deleting entries in large libraries that caused it to take a long time. #8976
We fixed an issue where "Reveal in file explorer" option was disabled for newly saved libraries until reopening the file. #12722

Removed

"Web of Science" journal abbreviation list was removed. abbrv.jabref.org#176

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Added

We added a Markdown export layout. #12220
We added a "view as BibTeX" option before importing an entry from the citation relation tab. #11826
We added support finding LaTeX-encoded special characters based on plain Unicode and vice versa. #11542
When a search hits a file, the file icon of that entry is changed accordingly. #11542
We added an AI-based chat for entries with linked PDF files. #11430
We added an AI-based summarization possibility for entries with linked PDF files. #11430
We added an AI section in JabRef's preferences. #11430
We added AI providers: OpenAI, Mistral AI, Hugging Face and Google. #11430, #11736
We added AI providers: Ollama and GPT4All, which add the possibility to use local LLMs privately on your own device. #11430, #11870
We added support for selecting and using CSL Styles in JabRef's OpenOffice/LibreOffice integration for inserting bibliographic and in-text citations into a document. #2146, #8893
We added "Tools > New library based on references in PDF file" ... to create a new library based on the references section in a PDF file. #11522
When converting the references section of a paper (PDF file), more than the last page is treated. #11522
Added the functionality to invoke offline reference parsing explicitly. #11565
The dialog for adding an entry using reference text is now filled with the clipboard contents as default. #11565
Added minimal support for biblatex data annotation fields in .layout files. #11505
Added saving of selected options in the Lookup -> Search for unlinked local files dialog. #11439
We enabled creating a new file link manually. #11017
We added a toggle button to invert the selected groups. #9073
We reintroduced the floating search in the main table. #4237
We improved cleanup of arXiv IDs in distributed in the fields note, version, institution, and eid fields. #11306
We added a switch not to store the linked file URL, because it caused troubles at other apps. #11735
When starting a new SLR, the selected catalogs now persist within and across JabRef sessions. koppor#614
We added support for drag'n'drop on an entry in the maintable to an external application to get the entry preview dropped. #11846
We added the functionality to double click on a LaTeX citation to jump to the respective line in the LaTeX editor. #11996
We added a different background color to the search bar to indicate when the search syntax is wrong. #11658
We added a setting which always adds the literal "Cited on pages" text before each JStyle citation. #11691
We added a new plain citation parser that uses LLMs. #11825
We added support for langid field for biblatex libraries. #10868
We added support for modifier keys when dropping a file on an entry in the main table. #12001
We added an importer for SSRN URLs. #12021
We added a compare button to the duplicates in the citation relations tab to open the "Possible duplicate entries" window. #11192
We added automatic browser extension install on Windows for Chrome and Edge. #6076
We added support to automatically open a .bib file in the current/parent folder if no other library is opened. koppor#377
We added a search bar for filtering keyboard shortcuts. #11686
We added new modifiers camel_case, camel_case_n, short_title, and very_short_title for the citation key generator. #11367
By double clicking on a local citation in the Citation Relations Tab you can now jump the linked entry. #11955
We use the menu icon for background tasks as a progress indicator to visualise an import's progress when dragging and dropping several PDF files into the main table. #12072
The PDF content importer now supports importing title from upto the second page of the PDF. #12139

Changed

A search in "any" fields ignores the groups. #7996
When a communication error with an online service occurs, JabRef displays the HTTP error. #11223
The Pubmed/Medline Plain importer now imports the PMID field as well #11488
The 'Check for updates' menu bar button is now always enabled. #11485
JabRef respects the configuration for storing files relative to the .bib file in more cases. #11492
JabRef does not show finished background tasks in the status bar popup. #11821
We enhanced the indexing speed. #11502
When dropping a file into the main table, after copy or move, the file is now put in the configured directory and renamed according to the configured patterns. #12001
⚠️ Renamed command line parameters embeddBibfileInPdf to embedBibFileInPdf, writeMetadatatoPdf to writeMetadataToPdf, and writeXMPtoPdf to writeXmpToPdf. #11575
The browse button for a Custom theme now opens in the directory of the current used CSS file. #11597
The browse button for a Custom exporter now opens in the directory of the current used exporter file. #11717
⚠️ We relaxed the escaping requirements for bracketed patterns, which are used for the citaton key generator and filename and directory patterns. One only needs to write \" if a quote sign should be escaped. All other escapings are not necessary (and working) any more. #11967
When importing BibTeX data starging from on a PDF, the XMP metadata takes precedence over Grobid data. #11992
JabRef now uses TLS 1.2 for all HTTPS connections. #11852
We improved the functionality of getting BibTeX data out of PDF files. #11999
We improved the display of long messages in the integrity check dialog. #11619
We improved the undo/redo buttons in the main toolbar and main menu to be disabled when there is nothing to undo/redo. #8807
We improved the DOI detection in PDF imports. #11782
We improved the performance when pasting and importing entries in an existing library. #11843
When fulltext search is selected but indexing is deactivated, a dialog is now shown asking if the user wants to enable indexing now #9491
We changed instances of 'Search Selected' to 'Search Pre-configured' in Web Search Preferences UI. #11871
We added a new CSS style class main-table for the main table. #11881
When renaming a file, the old extension is now used if there is none provided in the new name. #11903
When importing a file using "Find Unlinked Files", when one or more file directories are available, the file path will be relativized where possible koppor#549
We added minimum window sizing for windows dedicated to creating new entries #11944
We changed the name of the library-based file directory from 'General File Directory' to 'Library-specific File Directory' per issue. #571
We changed the defualt unwanted charachters in the citation key generator and allow a dash (-) and colon (:) being part of a citation key. #12144
The CitationKey column is now a default shown column for the entry table. #10510
We disabled the actions "Open Terminal here" and "Reveal in file explorer" for unsaved libraries. #11920
JabRef now opens the corresponding directory in the library properties when "Browse" is clicked. #12223
We changed the icon for macOS to be more consistent with Apple's Guidelines #8443

Fixed

We fixed an issue where certain actions were not disabled when no libraries were open. #11923
We fixed an issue where the "Check for updates" preference was not saved. #11485
We fixed an issue where an exception was thrown after changing "show preview as a tab" in the preferences. #11515
We fixed an issue where JabRef put file paths as absolute path when an entry was created using drag and drop of a PDF file. #11173
We fixed an issue that online and offline mode for new library creation were handled incorrectly. #11565
We fixed an issue with colors in the search bar when dark theme is enabled. #11569
We fixed an issue with query transformers (JStor and others). #11643
We fixed an issue where a new unsaved library was not marked with an asterisk. #11519
We fixed an issue where JabRef starts without window decorations. #11440
We fixed an issue where the entry preview highlight was not working when searching before opening the entry editor. #11659
We fixed an issue where text in Dark mode inside "Citation information" was not readable. #11512
We fixed an issue where the selection of an entry in the table lost after searching for a group. #3176
We fixed the non-functionality of the option "Automatically sync bibliography when inserting citations" in the OpenOffice panel, when enabled in case of JStyles. #11684
We fixed an issue where the library was not marked changed after a migration. #11542
We fixed an issue where rebuilding the full-text search index was not working. #11374
We fixed an issue where the progress of indexing linked files showed an incorrect number of files. #11378
We fixed an issue where the full-text search results were incomplete. #8626
We fixed an issue where search result highlighting was incorrectly highlighting the boolean operators. #11595
We fixed an issue where search result highlighting was broken at complex searches. #8067
We fixed an exception when searching for unlinked files. #11731
We fixed an issue with the link to the full text at the BVB fetcher. #11852
We fixed an issue where two contradicting notifications were shown when cutting an entry in the main table. #11724
We fixed an issue where unescaped braces in the arXiv fetcher were not treated. #11704
We fixed an issue where HTML instead of the fulltext pdf was downloaded when importing arXiv entries. #4913
We fixed an issue where the keywords and crossref fields were not properly focused. #11177
We fixed handling of \" in bracketed patterns containing a RegEx. #11967
We fixed an issue where the Undo/Redo buttons were active even when all libraries are closed. #11837
We fixed an issue where recently opened files were not displayed in the main menu properly. #9042
We fixed an issue where the DOI lookup would show an error when a DOI was found for an entry. #11850
We fixed an issue where Tab cannot be used to jump to next field in some single-line fields. #11785
We fixed an issue where the "Do not ask again" checkbox was not working, when asking for permission to use Grobid koppor#556.
We fixed an issue where we display warning message for moving attached open files. #10121
We fixed an issue where it was not possible to select selecting content of other user's comments.#11106
We fixed an issue when handling URLs containing a pipe (|) character. #11876
We fixed an issue where web search preferences "Custom API key" table modifications not discarded. #11925
We fixed an issue when opening attached files in extra file columns. #12005
We fixed an issue where trying to open a library from a failed mounted directory on Mac would cause an error. #10548
We fixed an issue when the preview was out of sync. #9172
We fixed an issue where identifier paste couldn't work with Unicode REPLACEMENT CHARACTER. #11986
We fixed an issue when click on entry at "Check Integrity" wasn't properly focusing the entry and field. #11997
We fixed an issue with the ui not scaling when changing the font size #11219
We fixed an issue where a custom application for external file types would not be saved #112311
We fixed an issue where a file that no longer exists could not be deleted from an entry using keyboard shortcut #9731

Removed

We removed the description of search strings. #11542
We removed support for importing using the SilverPlatterImporter (Record INSPEC). #11576
We removed support for automatically generating file links using the CLI (--automaticallySetFileLinks).

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Added

We made new groups automatically to focus upon creation. #11449

Fixed

We fixed an issue where JabRef was no longer built for Intel based macs (x86) #11468
We fixed usage when using running on Snapcraft. #11465
We fixed detection for soffice.exe on Windows. #11478
We fixed an issue where saving preferences when importing preferences on first run in a snap did not work forum#4399

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Added

We added support for offline extracting references from PDFs following the IEEE format. #11156
We added a new keyboard shortcut ctrl + , to open the preferences. #11154
We added value selection (such as for month) for content selectors in custom entry types. #11109
We added a duplicate checker for the Citation Relations tab. #10414
We added tooltip on main table cells that shows cell content or cell content and entry preview if set in preferences. 10925
Added a formatter to remove word enclosing braces. #11222
We added the ability to add a keyword/crossref when typing the separator character (e.g., comma) in the keywords/crossref fields. #11178
We added an exporter and improved the importer for Endnote XML format. #11137
We added support for using BibTeX Style files (BST) in the Preview. #11102
We added support for automatically update LaTeX citations when a LaTeX file is created, removed, or modified. #10585

Changed

We replaced the word "Key bindings" with "Keyboard shortcuts" in the Preferences tab. #11153
We slightly improved the duplicate check if ISBNs are present. #8885
JabRef no longer downloads HTML files of websites when a PDF was not found. #10149
We added the HTTP message (in addition to the response code) if an error is encountered. #11341
We made label wrap text to fit view size when reviewing external group changes. #11220

Fixed

We fixed an issue where entry type with duplicate fields prevented opening existing libraries with custom entry types. #11127
We fixed an issue where Markdown rendering removed braces from the text. #10928
We fixed an issue when the file was flagged as changed on disk in the case of content selectors or groups. #9064
We fixed crash on opening the entry editor when auto-completion is enabled. #11188
We fixed the usage of the key binding for "Clear search" (default: Escape). #10764
We fixed an issue where library shown as unsaved and marked (*) after accepting changes made externally to the file. #11027
We fixed an issue where drag and dropping entries from one library to another was not always working. #11254
We fixed an issue where drag and dropping entries created a shallow copy. #11160
We fixed an issue where imports to a custom group would only work for the first entry #11085, #11269
We fixed an issue when cursor jumped to the beginning of the line. #5904
We fixed an issue where a new entry was not added to the selected group #8933
We fixed an issue where the horizontal position of the Entry Preview inside the entry editor was not remembered across restarts #11281
We fixed an issue where the search index was not updated after linking PDF files. #11317
We fixed rendering of (first) author with a single letter surname. forum#4330
We fixed that the import of the related articles tab sometimes used the wrong library mode. #11282
We fixed an issue where the entry editor context menu was not shown correctly when JabRef is opened on a second, extended screen #11323, #11174
We fixed an issue where the value of "Override default font settings" was not applied on startup #11344
We fixed an issue when "Library changed on disk" appeared after a save by JabRef. #4877
We fixed an issue where the Pubmed/Medline Plain importer would not respect the user defined keyword separator #11413
We fixed an issue where the value of "Override default font settings" was not applied on startup #11344
We fixed an issue where DatabaseChangeDetailsView was not scrollable when reviewing external metadata changes #11220
We fixed undo/redo for text fields. #11420
We fixed an issue where clicking on a page number in the search results tab opens a wrong file in the document viewer. #11432

Removed

We removed the misleading message "Doing a cleanup for X entries" when opening the Cleanup entries dialog #11463

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Added

We converted the "Custom API key" list to a table to be more accessible. #10926
We added a "refresh" button for the LaTeX citations tab in the entry editor. #10584
We added the possibility to show the BibTeX source in the web search import screen. #560
We added a fetcher for ISIDORE, simply paste in the link into the text field or the last 6 digits in the link that identify that paper. #10423
When importing entries form the "Citation relations" tab, the field cites is now filled according to the relationship between the entries. #10572
We added a new integrity check and clean up option for strings having Unicode characters not encoded in Unicode "Normalization Form Canonical Composition" (NFC). #10506
We added a new group icon column to the main table showing the icons of the entry's groups. #10801
When deleting an entry, the files linked to the entry are now optionally deleted as well. #10509
We added support to move the file to the system trash (instead of deleting it). #10591
We added ability to jump to an entry in the command line using -j CITATIONKEY. koppor#540
We added a new boolean to the style files for Openoffice/Libreoffice integration to switch between ZEROWIDTHSPACE (default) and no space. #10843
When pasting HTML into the abstract or a comment field, the hypertext is automatically converted to Markdown. #10558
We added the possibility to redownload files that had been present but are no longer in the specified location. #10848
We added the citation key pattern [camelN]. Equivalent to the first N words of the [camel] pattern.
We added importing of static groups and linked files from BibDesk .bib files. #10381
We added ability to export in CFF (Citation File Format) #10661.
We added ability to push entries to TeXworks. #3197
We added the ability to zoom in and out in the document viewer using Ctrl + Scroll. #10964
We added a Cleanup for removing non-existent files and grouped the related options #10929
We added the functionality to parse the bibliography of PDFs using the GROBID online service. #10200
We added a seperated search bar for the global search window. #11032
We added ability to double-click on an entry in the global search window to select the corresponding entry in the main table. #11010
We added support for BibTeX String constants during copy & paste between libraries. #10872
We added the field langid which is important for hyphenation and casing in LaTeX. #10868
Event log entries can now be copied via a context menu. #11100

