Graphical Java application for managing bibtex (.bib) databases

JabRef for Mac

JabRef 5.14

  -  194 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of JabRef 5.14.


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What's new in this version:

Added:
- We added support for offline extracting references from PDFs following the IEEE format
- We added a new keyboard shortcut ctrl + , to open the preferences
- We added value selection (such as for month) for content selectors in custom entry types
- We added a duplicate checker for the Citation Relations tab
- We added tooltip on main table cells that shows cell content or cell content and entry preview if set in preferences
- Added a formatter to remove word enclosing braces
- We added the ability to add a keyword/crossref when typing the separator character (e.g., comma) in the keywords/crossref fields
- We added an exporter and improved the importer for Endnote XML format
- We added support for using BibTeX Style files (BST) in the Preview
- We added support for automatically update LaTeX citations when a LaTeX file is created, removed, or modified

Changed:
- We replaced the word "Key bindings" with "Keyboard shortcuts" in the Preferences tab
- We slightly improved the duplicate check if ISBNs are present
- JabRef no longer downloads HTML files of websites when a PDF was not found
- We added the HTTP message (in addition to the response code) if an error is encountered
- We made label wrap text to fit view size when reviewing external group changes

Fixed:
- We fixed an issue where entry type with duplicate fields prevented opening existing libraries with custom entry types
- We fixed an issue where Markdown rendering removed braces from the text
- We fixed an issue when the file was flagged as changed on disk in the case of content selectors or groups
- We fixed crash on opening the entry editor when auto-completion is enabled
- We fixed the usage of the key binding for "Clear search" (default: Escape)
- We fixed an issue where library shown as unsaved and marked (*) after accepting changes made externally to the file
- We fixed an issue where drag and dropping entries from one library to another was not always working
- We fixed an issue where drag and dropping entries created a shallow copy
- We fixed an issue where imports to a custom group would only work for the first entry
- We fixed an issue when cursor jumped to the beginning of the line
- We fixed an issue where a new entry was not added to the selected group
- We fixed an issue where the horizontal position of the Entry Preview inside the entry editor was not remembered across restarts
- We fixed an issue where the search index was not updated after linking PDF files
- We fixed rendering of (first) author with a single letter surname. forum#4330
- We fixed that the import of the related articles tab sometimes used the wrong library mode
- We fixed an issue where the entry editor context menu was not shown correctly when JabRef is opened on a second, extended screen
- We fixed an issue where the value of "Override default font settings" was not applied on startup
- We fixed an issue when "Library changed on disk" appeared after a save by JabRef
- We fixed an issue where the Pubmed/Medline Plain importer would not respect the user defined keyword separator
- We fixed an issue where the value of "Override default font settings" was not applied on startup
- We fixed an issue where DatabaseChangeDetailsView was not scrollable when reviewing external metadata changes
- We fixed undo/redo for text fields
- We fixed an issue where clicking on a page number in the search results tab opens a wrong file in the document viewer

Removed:
- We removed the misleading message "Doing a cleanup for X entries" when opening the Cleanup entries dialog