Jabref: Save actions: better field selection

[koppor]

At "Save sort order" in the same dialog, one can also select a field. I would have expected the same choice for the selection of the fields to apply the save action. Is that possible? Reason: I am too lazy to input the field name manually.

[simonharrer]

Please not that there is the "special field" "all" which applies the save action on all fields.

[Siedlerchr]

I will look into this, Together with #958
@koppor
Edit// When you select a field in the combo box e.g. address, it get's displayed in the text field.
However, it currently does not get displayed on the combobox itself.

[koppor]

@Siedlerchr Yes, I know. That was sort of a quick hack to enable quick selection of common fields, but also the input of arbitrary fields (not contained in the combobox list). Don't know, whether that's possible with a normal JCombobox, too.

[Siedlerchr]

For the sort criterion:
A solution to this would be to use an Editable Combobox (Default Combobox with Editable=true)
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/combobox.html#editable

• Enables the selection of items
• Add new items not in the list of the combobox.
  => This would make the textfield unnecessary.

For the Save Action I would suggest the same solution

[Siedlerchr]

This save sort order selection with the Combobox and the Textfield is also used in the Preferences->Export sorting, it is the same class (SaveOrderConfigDisplay) which is used for both

A rework would then profit in both cases.