Changed

The "Automatically open folders of attached files" preference default status has been changed to enabled on Windows. koppor#56
The Custom export format now uses the custom DOI base URI in the preferences for the DOICheck, if activated forum#4084
The index directories for full text search have now more readable names to increase debugging possibilities using Apache Lucense's Lurk. #10193
The fulltext search also indexes files ending with .pdf (but do not having an explicit file type set). #10193
We changed the arrangement of the lists in the "Citation relations" tab. Cites are now on the left and Cited by on the right #10572
Sub libraries based on aux file can now also be generated if some citations are not found library. #10775
We rearranged the tab order in the entry editor and renamed the "Scite Tab" to "Citation information". #10821
We changed the duplicate handling in the Import entries dialog. Potential duplicate entries are marked with an icon and importing will now trigger the merge dialog #10914
We made the command "Push to TexShop" more robust to allow cite commands with a character before the first slash. forum#2699
We only show the notification "Saving library..." if the library contains more than 2000 entries. #9803
JabRef now keeps previous log files upon start. #11023
When normalizing author names, complete enclosing braces are kept. #10031
We enhanced the dialog for adding new fields in the content selector with a selection box containing a list of standard fields. #10912
We store the citation relations in an LRU cache to avoid bloating the memory and out-of-memory exceptions. #10958
Keywords field are now displayed as tags. #10910
Citation relations now get more information, and have quick access to view the articles in a browser without adding them to the library #10869
Importer/Exporter for CFF format now supports JabRef cites and related relationships, as well as all fields from the CFF specification. #10993
The XMP-Exporter no longer writes the content of the file-field. #11083
We added notes, checks and warnings for the case of selection of non-empty directories while starting a new Systematic Literature Review. #600
Text in the import dialog (web search results) will now be wrapped to prevent horizontal scrolling. #10931
We improved the error handling when invalid bibdesk-files are encountered #11117

Fixed

We fixed an issue where the fulltext search button in entry editor used to disappear on click till the search is completed. #10425
We fixed an issue where attempting to cancel the importing/generation of an entry from id is ignored. #10508
We fixed an issue where the preview panel showing the wrong entry (an entry that is not selected in the entry table). #9172
We fixed an issue where HTML-reserved characters like '&' and '<', in addition to HTML entities like '&' were not rendered correctly in entry preview. #10677
The last page of a PDF is now indexed by the full text search. #10193
The entry editor respects the configured custom tabs when showing "Other fields". #11012
The default owner of an entry can be changed again. #10924
We fixed an issue where the duplicate check did not take umlauts or other LaTeX-encoded characters into account. #10744
We fixed the colors of the icon on hover for unset special fields. #10431
We fixed an issue where the CrossRef field did not work if autocompletion was disabled #8145
In biblatex mode, JabRef distinguishes between "Optional fields" and "Optional fields 2" again. #11022
We fixed an issue where exporting@electronic and @online entry types to the Office XMl would duplicate the field title #10807
We fixed an issue where the CommentsTab was not properly formatted when the defaultOwner contained capital or special letters. #10870
We fixed an issue where the File -> Close library menu item was not disabled when no library was open. #10948
We fixed an issue where the Document Viewer would show the PDF in only half the window when maximized. #10934
Clicking on the crossref and related tags in the entry editor jumps to the linked entry. #5484 #9369
We fixed an issue where JabRef could not parse absolute file paths from Zotero exports. #10959
We fixed an issue where an exception occured when toggling between "Live" or "Locked" in the internal Document Viewer. #10935
When fetching article information fom IEEE Xplore, the em dash is now converted correctly. koppor#286
Fixed an issue on Windows where the browser extension reported failure to send an entry to JabRef even though it was sent properly. JabRef-Browser-Extension#493
Fixed an issue on Windows where TeXworks path was not resolved if it was installed with MiKTeX. #10977
We fixed an issue with where JabRef would throw an error when using MathSciNet search, as it was unable to parse the fetched JSON coreectly. 10996
We fixed an issue where the "Import by ID" function would throw an error when a DOI that contains URL-encoded characters was entered. #10648
We fixed an issue with handling of an "overflow" of authors at [authIniN]. #11087
We fixed an issue where an exception occurred when selecting entries in the web search results. #11081
When a new library is unsaved, there is now no warning when fetching entries with PDFs. #11075
We fixed an issue where the message "The libary has been modified by another program" occurred when editing library metadata and saving the library. #4877

Removed

We removed the predatory journal checks due to a high rate of false positives. #11066

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Added

We added a scite.ai tab in the entry editor that retrieves 'Smart Citation' tallies for citations that have a DOI. koppor#375
We added a dropdown menu to let users change the reference library during AUX file import. #10472
We added a button to let users reset the cite command to the default value. #10569
We added the option to use System Preference for Light/Dark Theme #8729.
We added scholar.archive.org as a new fetcher. #10498
We integrated predatory journal checking as part of the Integrity Checker based on the check-bib-for-predatory. koppor#348
We added a 'More options' section in the main table right click menu opening the preferences dialog. #9432
When creating a new group, it inherits the icon of the parent group. #10521

Changed

We moved the location of the 'Open only one instance of JabRef' preference option from "Network" to "General". #9306
The two previews in the change resolver dialog now have their scrollbars synchronized. #9576.
We changed the setting of the keyword separator to accept a single character only. #177
We replaced "SearchAll" in Web Search by "Search Selected". #10556
Short DOI formatter now checks, if the value is already formatted. If so, it returns the value instead of calling the ShortDOIService again. #10589
We upgraded to JavaFX 21.0.1. As a consequence JabRef requires now macOS 11 or later and GTK 3.8 or later on Linux 10627.
A user-specific comment fields is not enabled by default, but can be enabled using the "Add" button. #10424
We upgraded to Lucene 9.9 for the fulltext search. The search index will be rebuild. #10686
When using "Copy..." -> "Copy citation key", the delimiter configured at "Push applications" is respected. #10707

Fixed

We fixed an issue where the added protected term has unwanted leading and trailing whitespaces, where the formatted text has unwanted empty brackets and where the word at the cursor in the textbox can be added to the list. #10415
We fixed an issue where in the merge dialog the file field of entries was not correctly merged when the first and second entry both contained values inside the file field. #10572
We fixed some small inconsistencies in the user interface. #10507 #10458 #10660
We fixed the issue where the Hayagriva YAML exporter would not include a parent field for the publisher/series. #10596
We fixed issues in the external file type dialog w.r.t. duplicate entries in the case of a language switch. #10271
We fixed an issue where the right-click action "Copy cite..." did not respect the configured citation command under "External Programs" -> "Push Applications" #10615

Removed

We removed duplicate filtering and sorting operations in the MainTable when editing BibEntries. #10619

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Added

We added the ability to sort subgroups in Z-A order, as well as by ascending and descending number of subgroups. #10249
We added the possibility to find (and add) papers that cite or are cited by a given paper. #6187
We added an error-specific message for when a download from a URL fails. #9826
We added support for customizing the citation command (e.g., [@key1,@key2]) when pushing to external applications. #10133
We added an integrity check for more special characters. #8712
We added protected terms described as "Computer science". #10222
We added a link "Get more themes..." in the preferences to that points to themes.jabref.org allowing the user to download new themes. #10243
We added a fetcher for LOBID resources. koppor#386
When in biblatex mode, the integrity check for journal titles now also checks the field journal.
We added support for exporting to Hayagriva YAML format. #10382
We added support for pushing citations to TeXShop on macOS forum#2699.
We added the 'Bachelor's thesis' type for Biblatex's 'Thesis' EntryType #10029.

Changed

The export formats listrefs, tablerefs, tablerefsabsbib, now use the ISO date format in the footer #10383.
When searching for an identifier in the "Web search", the title of the search window is now "Identifier-based Web Search". #10391
The ampersand checker now skips verbatim fields (file, url, ...). #10419
If no existing document is selected for exporting "XMP annotated pdf" JabRef will now create a new PDF file with a sample text and the metadata. #10102
We modified the DOI cleanup to infer the DOI from an ArXiV ID if it's present. #10426
The ISI importer uses the field comment for notes (instead of `review). #10478
If no existing document is selected for exporting "Embedded BibTeX pdf" JabRef will now create a new PDF file with a sample text and the metadata. #10101
Translated titles format no longer raise a warning. #10459
We re-added the empty grey containers in the groups panel to keep an indicator for the current selected group, if displaying of group item count is turned off #9972

Fixed

We fixed an issue where "Move URL in note field to url field" in the cleanup dialog caused an exception if no note field was present forum#3999
It is possible again to use "current table sort order" for the order of entries when saving. #9869
Passwords can be stored in GNOME key ring. #10274
We fixed an issue where groups based on an aux file could not be created due to an exception #10350
We fixed an issue where the JabRef browser extension could not communicate with JabRef under macOS due to missing files. You should use the .pkg for the first installation as it updates all necessary files for the extension #10308
We fixed an issue where the ISBN fetcher returned the entrytype misc for certain ISBN numbers #10348
We fixed a bug where an exception was raised when saving less than three export save orders in the preference. #10157
We fixed an issue where it was possible to create a group with no name or with a group separator inside the name #9776
Biblatex's journaltitle is now also respected for showing the journal information. #10397
JabRef does not hang anymore when exporting via CLI. #10380
We fixed an issue where it was not possible to save a library on a network share under macOS due to an exception when acquiring a file lock #10452
We fixed an issue where exporting "XMP annotated pdf" without selecting an existing document would produce an exception. #10102
We fixed an issue where the "Enabled" column in the "Protected terms files" tab in the preferences could not be resized #10285
We fixed an issue where after creation of a new library, the new library was not focused. koppor#592
We fixed an issue where double clicking on an url in the file field would trigger an exception instead of opening the browser #10480
We fixed an issue where scrolling was impossible on dragging a citation on the groups panel. #9754
We fixed an issue where exporting "Embedded BibTeX pdf" without selecting an existing document would produce an exception. #10101
We fixed an issue where there was a failure to access the url link for "eprint" for the ArXiv entry.#10474
We fixed an issue where it was not possible to connect to a shared database once a group with entries was added or other metadata modified #10336
We fixed an issue where middle-button paste in X not always worked #7905

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Added

We added a field showing the BibTeX/biblatex source for added and deleted entries in the "External Changes Resolver" dialog. #9509
We added user-specific comment field so that multiple users can make separate comments. #543
We added a search history list in the search field's right click menu. #7906
We added a full text fetcher for IACR eprints. #9651
We added "Attach file from URL" to right-click context menu to download and store a file with the reference library. #9646
We enabled updating an existing entry with data from InspireHEP. #9351
We added a fetcher for the Bibliotheksverbund Bayern (experimental). #9641
We added support for more biblatex date formats for parsing dates. #2753
We added support for multiple languages for exporting to and importing references from MS Office. #9699
We enabled scrolling in the groups list when dragging a group on another group. #2869
We added the option to automatically download online files when a new entry is created from an existing ID (e.g., DOI). The option can be disabled in the preferences under "Import and Export". #9756
We added a new Integrity check for unescaped ampersands. koppor#585
We added support for parsing $\backslash$ in file paths (as exported by Mendeley). forum#3470
We added the possibility to automatically fetch entries when an ISBN is pasted on the main table. #9864
We added the option to disable the automatic linking of files in the entry editor #5105
We added the link icon for ISBNs in linked identifiers column. #9819
We added key binding to focus on groups alt + s #9863
We added the option to unprotect a text selection, which strips all pairs of curly braces away. #9950
We added drag and drop events for field 'Groups' in entry editor panel. #569
We added support for parsing MathML in the Medline importer. #4273
We added the ability to search for an identifier (DOI, ISBN, ArXiv ID) directly from 'Web Search'. #7575 #9674
We added a cleanup activity that identifies a URL or a last-visited-date in the note field and moves it to the url and urldate field respectively. koppor#216
We enabled the user to change the name of a field in a custom entry type by double-clicking on it. #9840
We added some preferences options to disable online activity. #10064
We integrated two mail actions ("As Email" and "To Kindle") under a new "Send" option in the right-click & Tools menus. The Kindle option creates an email targeted to the user's Kindle email, which can be set in preferences under "External programs" #6186
We added an option to clear recent libraries' history. #10003
We added an option to encrypt and remember the proxy password. #8055 #10044
We added support for showing journal information, via info buttons next to the Journal and ISSN fields in the entry editor. #6189
We added support for pushing citations to Sublime Text 3 #10098
We added support for the Finnish language. #10183
We added the option to automatically replaces illegal characters in the filename when adding a file to JabRef. #10182
We added a privacy policy. #10064
We added a tooltip to show the number of entries in a group #10208

