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by bruceekirk
Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:15 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Drag and drop mishits to groups
Replies: 15
Views: 10208

Re: Drag and drop mishits to groups

I have also been experiencing this same issue on two separate computers with Bookends 13.4.6.

Here's a video example (I already emailed support with my library): https://youtu.be/sfxgYnhsD94 . I made a group called "test," tried to drag a random paper into it, and the paper instead went into the ...
by bruceekirk
Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:39 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Sort by last author
Replies: 7
Views: 4481

Re: Sort by last author

I might play with the AppleScript option. My rationale is best explained by an example — I'm currently working on a grant that incorporates many different polymer chemistry systems; many research groups focus singularly on individual systems, and I mentally organize those by the senior author (to ...
by bruceekirk
Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:14 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Sort by last author
Replies: 7
Views: 4481

Re: Sort by last author

If it would be easier to implement, another option in the Authors/Editors field being "Last...First" instead of "First...Last" would also work (although it might be kind of bizarre). Makes me wonder if there are any feasible workarounds like somehow batch copying the last author name to an unused ...
by bruceekirk
Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:42 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Sort by last author
Replies: 7
Views: 4481

Re: Sort by last author

Thanks for the quick reply, Jon! Much appreciated.

Do you think "Last Author" might ever be added as an independent "Fields to display" column in a future update? I have no knowledge or understanding of software development but wonder if it is possible to implement since the software already ...
by bruceekirk
Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:29 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Sort by last author
Replies: 7
Views: 4481

Sort by last author

I'm relatively new to Bookends, so this may be an amateurish question — is it possible to sort by senior/corresponding author? (Referred to as "Last" in Prefs->Lists->Authors/Editors:First...Last.)

I've done some cursory Googling and looked through the website/forum, but haven't found anything to ...