Set/clear/rename fields: append to a field

[buhtz]

The dialog in Quality -> Set/clear/rename fields has no way to append a value to a field.

e.g. I want to add a new keyword to multiple entries without losing the existing keywords.

There is a workaround for that:

Create a keyword-based group containing the expression you want to add and drag the entries onto this new group.

This works but is not the usual way of a user I think.

[Anirudh257]

Hey, I am a newbie and I would love to help you out.

[koppor]

@Anirudh257 Thank you for offering your help. Have you seen https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md? We hope that you have IntelliJ in place. This will help you much.

[tobiasdiez]

@Anirudh257 As a starting point have look at the class https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/7a1b15abb58016b40e21a72124edf9da17cd08f2/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/actions/MassSetFieldAction.java that handles the "Set/clear/rename fields" functionality. If you need further help, just ask here (or create a PR with your initial ideas).

[Anirudh257]

Sure, i will take a look into it.