Changed

We replaced "Close" by "Close library" and placed it after "Save all" in the File menu. #10043
We upgraded to Lucene 9.7 for the fulltext search. The search index will be rebuild. #9584
'Get full text' now also checks the file url. #568
JabRef writes a new backup file only if there is a change. Before, JabRef created a backup upon start. #9679
We modified the Add Group dialog to use the most recently selected group hierarchical context. #9141
We refined the 'main directory not found' error message. #9625
JabRef writes a new backup file only if there is a change. Before, JabRef created a backup upon start. #9679
Backups of libraries are not stored per JabRef version, but collected together. #9676
We streamlined the paths for logs and backups: The parent path fragment is always logs or backups.
log.txt now contains an entry if a BibTeX entry could not be parsed.
log.txt now contains debug messages. Debugging needs to be enabled explicitly. #9678
log.txt does not contain entries for non-found files during PDF indexing. #9678
The hostname is now determined using environment variables (COMPUTERNAME/HOSTNAME) first. #9910
We improved the Medline importer to correctly import ISO dates for revised. #9536
To avoid cluttering of the directory, We always delete the .sav file upon successful write. #9675
We improved the unlinking/deletion of multiple linked files of an entry using the Delete key. #9473
The field names of customized entry types are now exchanged preserving the case. #9993
We moved the custom entry types dialog into the preferences dialog. #9760
We moved the manage content selectors dialog to the library properties. #9768
We moved the preferences menu command from the options menu to the file menu. #9768
We reworked the cross ref labels in the entry editor and added a right click menu. #10046
We reorganized the order of tabs and settings in the library properties. #9836
We changed the handling of an "overflow" of authors at [authIniN]: JabRef uses + to indicate an overflow. Example: [authIni2] produces A+ (instead of AB) for Aachen and Berlin and Chemnitz. #9703
We moved the preferences option to open the last edited files on startup to the 'General' tab. #9808
We improved the recognition of DOIs when pasting a link containing a DOI on the maintable. #9864
We reordered the preferences dialog. #9839
We split the 'Import and Export' tab into 'Web Search' and 'Export'. #9839
We moved the option to run JabRef in memory stick mode into the preferences dialog toolbar. #9866
In case the library contains empty entries, they are not written to disk. #8645
The formatter remove_unicode_ligatures is now called replace_unicode_ligatures. #9890
We improved the error message when no terminal was found. #9607
In the context of the "systematic literature functionality", we changed the name "database" to "catalog" to use a separate term for online catalogs in comparison to SQL databases. #9951
We now show more fields (including Special Fields) in the dropdown selection for "Save sort order" in the library properties and for "Export sort order" in the preferences. #10010
We now encrypt and store the custom API keys in the OS native credential store. #10044
We changed the behavior of group addition/edit, so that sorting by alphabetical order is not performed by default after the modification. #10017
We fixed an issue with spacing in the cleanup dialogue. #10081
The GVK fetcher now uses the new K10plus database. #10189

Fixed

We fixed an issue where clicking the group expansion pane/arrow caused the node to be selected, when it should just expand/detract the node. #10111
We fixed an issue where the browser import would add ' characters before the BibTeX entry on Linux. #9588
We fixed an issue where searching for a specific term with the DOAB fetcher lead to an exception. #9571
We fixed an issue where the "Import" -> "Library to import to" did not show the correct library name if two opened libraries had the same suffix. #9567
We fixed an issue where the rpm-Version of JabRef could not be properly uninstalled and reinstalled. #9558, #9603
We fixed an issue where the command line export using --exportMatches flag does not create an output bib file. #9581
We fixed an issue where custom field in the custom entry types could not be set to mulitline. #9609
We fixed an issue where the Office XML exporter did not resolve BibTeX-Strings when exporting entries. forum#3741
We fixed an issue where the Merge Entries Toolbar configuration was not saved after hitting 'Merge Entries' button. #9091
We fixed an issue where the password is stored in clear text if the user wants to use a proxy with authentication. #8055
JabRef is now more relaxed when parsing field content: In case a field content ended with \, the combination \} was treated as plain }. #9668
We resolved an issue that cut off the number of group entries when it exceeded four digits. #8797
We fixed the issue where the size of the global search window was not retained after closing. #9362
We fixed an issue where the Global Search UI preview is still white in dark theme. #9362
We fixed the double paste issue when Cmd + v is pressed on 'New entry from plaintext' dialog. #9367
We fixed an issue where the pin button on the Global Search dialog was located at the bottom and not at the top. #9362
We fixed the log text color in the event log console when using dark mode. #9732
We fixed an issue where searching for unlinked files would include the current library's .bib file. #9735
We fixed an issue where it was no longer possible to connect to a shared mysql database due to an exception. #9761
We fixed an issue where an exception was thrown for the user after Ctrl+Z command. #9737
We fixed the citation key generation for [authors], [authshort], [authorsAlpha], [authIniN], [authEtAl], [auth.etal] to handle and others properly. koppor#626
We fixed the Save/save as file type shows BIBTEX_DB instead of "Bibtex library". #9372
We fixed the default main file directory for non-English Linux users. #8010
We fixed an issue when overwriting the owner was disabled. #9896
We fixed an issue regarding recording redundant prefixes in search history. #9685
We fixed an issue where passing a URL containing a DOI led to a "No entry found" notification. #9821
We fixed some minor visual inconsistencies and issues in the preferences dialog. #9866
The order of save actions is now retained. #9890
We fixed an issue where the order of save actions was not retained in the bib file. #9890
We fixed an issue in the preferences 'External file types' tab ignoring a custom application path in the edit dialog. #9895
We fixed an issue in the preferences where custom columns could be added to the entry table with no qualifier. #9913
We fixed an issue where the encoding header in a bib file was not respected when the file contained a BOM (Byte Order Mark). #9926
We fixed an issue where cli help output for import and export format was inconsistent. koppor#429
We fixed an issue where the user could select multiple conflicting options for autocompletion at once. #10181
We fixed an issue where no preview could be generated for some entry types and led to an exception. #9947
We fixed an issue where the Linux terminal working directory argument was malformed and therefore ignored upon opening a terminal #9953
We fixed an issue under Linux where under some systems the file instead of the folder was opened. #9607
We fixed an issue where an Automatic Keyword Group could not be deleted in the UI. #9778
We fixed an issue where the citation key pattern [edtrN_M] returned the wrong editor. #9946
We fixed an issue where empty grey containers would remain in the groups panel, if displaying of group item count is turned off. #9972
We fixed an issue where fetching an ISBN could lead to application freezing when the fetcher did not return any results. #9979
We fixed an issue where closing a library containing groups and entries caused an exception #9997
We fixed a bug where the editor for strings in a bibliography file did not sort the entries by their keys #10083
We fixed an issues where clicking on the empty space of specific context menu entries would not trigger the associated action. #8388
We fixed an issue where JabRef would not remember whether the window was in fullscreen. #4939
We fixed an issue where the ACM Portal search sometimes would not return entries for some search queries when the article author had no given name. #10107
We fixed an issue that caused high CPU usage and a zombie process after quitting JabRef because of author names autocompletion. #10159
We fixed an issue where files with illegal characters in the filename could be added to JabRef. #10182
We fixed that checked-out radio buttons under "specified keywords" were not displayed as checked after closing and reopening the "edit group" window. #10248
We fixed that when editing groups, checked-out properties such as case sensitive and regular expression (under "Free search expression") were not displayed checked. #10108

Removed

We removed the support of BibTeXML. #9540
We removed support for Markdown syntax for strikethrough and task lists in comment fields. #9726
We removed the options menu, because the two contents were moved to the File menu or the properties of the library. #9768
We removed the 'File' tab in the preferences and moved its contents to the 'Export' tab. #9839
We removed the "Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies" fetcher the websits is no longer available. #6638

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Added

We added a dropdown menu to let users change the library they want to import into during import. #6177
We added the possibility to add/remove a preview style from the selected list using a double click. #9490
We added the option to define fields as "multine" directly in the custom entry types dialog. #6448

Changed

We changed database structure: in MySQL/MariaDB we renamed tables by adding a JABREF_ prefix, and in PGSQL we moved tables in jabref schema. We added VersionDBStructure variable in METADATA table to indicate current version of structure, this variable is needed for automatic migration. #9312
We moved some preferences options to a new tab in the preferences dialog. #9442
We renamed "Medline abbreviation" to "dotless abbreviation". #9504
We now have more "dots" in the offered journal abbreviations. #9504
We now disable the button "Full text search" in the Searchbar by default #9527

Fixed

The tab "deprecated fields" is shown in biblatex-mode only. #7757
In case a journal name of an IEEE journal is abbreviated, the "normal" abbreviation is used - and not the one of the IEEE BibTeX strings. abbrv#91
We fixed a performance issue when loading large lists of custom journal abbreviations. #8928
We fixed an issue where the last opened libraries were not remembered when a new unsaved library was open as well. #9190
We fixed an issue where no context menu for the group "All entries" was present. forum#3682
We fixed an issue where extra curly braces in some fields would trigger an exception when selecting the entry or doing an integrity check. #9475, #9503
We fixed an issue where entering a date in the format "YYYY/MM" in the entry editor date field caused an exception. #9492
For portable versions, the .deb file now works on plain debian again. #9472
We fixed an issue where the download of linked online files failed after an import of entries for certain urls. #9518
We fixed an issue where an exception occured when manually downloading a file from an URL in the entry editor. #9521

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Added

We integrated a new three-way merge UI for merging entries in the Entries Merger Dialog, the Duplicate Resolver Dialog, the Entry Importer Dialog, and the External Changes Resolver Dialog. #8945
We added the ability to merge groups, keywords, comments and files when merging entries. #9022
We added a warning message next to the authors field in the merge dialog to warn users when the authors are the same but formatted differently. #8745
The default file directory of a library is used as default directory for unlinked file lookup. koppor#546
The properties of an existing systematic literature review (SLR) can be edited. koppor#604
An systematic literature review (SLR) can now be started from the SLR itself. #9131, koppor#601
On startup, JabRef notifies the user if there were parsing errors during opening.
We added support for the field fjournal (in @article) for abbreviation and unabbreviation functionalities. #321
In case a backup is found, the filename of the backup is shown and one can navigate to the file. #9311
We added support for the Ukrainian and Arabic languages. #9236, #9243

Changed

We improved the Citavi Importer to also import so called Knowledge-items into the field comment of the corresponding entry #9025
We modified the change case sub-menus and their corresponding tips (displayed when you stay long over the menu) to properly reflect exemplified cases. #9339
We call backup files .bak and temporary writing files now .sav.
JabRef keeps 10 older versions of a .bib file in the user data dir (instead of a single .sav (now: .bak) file in the directory of the .bib file)
We improved the External Changes Resolver dialog to be more usaable. #9021
We simplified the actions to fast-resolve duplicates to 'Keep Left', 'Keep Right', 'Keep Both' and 'Keep Merged'. #9056
The fallback directory of the file folder now is the general file directory. In case there was a directory configured for a library and this directory was not found, JabRef placed the PDF next to the .bib file and not into the general file directory.
The global default directory for storing PDFs is now the documents folder in the user's home.
When adding or editing a subgroup it is placed w.r.t. to alphabetical ordering rather than at the end. koppor#577
Groups context menu now shows appropriate options depending on number of subgroups. koppor#579
We modified the "Delete file" dialog and added the full file path to the dialog text. The file path in the title was changed to file name only. koppor#534
Download from URL now automatically fills with URL from clipboard. koppor#535
We added HTML and Markdown files to Find Unlinked Files and removed BibTeX. koppor#547
ArXiv fetcher now retrieves additional data from related DOIs (both ArXiv and user-assigned). #9170
We modified the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) fetcher so that it will now also fetch the ISBN when possible. #8708
Genres are now mapped correctly to entry types when importing MODS files. #9185
We changed the button label from "Return to JabRef" to "Return to library" to better indicate the purpose of the action.
We changed the color of found text from red to high-contrast colors (background: yellow; font color: purple). koppor#552
We fixed an issue where the wrong icon for a successful import of a bib entry was shown. #9308
We changed the messages after importing unlinked local files to past tense. koppor#548
In the context of the Cleanup dialog we changed the text of the conversion of BibTeX to biblatex (and vice versa) to make it more clear. koppor#545
We removed wrapping of string constants when writing to a .bib file.
In the context of a systematic literature review (SLR), a user can now add arbitrary data into study.yml. JabRef just ignores this data. #9124
In the context of a systematic literature review (SLR), we reworked the "Define study" parameters dialog. #9123
We upgraded to Lucene 9.4 for the fulltext search. The search index will be rebuild. #9213
We disabled the "change case" menu for empty fields. #9214
We disabled the conversion menu for empty fields. #9200

Fixed

We fixed an issue where applied save actions on saving the library file would lead to the dialog "The library has been modified by another program" popping up. #4877
We fixed issues with save actions not correctly loaded when opening the library. #9122
We fixed the behavior of "Discard changes" when reopening a modified library. #9361
We fixed several bugs regarding the manual and the autosave of library files that could lead to exceptions. #9067, #8448, #8746, #6684, #6644, #6102, #6002
We fixed an issue where pdfs were re-indexed on each startup. #9166
We fixed an issue when using an unsafe character in the citation key, the auto-linking feature fails to link files. #9267
We fixed an issue where a message about changed metadata would occur on saving although nothing changed. #9159
We fixed an issue where the possibility to generate a subdatabase from an aux file was writing empty files when called from the commandline. #9115, forum#3516
We fixed an issue where author names with tilde accents (for example ñ) were marked as "Names are not in the standard BibTeX format". #8071
We fixed an issue where capitalize didn't capitalize words after hyphen characters. #9157
We fixed an issue where title case didn't capitalize words after en-dash characters and skip capitalization of conjunctions that comes after en-dash characters. #9068,#9142
We fixed an issue with the message that is displayed when fetcher returns an empty list of entries for given query. #9195
We fixed an issue where editing entry's "date" field in library mode "biblatex" causes an uncaught exception. #8747
We fixed an issue where importing from XMP would fail for certain PDFs. #9383
We fixed an issue that JabRef displayed the wrong group tree after loading. koppor#637
We fixed that sorting of entries in the maintable by special fields is updated immediately. #9334
We fixed the display of issue, number, eid and pages fields in the entry preview. #8607, #8372, Koppor#514, forum#2390, forum#3462
We fixed the page ranges checker to detect article numbers in the pages field (used at Check Integrity). #8607
The HtmlToLaTeXFormatter keeps single < characters.
We fixed a performance regression when opening large libraries. #9041
We fixed a bug where spaces are trimmed when highlighting differences in the Entries merge dialog. koppor#371
We fixed some visual glitches with the linked files editor field in the entry editor and increased its height. #8823
We fixed some visual inconsistencies (round corners of highlighted buttons). #8806
We fixed an issue where JabRef would not exit when a connection to a LibreOffice document was established previously and the document is still open. #9075
We fixed an issue about selecting the save order in the preferences. #9175
We fixed an issue where an exception when fetching a DOI was not logged correctly. koppor#627
We fixed an issue where a user could not open an attached file in a new unsaved library. #9386
We fixed a typo within a connection error message. koppor#625
We fixed an issue where journal abbreviations would not abbreviate journal titles with escaped ampersands (\&). #8948
We fixed the readability of the file field in the dark theme. #9340
We fixed an issue where the 'close dialog' key binding was not closing the Preferences dialog. #8888
We fixed an issue where a known journal's medline/dot-less abbreviation does not switch to the full name. #9370
We fixed an issue where hitting enter on the search field within the preferences dialog closed the dialog. koppor#630
We fixed the "Cleanup entries" dialog is partially visible. #9223
We fixed an issue where font size preferences did not apply correctly to preference dialog window and the menu bar. #8386 and #9279
We fixed the display of the "Customize Entry Types" dialog title. #9198
We fixed an issue where the CSS styles are missing in some dialogs. #9150
We fixed an issue where controls in the preferences dialog could outgrow the window. #9017

