Load Zotero interface in a tab or separate chrome window

[dstillman]

Discussed ​http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/136/fullscreen-mode-not-over-tabs/ and ​http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/358/

[dstillman]

I'm not sure how feasible this is, considering the interface is implemented as an overlay...

[dstillman]

The Firebug extension is probably worth looking at here, as it has a button to open the interface in a popup window (which is more or less the same thing, and this would enable that possibility as well).

I think this can be done by abstracting the existing overlay slightly and overlaying it on a placeholder in both the browser window and an independent XUL file.

Some code would have to be adjusted to handle the different contexts, but I believe it should be possible.

Targeting to 1.1 as a major feature

[dstillman]

From Rintze at ​http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/358/:

"There might be a relatively easy workaround. I hope this makes some sense:

You add a preference in Zotero for "Open Zotero in a tab". When checked, the behaviour of Zotero changes to:

• Clicking the Zotero-icon opens a new tab named "Zotero" (if it is not already available). You can do this by just loading an almost empty HTML-file titled "Zotero". This tab is then automatically selected, and Zotero is maximized (but not to Fullscreen Mode, as this would obscure the tab-list).
• If the user selects another tab, the Zotero-pane is removed/minimized, but the Zotero-tab remains. If the user then again selects the Zotero-tab, the pane is maximized again."

[dstillman]

Milestone 2.0 Beta 3 deleted

[simon]

Both of these are now implemented.