Standalone doesn't play nice with MacOS services
188BET靠谱吗I frequently use MacOS services to clean up text and this is especially useful in Zotero.For example, I can reset title capitalization to use sentence case instead of all-caps.Unfortunately the standalone doesn't work well with this.
For example if I right-click on title text, I get no services in the contextual menu.188BET靠谱吗If I go to the Zotero menu and try to access Services from them, sometimes I get them, but they seem to act on the clipboard text, not on the selected text of the title.Copying the title text from the standalone doesn't help.
So I wonder if there's something to be done to improve the situation.
TIA.
For example if I right-click on title text, I get no services in the contextual menu.188BET靠谱吗If I go to the Zotero menu and try to access Services from them, sometimes I get them, but they seem to act on the clipboard text, not on the selected text of the title.Copying the title text from the standalone doesn't help.
So I wonder if there's something to be done to improve the situation.
TIA.
If I click on the Title field and type "Test" and then select it, I'm able to use, e.g., "Look up in Dictionary" or "Search With Google".
Do you have example of a service we can test that's not working properly for you?
188BET靠谱吗As I said, **none** of the services are available if I right-click on text in a Zotero entry, which is one problem.A specific one I use a lot to clean up capitalization is DevonThink's WordService: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wordservice/id899972312
Some services do work and even these will occasionally, but they're not reliable, in my experience.Again, the capitalization one will often seem to be working on the clipboard text, but that's also not consistent.
188BET靠谱吗Zotero standalone can for present purposes best be described as a separate188BET靠谱吗installation of Firefox with the "Zotero plugin" inseparably bundled.188BET靠谱吗In these terms it makes no sense to say that anyone would install Zotero on Firefox, because that would mean you would have to install the "Zotero plugin" into Firefox, and install that bundleinto anotherFirefox.
I don't know how to explain this better.In any case, Dan's request about how MacOS services works with the program that you call Firefox is a relevant request in the diagnosis of the problem, and you can help him help you by simply performing a simple test.
I'm confused about the request regarding Firefox.188BET靠谱吗I thought it originally referred to using Zotero within Firefox, which I don't, so that's not something trivial for me to do.If it's about services within Firefox more generally, sure I can try that and will when next at my machine.
It's indeed about services within Firefox more generally.188BET靠谱吗That will tell whether the problem lies in the Firefox base, or in the stuff that zotero builds on top of it.
188BET靠谱吗However Zotero often shows a limited Service menu under the app menu (/Zotero/Services) when text is selected, whereas FireFox doesn't not.188BET靠谱吗This is very variable within Zotero.Sometimes I get the full Services menu and it works, and sometimes I don't.
For example, here's a screen shot showing limited Services when I clink into an item, select the title text, and go to the menu:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/24krzskqz4k6rqj/service_few.png
Here's the same entry after I do a few things after selecting the item.The full services appear.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/phgdpvq7iih2d4v/services_all.png
So this isn't going to be something we can improve at the current time.
edited for clarity