Removed

We removed "last-search-date" from the systematic literature review feature, because the last-search-date can be deducted from the git logs. #9116
We removed the CiteseerX fetcher, because the API used by JabRef is sundowned. #9466

- Java
Published by calixtus about 3 years ago

Added

We added a fetcher for Biodiversity Heritage Library. 8539
We added support for multiple messages in the snackbar. #7340
We added an extra option in the 'Find Unlinked Files' dialog view to ignore unnecessary files like Thumbs.db, DS_Store, etc. koppor#373
JabRef now writes log files. Linux: $home/.cache/jabref/logs/version, Windows: %APPDATA%\..\Local\harawata\jabref\version\logs, Mac: Users/.../Library/Logs/jabref/version
We added an importer for Citavi backup files, support ".ctv5bak" and ".ctv6bak" file formats. #8322
We added a feature to drag selected entries and drop them to other opened inactive library tabs koppor521.
We added support for the biblatex-apa legal entry types Legislation, Legadminmaterial, Jurisdiction, Constitution and Legal #8931

Changed

The file column in the main table now shows the corresponding defined icon for the linked file 8930.
We improved the color of the selected entries and the color of the summary in the Import Entries Dialog in the dark theme. #7927
We upgraded to Lucene 9.3 for the fulltext search. Thus, the now created search index cannot be read from older versions of JabRef anylonger. ⚠️ JabRef will recreate the index in a new folder for new files and this will take a long time for a huge library. Moreover, switching back and forth JabRef versions and meanwhile adding PDFs also requires rebuilding the index now and then. #8868
We improved the Latex2Unicode conversion #8639
Writing BibTeX data into a PDF (XMP) removes braces. #8452
Writing BibTeX data into a PDF (XMP) does not write the file field.
Writing BibTeX data into a PDF (XMP) considers the configured keyword separator (and does not use "," as default any more)
The Medline/Pubmed search now also supports the default fields and operators for searching. forum#3554
We improved group expansion arrow that prevent it from activating group when expanding or collapsing. #7982, #3176
When configured SSL certificates changed, JabRef warns the user to restart to apply the configuration.
We improved the appearances and logic of the "Manage field names & content" dialog, and renamed it to "Automatic field editor". #6536
We improved the message explaining the options when modifying an automatic keyword group #8911
We moved the preferences option "Warn about duplicates on import" option from the tab "File" to the tab "Import and Export". koppor#570
When JabRef encounters % Encoding: UTF-8 header, it is kept during writing (and not removed). #8964
We replace characters which cannot be decoded using the specified encoding by a (probably another) valid character. This happens if JabRef detects the wrong charset (e.g., UTF-8 instead of Windows 1252). One can use the Integrity Check to find those characters.

Fixed

We fixed an issue where the user could not rate an entry in the main table when an entry was not yet ranked. #5842
We fixed an issue that caused JabRef to sometimes open multiple instances when "Remote Operation" is enabled. #8653
We fixed an issue where linked files with the filetype "application/pdf" in an entry were not shown with the correct PDF-Icon in the main table 8930
We fixed an issue where "open folder" for linked files did not open the folder and did not select the file unter certain Linux desktop environments #8679, #8849
We fixed an issue where the content of a big shared database library is not shown #8788
We fixed the unnecessary horizontal scroll bar in group panel #8467
We fixed an issue where the notification bar message, icon and actions appeared to be invisible. #8761
We fixed an issue where deprecated fields tab is shown when the fields don't contain any values. #8396
We fixed an issue where an exception for DOI search occurred when the DOI contained urlencoded characters. #8787
We fixed an issue which allow us to select and open identifiers from a popup list in the maintable #8758, 8802
We fixed an issue where the escape button had no functionality within the "Filter groups" textfield. koppor#562
We fixed an issue where the exception that there are invalid characters in filename. #8786
When the proxy configuration removed the proxy user/password, this change is applied immediately.
We fixed an issue where removing several groups deletes only one of them. #8390
We fixed an issue where the Sidepane (groups, web search and open office) width is not remembered after restarting JabRef. #8907
We fixed a bug where switching between themes will cause an error/exception. #8939
We fixed a bug where files that were deleted in the source bibtex file were kept in the index. #8962
We fixed "Error while sending to JabRef" when the browser extension interacts with JabRef. JabRef-Browser-Extension#479
We fixed a bug where updating group view mode (intersection or union) requires re-selecting groups to take effect. #6998
We fixed a bug that prevented external group metadata changes from being merged. #8873
We fixed the shared database opening dialog to remember autosave folder and tick. #7516

Removed

We removed the social media buttons for our Twitter and Facebook pages. #8774

- Java
Published by calixtus over 3 years ago

Added

We enabled the user to customize the API Key for some fetchers. #6877
We added an extra option when right-clicking an entry in the Entry List to copy either the DOI or the DOI url.
We added a fetcher for Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) 8576
We added an extra option to ask the user whether they want to open to reveal the folder holding the saved file with the file selected. #8195
We added a new section to network preferences to allow using custom SSL certificates. #8126
We improved the version check to take also beta version into account and now redirect to the right changelog for the version.
We added two new web and fulltext fetchers: SemanticScholar and ResearchGate.
We added notifications on success and failure when writing metadata to a PDF-file. #8276
We added a cleanup action that escapes $ (by adding a backslash in front). #8673

Changed

We upgraded to Lucene 9.1 for the fulltext search. Thus, the now created search index cannot be read from older versions of JabRef anylonger. ⚠️ JabRef will recreate the index in a new folder for new files and this will take a long time for a huge library. Moreover, switching back and forth JabRef versions and meanwhile adding PDFs also requires rebuilding the index now and then. #8362
We changed the list of CSL styles to those that support formatting bibliographies. #8421 citeproc-java#116
The CSL preview styles now also support displaying data from cross references entries that are linked via the crossref field. #7378
We made the Search button in Web Search wider. We also skewed the panel titles to the left. #8397
We introduced a preference to disable fulltext indexing. #8468
When exporting entries, the encoding is always UTF-8.
When embedding BibTeX data into a PDF, the encoding is always UTF-8.
We replaced the OttoBib fetcher by a fetcher by OpenLibrary. #8652
We first fetch ISBN data from OpenLibrary, if nothing found, ebook.de is tried.
We now only show a warning when exiting for tasks that will not be recovered automatically upon relaunch of JabRef. #8468

Fixed

We fixed an issue where right clicking multiple entries and pressing "Change entry type" would only change one entry. #8654
We fixed an issue where it was no longer possible to add or delete multiple files in the file field in the entry editor. #8659
We fixed an issue where the author's lastname was not used for the citation key generation if it started with a lowercase letter. #8601
We fixed an issue where custom "Protected terms" files were missing after a restart of JabRef. #8608
We fixed an issue where JabRef could not start due to a missing directory for the fulltex index. #8579
We fixed an issue where long article numbers in the pages field would cause an exception and preventing the citation style to display. #8381, citeproc-java
We fixed an issue where online links in the file field were not detected correctly and could produce an exception. #8150
We fixed an issue where an exception could occur when saving the preferences #7614
We fixed an issue where "Copy DOI url" in the right-click menu of the Entry List would just copy the DOI and not the DOI url. #8389
We fixed an issue where opening the console from the drop-down menu would cause an exception. #8466
We fixed an issue when reading non-UTF-8 encoded. When no encoding header is present, the encoding is now detected from the file content (and the preference option is disregarded). #8417
We fixed an issue where pasting a URL was replacing + signs by spaces making the URL unreachable. #8448
We fixed an issue where creating subsidiary files from aux files created with some versions of biblatex would produce incorrect results. #8513
We fixed an issue where opening the changelog from withing JabRef led to a 404 error. #8563
We fixed an issue where not all found unlinked local files were imported correctly due to some race condition. #8444
We fixed an issue where Merge entries dialog exceeds screen boundaries.
We fixed an issue where the app lags when selecting an entry after a fresh start. #8446
We fixed an issue where no citationkey was generated on import, pasting a doi or an entry on the main table. 8406, koppor#553
We fixed an issue where accent search does not perform consistently. #6815
We fixed an issue where the incorrect entry was selected when "New Article" is pressed while search filters are active. #8674

Removed

We removed the option to copy CSL Citation styles data as XSL_FO, ASCIIDOC, and RTF as these have not been working since a long time and are no longer supported in the external library used for processing the styles. #7378
We removed the option to configure the default encoding. The default encoding is now hard-coded to the modern UTF-8 encoding.

- Java
Published by calixtus almost 4 years ago

Changed

We integrated the external file types dialog directly inside the preferences. #8341
We disabled the add group button color change after adding 10 new groups. #8051
We inverted the logic for resolving BibTeX strings. This helps to keep # chars. By default String resolving is only activated for a couple of standard fields. The list of fields can be modified in the preferences. #7010, #7102, #8303
We moved the search box in preview preferences closer to the available citation styles list. #8370
Changing the preference to show the preview panel as a separate tab now has effect without restarting JabRef. #8370
We enabled switching themes in JabRef without the need to restart JabRef. #7335

Fixed

We fixed an issue where the preferences for "Search and store files relative to library file location" where ignored when the "Main file directory" field was not empty #8385
We fixed an issue where #chars in certain fields would be interpreted as BibTeX strings #7010, #7102, #8303
We fixed an issue where the fulltext search on an empty library with no documents would lead to an exception koppor#522
We fixed an issue where clicking on "Accept changes" in the merge dialog would lead to an exception forum#2418
We fixed an issue where clicking on headings in the entry preview could lead to an exception. #8292
We fixed an issue where IntegrityCheck used the system's character encoding instead of the one set by the library or in preferences #8022
We fixed an issue about empty metadata in library properties when called from the right click menu. #8358
We fixed an issue where someone could add a duplicate field in the customize entry type dialog. #8194
We fixed a typo in the library properties tab: "String constants". There, one can configure BibTeX string constants.
We fixed an issue when writing a non-UTF-8 encoded file: The header is written again. #8417

- Java
Published by Siedlerchr about 4 years ago

Added

We added confirmation dialog when user wants to close a library where any empty entires are detected. #8096
We added import support for CFF files. #7945
We added the option to copy the DOI of an entry directly from the context menu copy submenu. #7826
We added a fulltext search feature. #2838
We improved the deduction of bib-entries from imported fulltext pdfs. #7947
We added unprotect_terms to the list of bracketed pattern modifiers #7826
We added a dialog that allows to parse metadata from linked pdfs. #7929
We added an icon picker in group edit dialog. #6142
We added a preference to Opt-In to JabRef's online metadata extraction service (Grobid) usage. #8002
We readded the possibility to display the search results of all databases ("Global Search"). It is shown in a separate window. #4096
We readded the possibility to keep the search string when switching tabs. It is implemented by a toggle button. #4096
We allowed the user to also preview the available citation styles in the preferences besides the selected ones #8108
We added an option to search the available citation styles by name in the preferences #8108
We added an option to generate bib-entries from ID through a popover in the toolbar. #4183
We added a menu option in the right click menu of the main table tabs to display the library properties. #6527
When a .bib file ("library") was saved successfully, a notification is shown

Changed

Local library settings may overwrite the setting "Search and store files relative to library file location" #8179
The option "Fit table horizontally on screen" in the "Entry table" preferences is now disabled by default #8148
We improved the preferences and descriptions in the "Linked files" preferences tab #8148
We slightly changed the layout of the Journal tab in the preferences for ui consistency. #7937
The JabRefHost on Windows now writes a temporary file and calls -importToOpen instead of passing the bibtex via -importBibtex. #7374, JabRef Browser Ext #274
We reordered some entries in the right-click menu of the main table. #6099
We merged the barely used ImportSettingsTab and the CustomizationTab in the preferences into one single tab and moved the option to allow Integers in Edition Fields in Bibtex-Mode to the EntryEditor tab. #7849
We moved the export order in the preferences from File to Import and Export. #7935
We reworked the export order in the preferences and the save order in the library preferences. You can now set more than three sort criteria in your library preferences. #7935
The metadata-to-pdf actions now also embeds the bibfile to the PDF. #8037
The snap was updated to use the core20 base and to use lzo compression for better startup performance #8109
We moved the union/intersection view button in the group sidepane to the left of the other controls. #8202
We improved the Drag and Drop behavior in the "Customize Entry Types" Dialog #6338
When determining the URL of an ArXiV eprint, the URL now points to the version #8149
We Included all standard fields with citation key when exporting to Old OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc Format #8176
In case the database is encoded with UTF8, the % Encoding marker is not written anymore
The written .bib file has the same line endings #390
The written .bib file always has a final line break
The written .bib file keeps the newline separator of the loaded .bib file
We present options to manually enter an article or return to the New Entry menu when the fetcher DOI fails to find an entry for an ID #7870
We trim white space and non-ASCII characters from DOI #8127
The duplicate checker now inspects other fields in case no difference in the required and optional fields are found.
We reworked the library properties dialog and integrated the Library > Preamble, Library > Citation key pattern and Library > String constants dialogs #8264
We improved the startup time of JabRef by switching from the logging library log4j2 to tinylog #8007

