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@koppor koppor released this 17 Apr 18:17
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We are pleased to announce the release of JabRef version 4.0 beta!

It is a first step to an overhaul of our user interface. Read more at http://blog.jabref.org/2017/04/17/JabRef4-0-beta/.

Changed

  • JabRef has a new logo! The logo was designed by "AikTheOne" - who was the winner of a design contest at 99designs.com
  • Partly switched to a new UI technology ([JavaFX]).
    • Redesigned group panel.
      • Number of matched entries is always shown.
      • The background color of the hit counter signals whether the group contains all/any of the entries selected in the main table.
      • Added a possibility to filter the groups panel #1904
      • Removed edit mode.
      • Removed the following commands in the right-click menu:
        • Expand/collapse subtree
        • Move up/down/left/right
      • Remove option to "highlight overlapping groups"
      • Moved the option to "Gray out non-hits" / "Hide non-hits" to the preferences
      • Removed the following options from the group preferences:
        • Show icons (icons can now be customized)
        • Show dynamic groups in italics (dynamic groups are not treated specially now)
        • Initially show groups tree expanded (always true now)
      • Expansion status of groups are saved across sessions. #1428
    • Redesigned about dialog.
    • Redesigned key bindings dialog.
    • Redesigned journal abbreviations dialog.
    • New error console.
    • All file dialogs now use the native file selector of the OS. #1711
  • We added a few properties to a group:
    • Icon (with customizable color) that is shown in the groups panel (implements a feature request in the forum).
    • Description text that is shown on mouse hover (implements old feature requests 489 and 818)
  • We introduced "automatic groups" that automatically create subgroups based on a certain criteria (e.g., a subgroup for every author or keyword) and supports hierarchies. Implements 91, 398, #1173 and #628.
  • We added a document viewer which allows you to have a glance at your PDF documents directly from within JabRef.
  • Using "Look up document identifier" in the quality menu, it is possible to look up DOIs, ArXiv ids and other identifiers for multiple entries.
  • Comments in PDF files can now be displayed inside JabRef in a separate tab
  • We separated the Move file and Rename Pdfs logic and context menu entries in the General-Tab for the Field file to improve the semantics
  • We integrated support for the paper recommender system Mr.DLib in a new tab in the entry editor.
  • We renamed "database" to "library" to have a real distinction to SQL databases ("shared database") and bib files ("library"). #2095
  • We improved the UI customization possibilities:
    • It is now possible to customize the colors and the size of the icons (implements a feature request in the forum).
    • Resizing the menu and label sizes has been improved.
    • Font sizes can now be increased Ctrl + Plus, decreased Ctrl + Minus, and reset to default CTRL + 0.
  • F4 opens selected file in current JTable context not just from selected entry inside the main table #2355
  • We are happy to welcome CrossRef as a new member of our fetcher family. #2455
  • We added MathSciNet as a ID-based fetcher in the BibTeX -> New entry dialog (implements a feature request in the forum)
  • Add tab which shows the MathSciNet review website if the MRNumber field is present.
  • A scrollbar was added to the cleanup panel, as a result of issue #2501
  • Several scrollbars were added to the preference dialog which show up when content is too large #2559
  • We fixed and improved the auto detection of the OpenOffice and LibreOffice connection
  • We added an option to copy the title of BibTeX entries to the clipboard through Edit -> Copy title (implements #210)
  • The Move linked files to default file directory-Cleanup operation respects the File directory pattern setting
  • We removed the ordinals-to-superscript formatter from the recommendations for biblatex save actions #2596
  • Improved MS-Office Import/Export
    • Improved author handling
    • The day part of the biblatex date field is now exported to the corresponding day field. #2691
    • Entries with a single corporate author are now correctly exported to the corresponding corporate author field. #1497
    • Now exports the field volumes and pubstate.
  • The integrity checker reports now if a journal is not found in the abbreviation list
  • JabRef will now no longer delete meta data it does not know, but keeps such entries and tries to keep their formatting as far as possible.
  • Switch to the latex2unicode library for converting LaTeX to unicode
  • Single underscores are not converted during the LaTeX to unicode conversion, which does not follow the rules of LaTeX, but is what users require. #2664
  • The bibtexkey field is not converted to unicode

Fixed

  • ArXiV fetcher now checks similarity of entry when using DOI retrieval to avoid false positives #2575
  • We fixed an issue of duplicate keys after using a fetcher, e.g., DOI or ISBN #2867
  • We fixed an issue that prevented multiple parallel JabRef instances from terminating gracefully. #2698
  • We fixed an issue where authors with multiple surnames were not presented correctly in the main table. #2534
  • Repairs the handling of apostrophes in the LaTeX to unicode conversion. #2500
  • Fix import of journal title in RIS format. #2506
  • We fixed the export of the number field in MS-Office XML export. #2509
  • The field issue is now always exported to the corresponding issue field in MS-Office XML.
  • We fixed the import of MS-Office XML files, when the month field contained an invalid value.
  • We fixed an issue with repeated escaping of the %-sign when running the LaTeXCleanup more than once. #2451
  • Sciencedirect/Elsevier fetcher is now able to scrape new HTML structure #2576
  • Fixed the synchronization logic of keywords and special fields and vice versa #2580
  • We fixed an exception that prevented JabRef from starting in rare cases bug report in the forum.
  • We fixed an unhandled exception when saving an entry containing unbalanced braces #2571
  • Fixed a display issue when removing a group with a long name #1407
  • We fixed an issue where the "find unlinked files" functionality threw an error when only one PDF was imported but not assigned to an entry #2577
  • We fixed issue where escaped braces were incorrectly counted when calculating brace balance in a field #2561
  • We fixed an issue introduced with Version 3.8.2 where executing the Rename PDFs-cleanup operation moved the files to the file directory. #2526
  • We improved the performance when opening a big library that still used the old groups format. Fixes an issue raised in the forum.
  • We fixed an issue where the Move linked files to default file directory- cleanup operation did not move the files to the location of the bib-file. #2454
  • We fixed an issue where executing Move file on a selected file in the general-tab could overwrite an existing file. #2385
  • We fixed an issue with importing groups and subgroups #2600
  • Fixed an issue where title-related key patterns did not correspond to the documentation. #2604 #2589
  • We fixed an issue which prohibited the citation export to external programs on MacOS. #2613
  • We fixed an issue where the file folder could not be changed when running Get fulltext in the general-tab. #2572
  • Newly created libraries no longer have the executable bit set under POSIX/Linux systems. The file permissions are now set to 664 (-rw-rw-r--). #2635
  • Fixed an issue where names were split inconsistently with the BibTeX conventions #2652
  • Ctrl + A now correctly selects all entries again. #2615
  • We fixed an issue where the dialog for selecting the main file directory in the preferences opened the wrong folder
  • OpenOffice text formatting now handles nested tags properly #2483
  • The group selection is no longer lost when switching tabs #1104
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