Jabref: Groups edit mode still present after restart

[tobiasdiez]

JabRef version latest dev on Windows 10

Steps to reproduce:

1. Activate Groups Edit mode (under Groups Settings)
2. Deactivate it again, everything looks fine
3. Restart JabRef and edit mode is active again

By the way, what is the purpose of this edit mode??

[koppor]

The help talks about double clicking for edit mode.

What does your edit mode describe? Maybe, it is an ancient feature? Does git blame or a gitk --all on the Java class implementing that edit mode give some hints?

Is there a screenshot available?

[lenhard]

This is just some rather old way of assigning entries to groups.

Will be removed with the migration to the new group feature in JavaFx. We have drag and drop functionality for assigning entries to groups.

[matthiasgeiger]

Additional note regarding usability: For assigning multiple entries sequentially in one group using "ctrl" while clicking on the entries to add allows for multiple selection.

[koppor]

Refs #1438

[m-rasheed]

I'm a windows user. I installed Jabref version 3.8.1 from the website https://www.fosshub.com/JabRef.html couple of days ago. I have the same problem described in the question above. What is the solution for this?

[tobiasdiez]

There is no real solution for the moment. We plan to rewrite the groups interface and in the process fix this issue. You might have luck and resetting the preferences may fix it for you.

[m-rasheed]

@tobiasdiez Resetting the preferences solved the problem for me!

[tobiasdiez]

The edit mode is now completely removed.

[zhangkmsjtu]

# Resetting the preferences solved the problem!
I have the same problem described in the question above.
Jabref 3.8.2
win7 64

Steps to reproduce:

Activate Groups Edit mode (under Groups Settings)
Deactivate it again, everything looks fine
Restart JabRef and edit mode is active again

[lenhard]

@zhangkmsjtu Have you tried to reset the preferences as suggested above? Also, as written above, the mode is removed in the next version.