Fixed

We fixed an issue where an exception occurred when pasting an entry with a publication date-range of the form 1910/1917 #7864
We fixed an issue where an exception occured when a preview style was edited and afterwards another preview style selected. #8280
We fixed an issue where the actions to move a file to a directory were incorrectly disabled. #7908
We fixed an issue where an exception occurred when a linked online file was edited in the entry editor #8008
We fixed an issue when checking for a new version when JabRef is used behind a corporate proxy. #7884
We fixed some icons that were drawn in the wrong color when JabRef used a custom theme. #7853
We fixed an issue where the Aux file on Edit group doesn't support relative sub-directories path to import. #7719.
We fixed an issue where it was impossible to add or modify groups. #7912
We fixed an issue about the visible side pane components being out of sync with the view menu. #8115
We fixed an issue where the side pane would not close when all its components were closed. #8082
We fixed an issue where exported entries from a Citavi bib containing URLs could not be imported #7892
We fixed an issue where the icons in the search bar had the same color, toggled as well as untoggled. #8014
We fixed an issue where typing an invalid UNC path into the "Main file directory" text field caused an error. #8107
We fixed an issue where "Open Folder" didn't select the file on macOS in Finder #8130
We fixed an issue where importing PDFs resulted in an uncaught exception #8143
We fixed "The library has been modified by another program" showing up when line breaks change #4877
The default directory of the "LaTeX Citations" tab is now the directory of the currently opened database (and not the directory chosen at the last open file dialog or the last database save) koppor#538
When writing a bib file, the NegativeArraySizeException should not occur #8231 #8265
We fixed an issue where some menu entries were available without entries selected. #4795
We fixed an issue where right-clicking on a tab and selecting close will close the focused tab even if it is not the tab we right-clicked #8193
We fixed an issue where selecting a citation style in the preferences would sometimes produce an exception #7860
We fixed an issue where an exception would occur when clicking on a DOI link in the preview pane #7706
We fixed an issue where XMP and embedded BibTeX export would not work #8278
We fixed an issue where the XMP and embedded BibTeX import of a file containing multiple schemas failed #8278
We fixed an issue where writing embedded BibTeX import fails due to write protection or bibtex already being present #8332
We fixed an issue where pdf-paths and the pdf-indexer could get out of sync #8182
We fixed an issue where Status-Logger error messages appeared during the startup of JabRef #5475

Removed

We removed two orphaned preferences options #8164
We removed the functionality of the --debug commandline options. Use the java command line switch -Dtinylog.level=debug for debug output instead. #8226

- Java
Published by Siedlerchr about 4 years ago

Added

We added a progress counter to the title bar in Possible Duplicates dialog window. #7366
We added new "Customization" tab to the preferences which includes option to choose a custom address for DOI access. #7337
We added zbmath to the public databases from which the bibliographic information of an existing entry can be updated. #7437
We showed to the find Unlinked Files Dialog the date of the files' most recent modification. #4652
We added to the find Unlinked Files function a filter to show only files based on date of last modification (Last Year, Last Month, Last Week, Last Day). #4652
We added to the find Unlinked Files function a filter that sorts the files based on the date of last modification(Sort by Newest, Sort by Oldest First). #4652
We added the possibility to add a new entry via its zbMath ID (zbMATH can be chosen as ID type in the "Select entry type" window). #7202
We added the extension support and the external application support (For Texshow, Texmaker and LyX) to the flatpak #7248
We added some symbols and keybindings to the context menu in the entry editor. #7268
We added keybindings for setting and clearing the read status. #7264
We added two new fields to track the creation and most recent modification date and time for each entry. koppor#130
We added a feature that allows the user to copy highlighted text in the preview window. #6962
We added a feature that allows you to create new BibEntry via paste arxivId #2292
We added support for conducting automated and systematic literature search across libraries and git support for persistence #369
We added a add group functionality at the bottom of the side pane. #4682
We added a feature that allows the user to choose whether to trust the target site when unable to find a valid certification path from the file download site. #7616
We added a feature that allows the user to open all linked files of multiple selected entries by "Open file" option. #6966
We added a keybinding preset for new entries. #7705
We added a select all button for the library import function. #7786
We added a search feature for journal abbreviations. #7804
We added auto-key-generation progress to the background task list. #7267
We added the option to write XMP metadata to pdfs from the CLI. 7814

Changed

The export to MS Office XML now exports the author field as Inventor if the bibtex entry type is patent #7830
We changed the EndNote importer to import the field label to the corresponding bibtex field endnote-label forum#2734
The keywords added via "Manage content selectors" are now displayed in alphabetical order. #3791
We improved the "Find unlinked files" dialog to show import results for each file. #7209
The content of the field timestamp is migrated to creationdate. In case one configured "udpate timestampe", it is migrated to modificationdate. koppor#130
The JabRef specific meta-data content in the main field such as priorities (prio1, prio2, ...) are migrated to their respective fields. They are removed from the keywords. #6840
We fixed an issue where groups generated from authors' last names did not include all entries of the authors' #5833
The export to MS Office XML now uses the month name for the field MonthAcessed instead of the two digit number #7354
We included some standalone dialogs from the options menu in the main preference dialog and fixed some visual issues in the preferences dialog. #7384
We improved the linking of the python3 interpreter via the shebang to dynamically use the systems default Python. Related to JabRef-Browser-Extension #177
Automatically found pdf files now have the linking button to the far left and uses a link icon with a plus instead of a briefcase. The file name also has lowered opacity(70%) until added. #3607
We simplified the select entry type form by splitting it into two parts ("Recommended" and "Others") based on internal usage data. #6730
We improved the submenu list by merging the'Remove group' having two options, with or without subgroups. #4682
The export to MS Office XML now uses the month name for the field Month instead of the two digit number forum#2685
We reintroduced missing default keybindings for new entries. #7346 #7439
Lists of available fields are now sorted alphabetically. #7716
The tooltip of the search field explaining the search is always shown. #7279
We rewrote the ACM fetcher to adapt to the new interface. #5804
We moved the select/collapse buttons in the unlinked files dialog into a context menu. #7383
We fixed an issue where journal abbreviations containing curly braces were not recognized #7773

Fixed

We fixed an isuse where some texts (e.g. descriptionss) in dialogs could not be translated #7854
We fixed an issue where import hangs for ris files with "ER - " #7737
We fixed an issue where getting bibliograhpic data from DOI or another identifer did not respect the library mode (BibTeX/biblatex)#1018
We fixed an issue where importing entries would not respect the library mode (BibTeX/biblatex)#1018
We fixed an issue where an exception occured when importing entries from a web search #7606
We fixed an issue where the table column sort order was not properly stored and resulted in unsorted eports #7524
We fixed an issue where the value of the field school or institution would be printed twice in the HTML Export forum#2634
We fixed an issue preventing to connect to a shared database. #7570
We fixed an issue preventing files from being dragged & dropped into an empty library. #6851
We fixed an issue where double-click onto PDF in file list under the 'General' tab section should just open the file. #7465
We fixed an issue where the dark theme did not extend to a group's custom color picker. #7481
We fixed an issue where choosing the fields on which autocompletion should not work in "Entry editor" preferences had no effect. #7320
We fixed an issue where the "Normalize page numbers" formatter did not replace en-dashes or em-dashes with a hyphen-minus sign. #7239
We fixed an issue with the style of highlighted check boxes while searching in preferences. #7226
We fixed an issue where the option "Move file to file directory" was disabled in the entry editor for all files #7194
We fixed an issue where application dialogs were opening in the wrong display when using multiple screens #7273
We fixed an issue where the "Find unlinked files" dialog would freeze JabRef on importing. #7205
We fixed an issue where the "Find unlinked files" would stop importing when importing a single file failed. #7206
We fixed an issue where JabRef froze for a few seconds in MacOS when DNS resolution timed out. #7441
We fixed an issue where an exception would be displayed for previewing and preferences when a custom theme has been configured but is missing #7177
We fixed an issue where URLs in file fields could not be handled on Windows. #7359
We fixed an issue where the regex based file search miss-interpreted specific symbols. #4342
We fixed an issue where the Harvard RTF exporter used the wrong default file extension. 4508
We fixed an issue where the Harvard RTF exporter did not use the new authors formatter and therefore did not export "organization" authors correctly. 4508
We fixed an issue where the field urldate was not exported to the corresponding fields YearAccessed, MonthAccessed, DayAccessed in MS Office XML #7354
We fixed an issue where the password for a shared SQL database was only remembered if it was the same as the username #6869
We fixed an issue where some custom exports did not use the new authors formatter and therefore did not export authors correctly #7356
We fixed an issue where alt+keyboard shortcuts do not work #6994
We fixed an issue about the file link editor did not allow to change the file name according to the default pattern after changing an entry. #7525
We fixed an issue where the file path is invisible in dark theme. #7382
We fixed an issue where the secondary sorting is not working for some special fields. #7015
We fixed an issue where changing the font size makes the font size field too small. #7085
We fixed an issue with TexGroups on Linux systems, where the modification of an aux-file did not trigger an auto-update for TexGroups. Furthermore, the detection of file modifications is now more reliable. #7412
We fixed an issue where the Unicode to Latex formatter produced wrong results for characters with a codepoint higher than Character.MAX_VALUE. #7387
We fixed an issue where a non valid value as font size results in an uncaught exception. #7415
We fixed an issue where "Merge citations" in the Openoffice/Libreoffice integration panel did not have a corresponding opposite. #7454
We fixed an issue where drag and drop of bib files for opening resulted in uncaught exceptions #7464
We fixed an issue where columns shrink in width when we try to enlarge JabRef window. #6818
We fixed an issue where Content selector does not seem to work for custom fields. #6819
We fixed an issue where font size of the preferences dialog does not update with the rest of the GUI. #7416
We fixed an issue in which a linked online file consisting of a web page was saved as an invalid pdf file upon being downloaded. The user is now notified when downloading a linked file results in an HTML file. #7452
We fixed an issue where opening BibTex file (doubleclick) from Folder with spaces not working. #6487
We fixed the header title in the Add Group/Subgroup Dialog box. #4682
We fixed an issue with saving large .bib files #7265
We fixed an issue with very large page numbers #7590
We fixed an issue where the file extension is missing on saving the library file on linux #7451
We fixed an issue with opacity of disabled icon-buttons #7195
We fixed an issue where journal abbreviations in UTF-8 were not recognized #5850
We fixed an issue where the article title with curly brackets fails to download the arXiv link (pdf file). #7633
We fixed an issue with toggle of special fields does not work for sorted entries #7016
We fixed an issue with the default path of external application. #7641
We fixed an issue where urls must be embedded in a style tag when importing EndNote style Xml files. Now it can parse url with or without a style tag. #6199
We fixed an issue where the article title with colon fails to download the arXiv link (pdf file). #7660
We fixed an issue where the keybinding for delete entry did not work on the main table 7580
We fixed an issue where the RFC fetcher is not compatible with the draft 7305
We fixed an issue where duplicate files (both file names and contents are the same) is downloaded and add to linked files #6197
We fixed an issue where changing the appearance of the preview tab did not trigger a restart warning. #5464
We fixed an issue where editing "Custom preview style" triggers exception. #7526
We fixed the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System fetcher. #7867
We fixed an issue where a title with multiple applied formattings in EndNote was not imported correctly forum#2734
We fixed an issue where a report in EndNote was imported as article forum#2734
We fixed an issue where the field publisher in EndNote was not imported in JabRef forum#2734

Removed

We removed add group button beside the filter group tab. #4682

- Java
Published by koppor over 4 years ago

Added

We added a validation to check if the current database location is shared, preventing an exception when Pulling Changes From Shared Database. #6959
We added a query parser and mapping layer to enable conversion of queries formulated in simplified lucene syntax by the user into api queries. #6799
We added some basic functionality to customise the look of JabRef by importing a css theme file. #5790
We added connection check function in network preference setting #6560
We added support for exporting to YAML. #6974
We added a DOI format and organization check to detect American Physical Society journals to copy the article ID to the page field for cases where the page numbers are missing. #7019
We added an error message in the New Entry dialog that is shown in case the fetcher did not find anything . #7000
We added a new formatter to output shorthand month format. #6579
We added support for the new Microsoft Edge browser in all platforms. #7056
We reintroduced emacs/bash-like keybindings. #6017
We added a feature to provide automated cross library search using a cross library query language. This provides support for the search step of systematic literature reviews (SLRs). koppor#369

