"New entry from Id" supporting just adding with an id (and not the Id type)

[koppor]

As user, I want to generate an entry based on an Id. JabRef should know the id type by itself. Thus, the drop down "ID type" should be optional. Just reading the id and checking whether it is a valid doi, valid isbn, ... If yes, fetch the entry.

Additon: If an Id is pasted into the table, the entry should be created by the Id.

Old request

In the web search, we have two types of fetchers: The first types are crawlers (like IEEE or Springer) which return multiple entires. The second type are fetchers (like DOIToBibTeX, ISBNToBibTex, or Fetch ArXiv.org) which return a single entry.

Proposal move all single-entry-fetchers to "BibTeX -> New entry". One possibility is to offer a dropdown where the fetcher can be chosen. Next to the dropdown, the id of the entry can be input. Next to it, the button "Fetch" triggers the action.

Current UI

[simonharrer]

Or something similar to "New entry ..." which has a sub-menu with all possibilities. This would help the user find this functionality more easily. Otherwise, it can be so well hidden that no one uses it.

[koppor]

I meant adding at the end of the "Select entry type" dialog. Marked below. I think, there, the users really find the possibility.

[simonharrer]

Hm, I would not integrate this there but rather create a new action in the menu.

[koppor]

Is "there" above the "Cancel" button like

<Fetcher dropdown>  <input field for id>  [Fetch Button]

Example

DOI   10.1007/978-3-642-45005-1_64    Fetch

Then it's the same as I have in mind.

[stefan-kolb]

@JabRef/developers This was done, right? Can be closed then...

[tobiasdiez]

Kind of....it is in the "New entry..." dialog but in #1925 (comment) we said, that we also want to add a new "New entry from ID" dialog. I mark it as after-javafx.

[Siedlerchr]

Thank you for reporting this issue. We think, that is already fixed in our development version and consequently the change will be included in the next release.

We would like to ask you to use a development build from https://builds.jabref.org/master and report back if it works for you.

[tobiasdiez]

There is still no "New entry from ID" dialog. In the best case, this would be implemented as a new button in the toolbar that opens a small flyout pane.

[Siedlerchr]

But in the new entry dialog is an option to enter doi etc

[koppor]

@Siedlerchr Please see the comment #1925 (comment) mentioned by @tobiasdiez:

I'm also in favor of a new menu-item + dialog. This also provides you more room to include a bit more details. My proposal:

Has the advantage that the user need not select the kind of ID he has (most of them are quite distinct and JabRef should be able to tell them apart) and he gets a preview of the entry (which tells him that we put the correct ID in)

[stefan-kolb]

The ID is always correct, i dont See a reason for 2 clicks confirming an Item. I think is good the way it is. We can just add a Dialog solely for the ID. But this way there is no single point of entry... Oliver Kopp <notifications@github.com> schrieb am Do., 14. Juni 2018, 07:29:

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@Siedlerchr <https://github.com/Siedlerchr> Please see the comment #1925 (comment) <#1925 (comment)> mentioned by @tobiasdiez <https://github.com/tobiasdiez>: I'm also in favor of a new menu-item + dialog. This also provides you more room to include a bit more details. My proposal: [image: Image] <https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2b5143db9782ff004b6058a090347d678d40567e/68747470733a2f2f6a61627265662e6d7962616c73616d69712e636f6d2f6d6f636b7570732f343933333139352e706e67> Has the advantage that the user need not select the kind of ID he has (most of them are quite distinct and JabRef should be able to tell them apart) and he gets a preview of the entry (which tells him that we put the correct ID in) — You are receiving this because you are on a team that was mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#550 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACCtQ143h0H59E1eGJDrNQ1XycnA6atGks5t8fSxgaJpZM4G5EN0> .

[CarodePourtales]

Hello, I understand what you want, should I create a new NewEntryAction method for this new button or should I use the one already created used for the classic New Entry but if a type ? Thanks

[tobiasdiez]

The functionality and the code should be moved to a new class. In addition, I would also add a new menu item.

[CarodePourtales]

Thanks a lot, that would you like as a "lookup" because so far I am using entry.toString().

[koppor]

Thank you for providing screenshots!

The identifier should be guessed. Meaning: The ISBN, the DOI, ... classes should be asked whether they can parse the identifier. If yes, the identifier type is found. That should happen directly after pasting. The belonging (fetched!) entry can be displayed inline in the same dialog.

There should be no separate dialog showing the fetched result. The fetched result should be directly inserted into the database and the entry editor should show that entry.

[tobiasdiez]

I agree with @koppor. Please have a look at #550 (comment) for how it should like (approximately).
For the display of the entry, it is probably worthwhile to reuse (reuse, not copy!) the following code:

jabref/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/ImportEntriesDialog.java

Lines 138 to 163 in 9d620f1

	private Node getEntryNode(BibEntry entry) {
	Node entryType = getIcon(entry.getType()).getGraphicNode();
	entryType.getStyleClass().add("type");
	Label authors = new Label(entry.getFieldOrAliasLatexFree(StandardField.AUTHOR).orElse(""));
	authors.getStyleClass().add("authors");
	Label title = new Label(entry.getFieldOrAliasLatexFree(StandardField.TITLE).orElse(""));
	title.getStyleClass().add("title");
	Label year = new Label(entry.getFieldOrAliasLatexFree(StandardField.YEAR).orElse(""));
	year.getStyleClass().add("year");
	Label journal = new Label(entry.getFieldOrAliasLatexFree(StandardField.JOURNAL).orElse(""));
	journal.getStyleClass().add("journal");
	VBox entryContainer = new VBox(
	new HBox(10, entryType, title),
	new HBox(5, year, journal),
	authors
	);
	entry.getFieldOrAliasLatexFree(StandardField.ABSTRACT).ifPresent(summaryText -> {
	TextFlowLimited summary = new TextFlowLimited(new Text(summaryText));
	summary.getStyleClass().add("summary");
	entryContainer.getChildren().add(summary);
	});
	entryContainer.getStyleClass().add("bibEntry");
	return entryContainer;
	}

[GuillaumeD-IMTA]

@CarodePourtales how is it going? Do you need help ?

[tobiasdiez]

There is still no "New entry from ID" dialog. In the best case, this would be implemented as a new button in the toolbar that opens a small flyout pane.

[koppor]

The functionality described by Tobias is #4183.

[koppor]

Current state of the dialog:

[koppor]

Fixed by #8129