Regression with Unnecessary other field tab (#2002)

[grimes2]

I've observed a regression with #2002. Under certain conditions other fields are not displayed. It's better to undo the commit. Should I add a new pull request to revert the changes?

[Siedlerchr]

Okay, I would say: First create a new PR. Then you could investigate this issue in more detail. Maybe you find the conditions and can add a check then for it.

[grimes2]

Steps to reproduce:

1. File > New Biblatex database
2. Bibtex > New entry > Article (First entry)
3. Bibtex > New entry > Article (Second entry)
4. (Second entry) language field: a
5. File > Switch to Bibtex mode
6. Restart Jabref
7. Doubleclick on First entry
8. Click on Second entry
9. No other field tab with language field

[Siedlerchr]

Okay, I merged your undo PR in. Would you like to investigate if you could find a solution for the problem?

[grimes2]

Investigating the issue shows, that this is a more general problem. Selecting another entry in main table doesn't update the Entry Editor properly. A similar problem as in Invalid field content lost when selecting different entry #1866.

[grimes2]

I found no solution for the problem. But I have a proposal for the "other fields" tab in Bibtex mode. This tab could show all the pure Biblatex fields of a given type. So the "other fields" tab has many fields. A common case is, that some fetched entries contain Biblatex fields. In this case, these fields are reliably displayed also in Bibtex mode.

An entry can also contain other fields, which are ignored by standard bibliography styles.

(Bibtexing - official spec)

[grimes2]

This issue can be closed. The incorrect cache mechanism was removed in #2075. Other fields are now displayed correct.