Changed

We changed the default preferences for OpenOffice/LibreOffice integration to automatically sync the bibliography when inserting new citations in a OpenOffic/LibreOffice document. #6957
We restructured the 'File' tab and extracted some parts into the 'Linked files' tab #6779
JabRef now offers journal lists from https://abbrv.jabref.org. JabRef the lists which use a dot inside the abbreviations. #5749
We removed two useless preferences in the groups preferences dialog. #6836
Synchronization of SpecialFields to keywords is now disabled by default. #6621
JabRef no longer opens the entry editor with the first entry on startup #6855
We completed the rebranding of bibtexkey as citationkey which was started in JabRef 5.1.
JabRef no longer opens the entry editor with the first entry on startup #6855
Fetch by ID: (long) "SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System" replaced by (short) "SAO/NASA ADS" #6876
We changed the title of the window "Manage field names and content" to have the same title as the corresponding menu item #6895
We renamed the menus "View -> Previous citation style" and "View -> Next citation style" into "View -> Previous preview style" and "View -> Next preview style" and renamed the "Preview" style to "Customized preview style". #6899
We changed the default preference option "Search and store files relative to library file location" to on, as this seems to be a more intuitive behaviour. #6863
We changed the title of the window "Manage field names and content": to have the same title as the corresponding menu item #6895
We improved the detection of "short" DOIs 6880
We improved the duplicate detection when identifiers like DOI or arxiv are semantiaclly the same, but just syntactically differ (e.g. with or without http(s):// prefix). #6707
We changed in the group interface "Generate groups from keywords in a BibTeX field" by "Generate groups from keywords in the following field". #6983
We changed the name of a group type from "Searching for keywords" to "Searching for a keyword". 6995
We changed the way JabRef displays the title of a tab and of the window. 4161
We changed connect timeouts for server requests to 30 seconds in general and 5 seconds for GROBID server (special) and improved user notifications on connection issues. 7026
We changed the order of the library tab context menu items. #7171
We changed the way linked files are opened on Linux to use the native openFile method, compatible with confined packages. 7037
We refined the entry preview to show the full names of authors and editors, to list the editor only if no author is present, have the year ealier. #7083

Fixed

We fixed an issue changing the icon linkvariationoff that is not meaningful. #6834
We fixed an issue where the .sav file was not deleted upon exiting JabRef. #6109
We fixed a linked identifier icon inconsistency. #6705
We fixed the wrong behavior that font size changes are not reflected in dialogs. #6039
We fixed the failure to Copy citation key and link. #5835
We fixed an issue where the sort order of the entry table was reset after a restart of JabRef. #6898
We fixed an issue where no longer a warning was displayed when inserting references into LibreOffice with an invalid "ReferenceParagraphFormat". #6907.
We fixed an issue where a selected field was not removed after the first click in the custom entry types dialog. #6934
We fixed an issue where a remove icon was shown for standard entry types in the custom entry types dialog. #6906
We fixed an issue where it was impossible to connect to OpenOffice/LibreOffice on Mac OSX. #6970
We fixed an issue with the python script used by browser plugins that failed to locate JabRef if not installed in its default location. #6963
We fixed an issue where spaces and newlines in an isbn would generate an exception. #6456
We fixed an issue where identity column header had incorrect foreground color in the Dark theme. #6796
We fixed an issue where the RIS exporter added extra blank lines.#7007
We fixed an issue where clicking on Collapse All button in the Search for Unlinked Local Files expanded the directory structure erroneously #6848
We fixed an issue, when pulling changes from shared database via shortcut caused creation of a new tech report 6867
We fixed an issue where the JabRef GUI does not highlight the "All entries" group on start-up #6691
We fixed an issue where a custom dark theme was not applied to the entry preview tab 7068
We fixed an issue where modifications to the Custom preview layout in the preferences were not saved #6447
We fixed an issue where errors from imports were not shown to the user #7084
We fixed an issue where the EndNote XML Import would fail on empty keywords tags forum#2387
We fixed an issue where the color of groups of type "free search expression" not persisting after restarting the application #6999
We fixed an issue where modifications in the source tab where not saved without switching to another field before saving the library #6622
We fixed an issue where the "Document Viewer" did not show the first page of the opened pdf document and did not show the correct total number of pages #7108
We fixed an issue where the context menu was not updated after a file link was changed. #5777
We fixed an issue where the password for a shared SQL database was not remembered #6869
We fixed an issue where newly added entires were not synced to a shared SQL database #7176
We fixed an issue where the PDF-Content importer threw an exception when no DOI number is present at the first page of the PDF document #7203

Removed

We removed the Google Scholar fetcher and the ACM fetcher do not work due to traffic limitations #6369
We removed the menu entry "Manage external file types" because it's already in 'Preferences' dialog #6991
We removed the integrity check "Abbreviation detected" for the field journal/journaltitle in the entry editor #3925

- Java
Published by koppor about 5 years ago

Added

We added a new fetcher to enable users to search mEDRA DOIs #6602
We added a new fetcher to enable users to search "Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies". #6638
We added default values for delimiters in Add Subgroup window #6624
We improved responsiveness of general fields specification dialog window. #6643
We added support for importing ris file and load DOI #6530
We added the Library properties to a context menu on the library tabs #6485
We added a new field in the preferences in 'BibTeX key generator' for unwanted characters that can be user-specified. #6295
We added support for searching ShortScience for an entry through the user's browser. #6018
We updated EditionChecker to permit edition to start with a number. #6144
We added tooltips for most fields in the entry editor containing a short description. #5847
We added support for basic markdown in custom formatted previews #6194
We now show the number of items found and selected to import in the online search dialog. #6248
We created a new install screen for macOS. #5759
We added a new integrity check for duplicate DOIs. koppor#339
We implemented an option to download fulltext files while importing. #6381
We added a progress-indicator showing the average progress of background tasks to the toolbar. Clicking it reveals a pop-over with a list of running background tasks. 6443
We fixed the bug when strike the delete key in the text field. #6421
We added a BibTex key modifier for truncating strings. #3915
We added support for jumping to target entry when typing letter/digit after sorting a column in maintable #6146
We added a new fetcher to enable users to search all available E-Libraries simultaneously. koppor#369
We added the field "entrytype" to the export sort criteria #6531
We added the possibility to change the display order of the fields in the entry editor. The order can now be configured using drag and drop in the "Customize entry types" dialog #6152
We added native support for biblatex-software #6574
We added a missing restart warning for AutoComplete in the preferences dialog. #6351
We added a note to the citation key pattern preferences dialog as a temporary workaround for a JavaFX bug, about committing changes in a table cell, if the focus is lost. #5825

Changed

We improved the arXiv fetcher. Now it should find entries even more reliably and does no longer include the version (e.g v1) in the eprint field. forum#1941
We moved the group search bar and the button "New group" from bottom to top position to make it more prominent. #6112
When JabRef finds a .sav file without changes, there is no dialog asking for acceptance of changes anymore.
We changed the buttons for import/export/show all/reset of preferences to smaller icon buttons in the preferences dialog. #6130
We moved the functionality "Manage field names & content" from the "Library" menu to the "Edit" menu, because it affects the selected entries and not the whole library
We merged the functionality "Append contents from a BibTeX library into the currently viewed library" into the "Import into database" functionality. Fixes #6049.
We changed the directory where fulltext downloads are stored to the directory set in the import-tab in preferences. #6381
We improved the error message for invalid jstyles. #6303
We changed the section name of 'Advanced' to 'Network' in the preferences and removed some obsolete options.#6489
We improved the context menu of the column "Linked identifiers" of the main table, by truncating their texts, if they are too long. #6499
We merged the main table tabs in the preferences dialog. #6518
We changed the command line option 'generateBibtexKeys' to the more generic term 'generateCitationKeys' while the short option remains 'g'.#6545
We improved the "Possible duplicate entries" window to remember its size and position throughout a session. #6582
We divided the toolbar into small parts, so if the application window is to small, only a part of the toolbar is moved into the chevron popup. #6682
We changed the layout for of the buttons in the Open Office side panel to ensure that the button text is always visible, specially when resizing. #6639
We merged the two new library commands in the file menu to one which always creates a new library in the default library mode. #6359

Fixed

We fixed an issue where entry preview tab has no name in drop down list. #6591
We fixed to only search file links in the BIB file location directory when preferences has corresponding checkbox checked. #5891
We fixed wrong button order (Apply and Cancel) in ManageProtectedTermsDialog.
We fixed an issue with incompatible characters at BibTeX key #6257
We fixed an issue where dash (-) was reported as illegal BibTeX key #6295
We greatly improved the performance of the overall application and many operations. #5071
We fixed an issue where sort by priority was broken. #6222
We fixed an issue where opening a library from the recent libraries menu was not possible. #5939
We fixed an issue with inconsistent capitalization of file extensions when downloading files. #6115
We fixed the display of language and encoding in the preferences dialog. #6130
Now the link and/or the link description in the column "linked files" of the main table gets truncated or wrapped, if too long, otherwise display issues arise. #6178
We fixed the issue that groups panel does not keep size when resizing window. #6180
We fixed an error that sometimes occurred when using the context menu. #6085
We fixed an issue where search full-text documents downloaded files with same name, overwriting existing files. #6174
We fixed an issue when importing into current library an erroneous message "import cancelled" is displayed even though import is successful. #6266
We fixed an issue where custom jstyles for Open/LibreOffice where not saved correctly. #6170
We fixed an issue where the INSPIRE fetcher was no longer working #6229
We fixed an issue where custom exports with an uppercase file extension could not be selected for "Copy...-> Export to Clipboard" #6285
We fixed the display of icon both in the main table and linked file editor. #6169
We fixed an issue where the windows installer did not create an entry in the start menu bug report in the forum
We fixed an issue where only the field abstract and comment were declared as multiline fields. Other fields can now be configured in the preferences using "Do not wrap the following fields when saving" 4373
We fixed an issue where JabRef switched to discrete graphics under macOS #5935
We fixed an issue where the Preferences entry preview will be unexpected modified leads to Value too long exception #6198
We fixed an issue where custom jstyles for Open/LibreOffice would only be valid if a layout line for the entry type default was at the end of the layout section #6303
We fixed an issue where a new entry is not shown in the library if a search is active #6297
We fixed an issue where long directory names created from patterns could create an exception. #3915
We fixed an issue where sort on numeric cases was broken. #6349
We fixed an issue where year and month fields were not cleared when converting to biblatex #6224
We fixed an issue where an "Not on FX thread" exception occured when saving on linux #6453
We fixed an issue where the library sort order was lost. #6091
We fixed an issue where brackets in regular expressions were not working. 6469
We fixed an issue where multiple background task popups stacked over each other.. #6472
We fixed an issue where LaTeX citations for specific commands (\autocites) of biblatex-mla were not recognized. #6476
We fixed an issue where drag and drop was not working on empty database. #6487
We fixed an issue where the name fields were not updated after the preferences changed. #6515
We fixed an issue where "null" appeared in generated BibTeX keys. #6459
We fixed an issue where the authors' names were incorrectly displayed in the authors' column when they were bracketed. #6465 #6459
We fixed an issue where importing certain unlinked files would result in an exception #5815
We fixed an issue where downloaded files would be moved to a directory named after the citationkey when no file directory pattern is specified #6589
We fixed an issue with the creation of a group of cited entries which incorrectly showed the message that the library had been modified externally whenever saving the library. #6420
We fixed an issue with the creation of a group of cited entries. Now the file path to an aux file gets validated. #6585
We fixed an issue on Linux systems where the application would crash upon inotify failure. Now, the user is prompted with a warning, and given the choice to continue the session. #6073
We moved the search modifier buttons into the search bar, as they were not accessible, if autocompletion was disabled. #6625
We fixed an issue about duplicated group color indicators #6175
We fixed an issue where entries with the entry type Misc from an imported aux file would not be saved correctly to the bib file on disk #6405
We fixed an issue where percent sign ('%') was not formatted properly by the HTML formatter #6753
We fixed an issue with the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System fetcher where \textbackslash appeared at the end of the abstract.
We fixed an issue with the Science Direct fetcher where PDFs could not be downloaded. Fixes #5860
We fixed an issue with the Library of Congress importer.
We fixed the link to the external libraries listing in the about dialog
We fixed an issue regarding pasting on Linux. #6293

Removed

We removed the option of the "enforce legal key". #6295
We removed the obsolete External programs / Open PDF section in the preferences, as the default application to open PDFs is now set in the Manage external file types dialog. #6130
We removed the option to configure whether a .bib.bak file should be generated upon save. It is now always enabled. Documentation at https://docs.jabref.org/general/autosave. #6092
We removed the built-in list of IEEE journal abbreviations using BibTeX strings. If you still want to use them, you have to download them separately from https://abbrv.jabref.org.

- Java
Published by koppor over 5 years ago

Notable Changes and New Features

In the User Survey 2015, the user interface was ranked as one of the most important aspects where JabRef needed improvement. We’ve heard your feedback and are excited to announce that JabRef 5.0 brings in the long-overdue user interface update.

JabRef 5

We worked closely together with user interface experts to create an intuitive environment for your literature references. The result is a completely redesigned UI, with a wealth of new features and functionalities that make your work easier and more effective. Of course, we wanted the new UI to focus on individual user customization, so you can make your JabRef truly your own and more convient to your workflow. For example, JabRef now offers a dark theme and we layed the foundation to support custom themes in future.

image: Screenshot JabRef 5.0 Alpha with Dark Theme

We didn't stop at reworking the user interface, but also introduced a couple of new features:

Lost the overview of which paper belongs to which project? This is a now a problem of the past! Simply, assign a color to your group and the new colored bars in the main table show you to which group the entry belongs to.
The browser integration plugin (previously known as JabFox) lets you import new references directly from your browser with one simple click. Even links to accompanying PDFs are sent to JabRef, where those documents can easily be downloaded, renamed and placed in the correct folder. Besides Firefox the add-on is now also available for Chrome.
We made it easier to add new references from plain text. Just copy the text, paste it into the new "New entry from plain text..." dialog and, voilà, your references are there.
We added a new feature that allows to (automatically) search for citations in LaTeX files. In addtion, we added the LaTeX Citations tab to the entry editor which quickly allows to show all files in which the current entries.
$LaTeX citations window$
We added a new fetcher for ADS (SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System) and also changed all fetchers to use secure HTTPS instead of HTTP.
We optimized the performance for working with a shared SQL database.

And many more! In total, there are over 100 changes since our last offical release!

Installation

With the release of the 5.0 we switched to a new build system which bundles the Java runtime together with JabRef. This means that problems with other installed or outdated Java versions on the system are a problem of the past. For the installation we now offer self-containing .deb and .rpm files for Linux users in addtion to the usual installer for Windows. We also offer a portable zip version of JabRef which also includes all necessary files to run JabRef. No installed Java version required.

