JabRef

What's new in this version:

Added:
- We added confirmation dialog when user wants to close a library where any empty entires are detected
- We added import support for CFF files
- We added the option to copy the DOI of an entry directly from the context menu copy submenu
- We added a fulltext search feature
- We improved the deduction of bib-entries from imported fulltext pdfs
- We added unprotect_terms to the list of bracketed pattern modifiers
- We added a dialog that allows to parse metadata from linked pdfs
- We added an icon picker in group edit dialog
- We added a preference to Opt-In to JabRef's online metadata extraction service (Grobid) usage
- We readded the possibility to display the search results of all databases ("Global Search"). It is shown in a separate window
- We readded the possibility to keep the search string when switching tabs. It is implemented by a toggle button
- We allowed the user to also preview the available citation styles in the preferences besides the selected ones
- We added an option to search the available citation styles by name in the preferences
- We added an option to generate bib-entries from ID through a popover in the toolbar
- We added a menu option in the right click menu of the main table tabs to display the library properties
- 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"
- The option "Fit table horizontally on screen" in the "Entry table" preferences is now disabled by default
- We improved the preferences and descriptions in the "Linked files" preferences tab
- We slightly changed the layout of the Journal tab in the preferences for ui consistency
- The JabRefHost on Windows now writes a temporary file and calls -importToOpen instead of passing the bibtex via -importBibtex, JabRef Browser Ext- We reordered some entries in the right-click menu of the main table
- 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
- We moved the export order in the preferences from File to Import and Export
- 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
- The metadata-to-pdf actions now also embeds the bibfile to the PDF
- The snap was updated to use the core20 base and to use lzo compression for better startup performance
- We moved the union/intersection view button in the group sidepane to the left of the other controls
- We improved the Drag and Drop behavior in the "Customize Entry Types" Dialog
- When determining the URL of an ArXiV eprint, the URL now points to the version
- We Included all standard fields with citation key when exporting to Old OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc Format
- In case the database is encoded with UTF8, the % Encoding marker is not written anymore
- The written .bib file has the same line endings- 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
- We trim white space and non-ASCII characters from DOI
- 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
- We improved the startup time of JabRef by switching from the logging library log4j2 to tinylog

Fixed:
- We fixed an issue where an exception occurred when pasting an entry with a publication date-range of the form 1910/1917
- We fixed an issue where an exception occured when a preview style was edited and afterwards another preview style selected
- We fixed an issue where the actions to move a file to a directory were incorrectly disabled
- We fixed an issue where an exception occurred when a linked online file was edited in the entry editor
- We fixed an issue when checking for a new version when JabRef is used behind a corporate proxy
- We fixed some icons that were drawn in the wrong color when JabRef used a custom theme
- We fixed an issue where the Aux file on Edit group doesn't support relative sub-directories path to import.
- We fixed an issue where it was impossible to add or modify groups
- We fixed an issue about the visible side pane components being out of sync with the view menu
- We fixed an issue where the side pane would not close when all its components were closed
- We fixed an issue where exported entries from a Citavi bib containing URLs could not be imported
- We fixed an issue where the icons in the search bar had the same color, toggled as well as untoggled
- We fixed an issue where typing an invalid UNC path into the "Main file directory" text field caused an error
- We fixed an issue where "Open Folder" didn't select the file on macOS in Finder
- We fixed an issue where importing PDFs resulted in an uncaught exception
- We fixed "The library has been modified by another program" showing up when line breaks change
- 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
- We fixed an issue where some menu entries were available without entries selected
- 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
- We fixed an issue where selecting a citation style in the preferences would sometimes produce an exception
- We fixed an issue where an exception would occur when clicking on a DOI link in the preview pane
- We fixed an issue where XMP and embedded BibTeX export would not work
- We fixed an issue where the XMP and embedded BibTeX import of a file containing multiple schemas failed
- We fixed an issue where writing embedded BibTeX import fails due to write protection or bibtex already being present
- We fixed an issue where pdf-paths and the pdf-indexer could get out of sync
- We fixed an issue where Status-Logger error messages appeared during the startup of JabRef

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