Import Dialog should show BibTeX entry

[koppor]

Current "Import Dialog"

When clicking on an entry, I expect the BibTeX source to be shown.

[tobiasdiez]

Why is this? Is it rarely the case that you care about the exact bibtex code you import, right?

[koppor]

Similar to the <details> thing of GitHub. Gives more control for the users new to JabRef and not fully trusting it 😅

[koppor]

Alternatively,

• do not show the dialog when importing entries via "File -> Import"
• Add the new entries to a group "Imported Entries"

[tobiasdiez]

I still have trouble seeing the use case. The purpose of the import dialog is to let the user decide which entries to import, and I don't see why the bibtex code should matter for this. Normally, you either want to import all entries or a subset. So the important part is that the user is able to identify the relevant entries as quickly as possible.

Add the new entries to a group "Imported Entries"

That's a good suggestion in my opinion (maybe have a group "Last import" and then reuse it) Is this a duplicate of #4475?

[systemoperator]

Zotero allows defining really powerful filters. I created e.g. one called "recently added", which covers the last 7 days. (The numeric value can be set freely. Possible time units are days, months, years. Several filter constraints can be defined at once.)

Match all or match any.

[koppor]

At this place I really wondered whether my .bib file is broken or if JabRef is broken. Thus, I wished, I could inspect the raw data within JabRef. I was too lazy to open my text editor. Next time, I will just open my text editor to inspect the .bib file.

@systemoperator Could you comment that at #4475?