You can get it from FOSShub.

Please report any other issues that you encounter in our bug tracker (in case it was not already reported before).

Breaking Changes

Since Jabref 5.0 is a major release, you should be aware that not all features are fully compatible with older version of JabRef. We worked hard to migrate all existing features to the new version. The only currently known issue is the "global search": The search bar doesn't remember the search string accross all tabs. We also have some performance issues with large databases, but are working on it.

Remember that JabRef 4.0 changed the groups format. See http://blog.jabref.org/#october-04-2017-%E2%80%93-jabref-4-0 for details.

Special Thanks

The JabRef Developers would like to give special thanks to all new and old contributors. Since 4.0 we are very happy to see so many new contributors opening pull requests and making translations. Special thanks goes to two temporary contributors who have significantly contributed to this release. You rock!

Martin Simon, who wrote his Master's Thesis about the usability of JabRef and gave us valuable advice how to improve it. [full paper]
David Méndez, who was our Google Summer of Code Student in 2019 and developed the search for citations in LaTeX files.

We also want to thank all universities including JabRef in their academic teaching.

Finally, we want to thank all the users who are constantly testing the latest snapshots and giving feedback!

- Java
Published by koppor almost 6 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 5.0 beta

We are proud to announce the release of the first beta of JabRef 5.0 just in time for Christmas! 🚀 🎄

Since the alpha release of Jabref 5.0 we continued fixing bugs and addressed many usability issues.

In total, more than 40 major bugs have been fixed so that JabRef is now more stable and performs better than the previously released alpha. As usually, the Changelog contains a detailed list of all changes.

Our Linux users will surely be happy that we finally offer deb and rpm packages as well as a portable edition, and that we now completly support the X11 primary selection (typically used by the middle mouse key).

After feedback on the new integrated preview next to the entry editor on the alpha version, we added an an option to show the preview as an extra tab in the entry editor (instead of in a split view).

image: Screenshot JabRef 5.0 Alpha with Dark Theme

One major feature of the upcoming 5.0 release is the "Dark Theme" which has been improved since the alpha 5.0. The "Dark Theme" can be enabled in the preferences under the tab "Appearance".

image: Screenshot JabRef 5.0 Alpha with Dark Theme

We also would like to thank all of our various contributors, translators, testers and donors! This helps us a lot!

Installation

With the release of the 5.0-beta we switched to a new native Java build system which allows us to bundle a custom Java runtime together with JabRef. This means that problems with other installed or outdated java versions on the system are a problem of the past. This also means it's no longer possible to start JabRef directly from the jar.
For the installation we now offer self-containing .deb and .rpm files for Linux users and in addtion to the usual installer for Windows. We also offer a portable zip version of JabRef which also includes all necessary files to run JabRef. No installed Java version required.

Known Issues

Currently the following major issues are known:

There is a problem loading other citation styles than the default "Preview". #5622
The Medline fetcher is not working. #5645
On Windows, a command line windows is displayed in the background. #5474

Please report any other issues that you encounter in our bug tracker (in case it was not already reported before).

Get It

You can get it from FOSShub.

- Java
Published by tobiasdiez about 6 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 5.0 alpha

It's finally here 🎉 🙌 ❤️. After over a year of work, we proudly present the first alpha version of JabRef 5.0.

Thanks to our annual developer meetup JabCon, we were able to finally push things forward and put together the first release.

The UI of JabRef is now entirely transformed to JavaFX. Apart from that, we could include a lot of new great features. Especially, due to our Google Summer of Code student @davidemdot, we have a new feature to display where your references are used inside your LaTeX files.

We are looking forward to your thoughts on the next major version of JabRef! Note that this release is an alpha version, which means that the respective features are by no means finalized. Parts of the interface will be reworked to improve the usability.

! IMPORTANT !: This release requires JAVA 11! For Windows it's already included in the installer. For Linux and mac you probably need to install it.

If you want to reward our efforts and support us, we greatly appreciate any donations that e.g. enable us to meet in person and make such great things happen. See https://donations.jabref.org for more info on how to foster our work.

- Java
Published by koppor over 6 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 4.3.1

Bugfix release.

An overview of all new features and fixes can be found as usual in the changelog at GitHub.

- Java
Published by stefan-kolb over 7 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 4.3

We are proud to release JabRef 4.3!

Unfortunately, JabRef binaries are still not digitally signed any more. However, we will release a signed version shortly. Read our blog to know the reasons. In the meantime, please check the installations instructions for your Operating System (especially macOs), in case JabRef cannot be started.

An overview of all new features and fixes can be found as usual in the changelog at GitHub.

- Java
Published by stefan-kolb over 7 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 4.2

We are proud to release JabRef 4.2!

This version fixes a lot of bugs of version 4.1.

An overview of all new features and fixes can be found as usual in the changelog at GitHub.

- Java
Published by stefan-kolb almost 8 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 4.1

After more than two months of hard work, we are proud to release JabRef 4.1!

Since then we primarily focused on performance and memory issues, but were also able to add new features. Furthermore, the release also attracted some new contributors from the community and we are proud to see 12 new contributors since the last release. We are thankful for that and enjoy seeing the JabRef community growing!

Unfortunately, JabRef binaries are not digitally signed any more. We are working in a fix, but this will take some weeks to months. Read our blog to know the reasons. In the meantime, please check the installations instructions for your Operating System (especially MacOs), in case JabRef cannot be started.

We wish all JabRef users Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

Bug Fixes

We fixed various reasons why JabRef would freeze.
We fixed an issue where dropping a pdf on the entry table and renaming it triggered an exception. #3490
We fixed an issue where automatically found files where not added with a relative paths when the bib file is in the same directory as the files. #3476
We no longer allow to add a field multiple times in customized entry types and thereby fix an issue in the entry editor that resulted from having a field multiple times. #3046
- We fixed an issue where editing in the source tab would override content of other entries. #3352
We fixed an issue where timestamps were not updated for changed entries. #2810

An overview of all new features and fixes can be found as usual in the changelog at GitHub.

- Java
Published by LinusDietz about 8 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 4.0

We are pleased to announce the release of JabRef version 4.0.

Changed

We add a textArea to see versionInfo in the About JabRef Dialog.#2942
We turned the validation feature in the entry editor off by default, because of a bug in the library we have been using #3145
Added 'Filter All' and 'Filter None' buttons with corresponding functionality to Quality Check tool.
We increased the size of the keywords and file text areas in the entry editor
When the entry that is currently shown in the entry editor is deleted externally, the editor is now closed automatically #2946
We added reordering of file and link entries in the General-Tab 3165, comment
We added autcompletion for the crossref field on basis of the BibTeX-key. To accept such an autcompleted key as new entry-link, you have to press Enter two times, otherwise the field data is not stored in the library file.koppor#257
We added drag and drop support for adding files directly in the General-Tab. The dragged files are currently only linked from their existing directory. For more advanced features use the Add files dialog. #koppor#244
We added the file description filed back to the list of files in the General-Tab #2930, comment
Added an error dialog if the file is open in another process and cannot be renamed. [#3229]
On Windows, the JabRef.exe executable can now be used to start JabRef from the command line. By default, no output is shown unless the new "-console" option is specified.

Fixed

We re-added the "Normalize to BibTeX name format" context menu item #3136
We fixed a memory leak in the source tab of the entry editor #3113
We fixed a java bug where linux users could not enter accented characters in the entry editor and the search bar #3028
We fixed a regression introduced in v4.0-beta2: A file can be dropped to the entry preview to attach it to the entry koppor#245
We fixed an issue in the "Replace String" dialog (Ctrl+R where search and replace did not work for the bibtexkey field. #3132
We fixed an issue in the entry editor where adding a term to a new protected terms list freezed JabRef completely. #3157
We fixed an issue in the "Manage protected terms" dialog where an 'Open file' dialog instead of a 'Save file' dialog was shown when creating a new list. #3157
We fixed an issue where unparseable dates of the FileAnnotations caused the FileAnnotationsTab to crash.
We fixed an issue where a new protected terms list was not available immediately after its addition. #3161
We fixed an issue where an online file link could not be removed from an entry #3165
We fixed an issue where an online file link did not open the browser and created an error #3165
We fixed an issue where the arrow keys in the search bar did not work as expected #3081
We fixed wrong hotkey being displayed at "automatically file links" in the entry editor
We fixed an issue where metadata syncing with local and shared database were unstable. It will also fix syncing groups and sub-groups in database. #2284
We fixed an issue where renaming a linked file would fail silently if a file with the same name existed. Added support for overriding existing file at user discretion. #3172
We fixed an issue where the "Remove group and subgroups" operation did not remove group information from entries in the group #3190
We fixed an issue where it was possible to leave the entry editor with an imbalance of braces. #3167
Renaming files now truncates the filename to not exceed the limit of 255 chars #2622
We improved the handling of hyphens in names. #2775
We fixed an issue where an entered file description was not written to the bib-file #3208
We improved the auto completion in the search bar. koppor#253
We fixed renaming files which are not in the main directory. #3230

Removed

We removed support for LatexEditor, as it is not under active development. #3199

- Java
Published by stefan-kolb over 8 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 4.0 beta 3

The transition to the new GUI technology JavaFX is reaching a milestone where most of the entry editor is already migrated. This beta3 release should encourage you to test the new user interface, especially the new entry editor, as we feel that it can be released soon.

As usual, check out the blog post for more information on this beta release.

Changed

We made the font size in the entry editor and group panel customizable by "Menu and label font size". #3034
If fetched article is already in database, then the entry merge dialog is shown.
An error message is now displayed if you try to create a group containing the keyword separator or if there is already a group with the same name. #3075 and #1495
The FileAnnotationsTab was re-implemented in JavaFx. #3082
Integrity warnings are now directly displayed in the entry editor.
We added the functionality to have regex as modifier. #457

Fixed

We fixed an issue where the fetcher for the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) added some non-bibtex data to the entry returned from the search #3035
We improved the auto completion so that minor changes are not added as suggestions. #2998
We readded the undo mechanism for changes in the entry editor #2973
We fixed an issue where assigning an entry via drag and drop to a group caused JabRef to stop/freeze completely #3036
We fixed the shortcut Ctrl+F for the search field.
We fixed an issue where title_case and capitalize modifiers did not work with shorttitle.
We fixed an issue where the preferences could not be imported without a restart of JabRef #3064
We fixed an issue where DEL, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and Ctrl+A in the search field triggered corresponding actions in the main table #3067
We fixed an issue where JabRef freezed when editing an assigned file in the General-Tab #2930, comment
We fixed an issue where a file could not be assigned to an existing entry via the entry context menu action Attach file #3080
We fixed an issue where entry editor was not focused after opening up. #3052
We fixed an issue where changes in the source tab were not stored when selecting a new entry. #3086
We fixed an issue where the other tab was not updated when fields where changed in the source tab. #3063
We fixed an issue where the source tab was not updated after fetching data by DOI. #3103
We fixed an issue where the move to group operation did not remove the entry from other groups #3101
We fixed an issue where the main table was not updated when grouping changes #1903

- Java
Published by LinusDietz over 8 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 4.0 beta 2

We are pleased to announce the release of JabRef version 4.0 beta 2!

In the spirit of the last beta release, we decided to release a second beta before the full 4.0 release. We are continuing the transition of the user interface technology to JavaFX.

As usual, check out the blog post for more information on this beta release.

Changed

We moved the adsurl field to url field when fetching with the ADS fetcher.
We continued to improve the new groups interface:
- You can now again select multiple groups (and a few related settings were added to the preferences) #2786.
- We further improved performance of group operations, especially of the new filter feature #2852.
- It is now possible to resort groups using drag & drop #2785.
The entry editor got a fresh coat of paint:
- Homogenize the size of text fields.
- The buttons were changed to icons.
- Completely new interface to add or modify linked files.
- Removed the hidden feature that a double click in the editor inserted the current date.
- Complete new implementation of the the auto complete feature.
All authors and editors are separated using semicolons when exporting to csv. #2762
Improved wording of "Show recommendations: into "Show 'Related Articles' tab" in the preferences
We added integration of the Library of Congress catalog as a fetcher based on the LCCN identifier. Feature request 636 in the forum
The integrity check for person names now also tests that the names are specified in one of the standard BibTeX formats.
Links in the Recommended Articles tab (Mr.DLib), when clicked, are now opened in the system's default browser. 2931
We improved the duplicate checker such that different editions of the same publication are not marked as duplicates. 2960

Fixed

We fixed a bug that leaves .sav file after SaveAs #2947
We fixed the function "Edit - Copy BibTeX key and link" to pass a hyperlink rather than an HTML statement.
We fixed the adding of a new entry from DOI which led to a connection error. The DOI resolution now uses HTTPS to protect the user's privacy.#2879
We fixed the IEEE Xplore web search functionality #2789
We fixed an error in the CrossRef fetcher that occurred if one of the fetched entries had no title
We fixed an issue that prevented new entries to be automatically assigned to the currently selected group #2783.
We fixed a bug that only allowed parsing positive timezones from a FileAnnotation #2839
We fixed a bug that did not allow the correct re-export of the MS-Office XML field msbib-accessed with a different date format #2859.
We fixed some bugs that prevented the display of FileAnnotations that were created using the Foxit Reader. #2839, comment.
We fixed an error that prevented the FileAnnotation tab to load when the entry had no bibtexkey #2903.
We fixed a bug which which could result in an exception when opening/saving files from/to a nonexistent directory #2917.
We fixed a bug where recursive RegExpBased search found a file in a subdirectory multiple times and non-recursive RegExpBased search erroneously found files in subdirectories.
We fixed a bug where new groups information was not stored on save #2932
We fixed a bug where the language files for Brazilian Portugese could not be loaded and the GUI localization remained in English #1128
We fixed a bug where the database was not marked as dirty when entries or groups were changed #2787
We fixed a bug where editors in the DocBook export were not exported #3020
We fixed a bug where the source tab was not updated when one the fields was changed #2888
We restored the original functionality that when browsing through the MainTable, the Entry Editor remembers which tab was opened before #2896

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Published by LinusDietz over 8 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 4.0 beta

We are pleased to announce the release of JabRef version 4.0 beta!

