Browser extension for Microsoft Edge

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I’ve installed the browser extension on Edge. But when I click it, nothing happens: it just shows JabRef option menu, like this:
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Please note:

  1. I’ve JabRef on desktop open.
  2. The extension has access to data on all sites.

I think the problem is with “Webscocket client not started”. (Please see my reply to this post)

How do I use the browser extension with Edge browser to click and save articles to my JabRef library? Thanks!

2

When I go into Manage Extensions, I see this:

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3

@tobiasdiez Any idea what this means?

4

Are you using a normal left-click on the JabRef icon? I only get this dialog when I right-click.

If this doesn’t solve the problem, please open an issue at Issues · JabRef/JabRef-Browser-Extension · GitHub with a bit more details (Edge version, websites where this occurs etc).

5

Yes, it’s with a normal left click. I see it happens only for the pdf links (please see screenshot). The extension imports the reference for web pages.

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Do you think it is designed to work only with web pages?

6

Yes, it does not work with pdfs as their is no reliable way to extract metadata etc from a PDF.

7

Although the extension does not support metadata extraction from pdfs, the development version of JabRef now supports improved detection and extraction of metadata.
You can get the latest version here: index - powered by h5ai v0.29.0 (https://larsjung.de/h5ai/)
Remember to make a backup of your library before trying out the new version