Increase relative size of abstract field in editor

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ We refer to [GitHub issues](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues) by using `#
 - Updated French translation
 - We improved the handling of abstracts in the "Astrophysics Data System" fetcher. [#2471](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2471)
 - We added support for pasting entries in different formats [#3143](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/3143)
+- We increased the relative size of the "abstract" field in the entry editor. [Feature request in the forum](http://discourse.jabref.org/t/entry-preview-in-version-4/827)
 - Crossreferenced entries are now used when a BibTex key is generated for an entry with empty fields. [#2811](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2811)
 - We now set the WM_CLASS of the UI to org-jabref-JabRefMain to allow certain Un*x window managers to properly identify its windows
 - We changed the default paths for the OpenOffice/LibreOffice binaries to the default path for LibreOffice

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/FieldEditors.java

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public static FieldEditorFX getForField(String fieldName, TaskExecutor taskExecu
             return new PersonsEditor(fieldName, suggestionProvider, preferences, fieldCheckers);
         } else if (FieldName.KEYWORDS.equals(fieldName)) {
             return new KeywordsEditor(fieldName, suggestionProvider, fieldCheckers, preferences);
+        } else if (fieldExtras.contains(FieldProperty.MULTILINE_TEXT)) {
+            return new MultilineEditor(fieldName, suggestionProvider, fieldCheckers, preferences);
         }
 
         // default

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/MultilineEditor.java

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.jabref.gui.fieldeditors;
+
+import org.jabref.gui.autocompleter.AutoCompleteSuggestionProvider;
+import org.jabref.logic.integrity.FieldCheckers;
+import org.jabref.preferences.JabRefPreferences;
+
+public class MultilineEditor extends SimpleEditor implements FieldEditorFX {
+
+    public MultilineEditor(String fieldName, AutoCompleteSuggestionProvider<?> suggestionProvider, FieldCheckers fieldCheckers, JabRefPreferences preferences) {
+        super (fieldName, suggestionProvider, fieldCheckers, preferences);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public double getWeight() {
+        return 4;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/BibtexSingleField.java

@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ public void setExtras(Set<FieldProperty> pExtras) {
         properties = pExtras;
     }
 
+    public BibtexSingleField withExtras(Set<FieldProperty> pExtras) {
+        properties = pExtras;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     // fieldExtras contains mappings to tell the EntryEditor to add a specific
     // function to this field, for instance a "browse" button for the "pdf" field.
     public Set<FieldProperty> getFieldProperties() {

src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/FieldProperty.java

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package org.jabref.model.entry;
 
-import java.util.EnumSet;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 public enum FieldProperty {
     YES_NO,
     DATE,
@@ -28,8 +25,6 @@ public enum FieldProperty {
     SINGLE_ENTRY_LINK,
     MULTIPLE_ENTRY_LINK,
     PUBLICATION_STATE,
-    VERBATIM;
-
-    public static final Set<FieldProperty> ALL_OPTS = EnumSet.allOf(FieldProperty.class);
-
+    MULTILINE_TEXT,
+    VERBATIM
 }

src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/InternalBibtexFields.java

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ private InternalBibtexFields(String timeStampFieldName) {
 
         // additional fields ------------------------------------------------------
         add(new BibtexSingleField(FieldName.LOCATION, false));
-        add(new BibtexSingleField(FieldName.ABSTRACT, false, BibtexSingleField.LARGE_W, 400));
+        add(new BibtexSingleField(FieldName.ABSTRACT, false, BibtexSingleField.LARGE_W, 400).withExtras(EnumSet.of(FieldProperty.MULTILINE_TEXT)));
 
         dummy = new BibtexSingleField(FieldName.URL, false, BibtexSingleField.SMALL_W);
         dummy.setExtras(EnumSet.of(FieldProperty.EXTERNAL, FieldProperty.VERBATIM));