Filtering with general fields

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Hi,
I am new to JabRef. I have tried the nice feature ‘General fields’ that allows me to add a custom tab with fields. Nevertheless, I do not see now how to use it. I mean, I would like to see for each new field a column in the table view and be able to order, use it for searching, … is it possible?

Thanks in advance,
Carlos A.

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Indeed, JabRef is full of features, but it maybe difficult, some time, to find how to do things.

To display one of your new fields in the entry editor, goto Options -> Preferences -> Entry table. In the drop-own box, type in the name of your field and click on the + icon. Then you can rearrange the order of the columns.

To search for a value (Myvalue) in a particular field (MyField): in the search box, activate the regular expression search (click on .*) and type in MyField = “MyValue”. More on this at https://docs.jabref.org/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/search .

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Thanks, it works perfectly!