It is a first step to an overhaul of our user interface. Read more at http://blog.jabref.org/2017/04/17/JabRef4-0-beta/.

Changed

JabRef has a new logo! The logo was designed by "AikTheOne" - who was the winner of a design contest at 99designs.com
Partly switched to a new UI technology ([JavaFX]).
- Redesigned group panel.
- Number of matched entries is always shown.
- The background color of the hit counter signals whether the group contains all/any of the entries selected in the main table.
- Added a possibility to filter the groups panel #1904
- Removed edit mode.
- Removed the following commands in the right-click menu:
  - Expand/collapse subtree
  - Move up/down/left/right
- Remove option to "highlight overlapping groups"
- Moved the option to "Gray out non-hits" / "Hide non-hits" to the preferences
- Removed the following options from the group preferences:
  - Show icons (icons can now be customized)
  - Show dynamic groups in italics (dynamic groups are not treated specially now)
  - Initially show groups tree expanded (always true now)
- Expansion status of groups are saved across sessions. #1428
- Redesigned about dialog.
- Redesigned key bindings dialog.
- Redesigned journal abbreviations dialog.
- New error console.
- All file dialogs now use the native file selector of the OS. #1711
We added a few properties to a group:
- Icon (with customizable color) that is shown in the groups panel (implements a feature request in the forum).
- Description text that is shown on mouse hover (implements old feature requests 489 and 818)
We introduced "automatic groups" that automatically create subgroups based on a certain criteria (e.g., a subgroup for every author or keyword) and supports hierarchies. Implements 91, 398, #1173 and #628.
We added a document viewer which allows you to have a glance at your PDF documents directly from within JabRef.
Using "Look up document identifier" in the quality menu, it is possible to look up DOIs, ArXiv ids and other identifiers for multiple entries.
Comments in PDF files can now be displayed inside JabRef in a separate tab
We separated the Move file and Rename Pdfs logic and context menu entries in the General-Tab for the Field file to improve the semantics
We integrated support for the paper recommender system Mr.DLib in a new tab in the entry editor.
We renamed "database" to "library" to have a real distinction to SQL databases ("shared database") and bib files ("library"). #2095
We improved the UI customization possibilities:
- It is now possible to customize the colors and the size of the icons (implements a feature request in the forum).
- Resizing the menu and label sizes has been improved.
- Font sizes can now be increased Ctrl + Plus, decreased Ctrl + Minus, and reset to default CTRL + 0.
F4 opens selected file in current JTable context not just from selected entry inside the main table #2355
We are happy to welcome CrossRef as a new member of our fetcher family. #2455
We added MathSciNet as a ID-based fetcher in the BibTeX -> New entry dialog (implements a feature request in the forum)
Add tab which shows the MathSciNet review website if the MRNumber field is present.
A scrollbar was added to the cleanup panel, as a result of issue #2501
Several scrollbars were added to the preference dialog which show up when content is too large #2559
We fixed and improved the auto detection of the OpenOffice and LibreOffice connection
We added an option to copy the title of BibTeX entries to the clipboard through Edit -> Copy title (implements #210)
The Move linked files to default file directory-Cleanup operation respects the File directory pattern setting
We removed the ordinals-to-superscript formatter from the recommendations for biblatex save actions #2596
Improved MS-Office Import/Export
- Improved author handling
- The day part of the biblatex date field is now exported to the corresponding day field. #2691
- Entries with a single corporate author are now correctly exported to the corresponding corporate author field. #1497
- Now exports the field volumes and pubstate.
The integrity checker reports now if a journal is not found in the abbreviation list
JabRef will now no longer delete meta data it does not know, but keeps such entries and tries to keep their formatting as far as possible.
Switch to the latex2unicode library for converting LaTeX to unicode
Single underscores are not converted during the LaTeX to unicode conversion, which does not follow the rules of LaTeX, but is what users require. #2664
The bibtexkey field is not converted to unicode

Fixed

ArXiV fetcher now checks similarity of entry when using DOI retrieval to avoid false positives #2575
We fixed an issue of duplicate keys after using a fetcher, e.g., DOI or ISBN #2867
We fixed an issue that prevented multiple parallel JabRef instances from terminating gracefully. #2698
We fixed an issue where authors with multiple surnames were not presented correctly in the main table. #2534
Repairs the handling of apostrophes in the LaTeX to unicode conversion. #2500
Fix import of journal title in RIS format. #2506
We fixed the export of the number field in MS-Office XML export. #2509
The field issue is now always exported to the corresponding issue field in MS-Office XML.
We fixed the import of MS-Office XML files, when the month field contained an invalid value.
We fixed an issue with repeated escaping of the %-sign when running the LaTeXCleanup more than once. #2451
Sciencedirect/Elsevier fetcher is now able to scrape new HTML structure #2576
Fixed the synchronization logic of keywords and special fields and vice versa #2580
We fixed an exception that prevented JabRef from starting in rare cases bug report in the forum.
We fixed an unhandled exception when saving an entry containing unbalanced braces #2571
Fixed a display issue when removing a group with a long name #1407
We fixed an issue where the "find unlinked files" functionality threw an error when only one PDF was imported but not assigned to an entry #2577
We fixed issue where escaped braces were incorrectly counted when calculating brace balance in a field #2561
We fixed an issue introduced with Version 3.8.2 where executing the Rename PDFs-cleanup operation moved the files to the file directory. #2526
We improved the performance when opening a big library that still used the old groups format. Fixes an issue raised in the forum.
We fixed an issue where the Move linked files to default file directory- cleanup operation did not move the files to the location of the bib-file. #2454
We fixed an issue where executing Move file on a selected file in the general-tab could overwrite an existing file. #2385
We fixed an issue with importing groups and subgroups #2600
Fixed an issue where title-related key patterns did not correspond to the documentation. #2604 #2589
We fixed an issue which prohibited the citation export to external programs on MacOS. #2613
We fixed an issue where the file folder could not be changed when running Get fulltext in the general-tab. #2572
Newly created libraries no longer have the executable bit set under POSIX/Linux systems. The file permissions are now set to 664 (-rw-rw-r--). #2635
Fixed an issue where names were split inconsistently with the BibTeX conventions #2652
Ctrl + A now correctly selects all entries again. #2615
We fixed an issue where the dialog for selecting the main file directory in the preferences opened the wrong folder
OpenOffice text formatting now handles nested tags properly #2483
The group selection is no longer lost when switching tabs #1104

- Java
Published by koppor almost 9 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 3.8.2

We are pleased to announce the release of JabRef version 3.8.2!

Read about noteworthy changes in our blog post at http://blog.jabref.org/2017/01/29/JabRef3-8-2/.

Changed

Added the option to update bibliographic information from DOI to the sidebar of the entryeditor. Implements #2432.
The default shortcut for "Cleanup entries" is now Alt + F8 since F8 alone did not work. Please reset your key bindings to get Alt + F8 as default. Fixes #2251.

Fixed

The formatter for normalizing pages now also can treat ACM pages such as 2:1--2:33.
Backslashes in content selectors are now correctly escaped. Fixes #2426.
Non-ISO timestamp settings prevented the opening of the entry editor. Fixes #2447.
When pressing Ctrl + F and the searchbar is already focused, the text will be selected.
LaTeX symbols are now displayed as Unicode for the author column in the main table. 'n and \'{n} are parsed correctly. Fixes #2458.
If one deleted the current query it was not saved (every basepanel can have its own query). Fixes #2468.
The ACM fetcher does no longer add HTML code to the bib-file. Fixes #2472.
When finding unlinked files, JabRef does not freeze any more. Fixes #2309https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2309).
Collapse and expand all buttons in the group assignment dialog no longer lead to a crash of JabRef.
The aux export command line function does no longer add duplicates of references that were resolved via crossref. Fixes #2475.
When the database is changed externally, JabRef is no longer prevented from an orderly shutdown. Fixes #2486.
Parsing of damaged metadata is now more robust and reports a more detailed error message. Fixes #2477.
Dynamic groups with regular expression can be edited again. Fixes #2481.

- Java
Published by koppor about 9 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 3.8.1

We are pleased to announce the christmas release of JabRef!

The full changelog is available at the CHANGELOG.md of v3.8.1.

- Java
Published by koppor about 9 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 3.8

We are pleased to announce the release of JabRef version 3.8!

The full changelog is available at the CHANGELOG.md of v3.8.

- Java
Published by koppor about 9 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 3.7

We are pleased to announce the release of JabRef version 3.7!

Version 3.7 contains various fixes and more than 30 changes and improvements. Check out our blog for a summary of the changes.

The full changelog is available at the CHANGELOG.md of v3.7.

- Java
Published by stefan-kolb over 9 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 3.6

We are pleased to announce the release of JabRef version 3.6!

Version 3.6 contains various fixes and more than 30 changes and improvements. Check out our blog for a summary of the changes.

The full changelog is available at the CHANGELOG.md of v3.6.

- Java
Published by stefan-kolb over 9 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 3.5

We are pleased to announce the release of JabRef version 3.5!

This release includes a JabRef update notificator and various bug fixes improving the stability and performance of JabRef.

The full changelog is available at the CHANGELOG.md of v3.5.

- Java
Published by stefan-kolb over 9 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 3.4

We are pleased to announce the release of JabRef version 3.4!

The main focus of this release is improving the grouping functionality of JabRef with various bug fixes and new features. A detailed explanation of the changes can be found at our blog.

The full changelog is available at the CHANGELOG.md of v3.4.

- Java
Published by stefan-kolb over 9 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 3.3

This is version 3.3 of JabRef, which is the result of JabCon 2016 and huge subsequent work.

One main change is that the help is now available at http://help.jabref.org/ and that volunteers can suggest changes easily using the GitHub way of contributing.

A detailed changelog is available at the CHANGELOG.md of v3.3.

Please follow our blog for latest news and descriptions of (new) features.

- Java
Published by koppor almost 10 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 3.2

This is version 3.2 of JabRef, where we fixed some issues. See CHANGELOG.md of v3.2 for a complete list of changes.

We still really need more developers. There are many small issues, which should not cause much effort to tackle. However, the current development team doesn't have the resources to handle them, since there are many other issues that addressed somehow.

The current way of contributing seems to work fine and also is proven to be suitable for Java newcomers - at least in two cases. So, please think of how you can help to improve JabRef.

- Java
Published by koppor about 10 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 3.1

This is version 3.1 of JabRef - the Christmas 2015 edition. It contains many fixes and improvements. The most important improvement is the writing of BibTeX entries. Now, only changed entries are rewritten according to JabRef's writing settings. All other entries remain unchanged. This should ease collaboration with users using old versions of JabRef.

See CHANGELOG.md of v3.1 for a complete list of changes.

We really need more developers. There are many small issues, which should not cause much effort to tackle. However, the current development team doesn't have the resources to handle them, since there are many other issues that addressed somehow.

The current way of contributing seems to work fine and also is proven to be suitable for Java newcomers - at least in two cases. So, please think of how you can help to improve JabRef.

- Java
Published by koppor about 10 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 3.0

Celebrating 12 years of JabRef. This is the brand new version of JabRef making use of Java 8 features and with many improvements. See CHANGELOG.md of v3.0 for a complete list of changes.

- Java
Published by koppor about 10 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 2.11.1

This is a bugfix release for JabRef 2.11.

- Java
Published by koppor over 10 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 2.11

We are glad to announce the release of JabRef 2.11. There was a long discussion whether we should release 2.11 or whether we should drop that release completely and focus on the next major release of JabRef. Since JabRef 2.11 is the last version with Java6 and plugin support, we decided to push the release to offer others to take over maintenance if desired.

The integration of plugin functionality into JabRef is tracked at https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/152. Feel free to comment there.

It is planned to release JabRef 3.0 at the end of this year, so please regard JabRef 2.11 as bugfix release for JabRef 2.10.

If you are going to try this version, please save your preferences: Options -> Preferences -> Export preferences. If JabRef does not start, you can send us your preferences and we can investigate that issue. In case you are not relying on your preferences, you can reset them by starting JabRef with java -jar JabRef-2.11.jar --prdef all -n. Issues reported and resolved by resetting the preferences: https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/149, https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/174, and https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/282.

MAC OS X: To run JabRef 2.11 at Mac OS X, you have to download the jar file and double click that. With JabRef 3.0, we will produce a real Mac OS X application again.

- Java
Published by koppor over 10 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 2.11 beta 4

This is going to be the last beta in the 2.11 series. It will be the last version with Java 6 and plugin support. Please show up if you see any show stoppers. Otherwise, we will release as is.

Full revision history is available at http://jabref.sourceforge.net/revisionhistory.php#v2.11b4 .

- Java
Published by koppor over 10 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 2.11 beta 3

The main highlight of this version is the new MacOSX integration. We had to include one breaking change, because we modernized the libraries used by JabRef: It is not possible any more to pass an option file to the CLI command. If anyone needs that, please show up on the mailing list and we try to sort things out.

Behind the scenes, we are working hard to modernize the development and the code. Please fork and contribute!

- Java
Published by koppor over 10 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 2.11 beta 2

We released a new beta version. Most importantly, it runs again on non-Windows systems.

The full changelog is available at http://jabref.sourceforge.net/revisionhistory.php#v2.11b2 .

Binaries are available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/jabref/files/jabref/2.11%20beta%202/

- Java
Published by koppor almost 11 years ago

jabref - JabRef Version 2.11 beta

The new beta version includes many bug fixes and new features. Most importantly, the biblatex support has been improved.

The full release history is available at http://jabref.sourceforge.net/revisionhistory.php#v2.11b.

Binaries are available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/jabref/files/jabref/2.11%20beta/

- Java
Published by koppor almost 11 years ago

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