Duplicates of fields corrupt Entry Editor display

[wujastyk]

data in a shorthand field gets displayed in a keywords field.

JabRef version

JabRef 4.0-dev--snapshot--2017-07-19--master--2f12fecfb
Linux 4.8.0-58-generic amd64
Java 1.8.0_131

Steps to reproduce:

1. In biblatex source tab, enter:

@Book{pys,
  title     = {Pātañjalayogaśāstra},
  shorthand = {PYŚ},
}

2. switch to the Optional fields tab

3. looks like the attached image.

It's a bit odd too, because the field data area for "shorthand" doesn't display.

[lenhard]

I cannot reproduce this on Win7 with current master. Could this be related in some way to a custom field configuration? When I add a @Book entry in biblatex mode, then the "Keywords" field is displayed in the General tab and not in the Optional fields tab. Moreover, I have no Shorthand field anywhere in the entry editor.

[wujastyk]

Yes, I had diddled with "Customize the entry types." And by mistake, I had "pubstate" twice in the Book entry type (as is seen in my screenshot above). When I deleted the extra "pubstate", the display looks correct, and the shorthand displays correctly in the Shorthand field.

So, it's a recondite buglet. If you have a field twice in your data entry tab, then you may see artefacts.

Thanks,
Dominik

JabRef 4.0-dev--snapshot--2017-07-19--master--2f12fecfb
Linux 4.8.0-58-generic amd64
Java 1.8.0_131

[matthiasgeiger]

Thanks for the update!
As you noted this is only a minor aspect which will not affect many users - thus, I don't add it to the 4.0 milestone.