Group's color not saved

[weimdall]

JabRef 5.2--2020-10-07--4b1b7b4
Linux 5.8.14-arch1-1 amd64
Java 15

• Mandatory: I have tested the latest development version from http://builds.jabref.org/master/ and the problem persists

When I assign a color to a group, it is not saved properly, and not even shown in the list.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Assign a color to a group (Free search expression mode)
   

2. Save, quit JabRef (We can see here that the colors haven't been assigned in the list)
   

3. Start JabRef, color disappeared !
   

Here is a video that shows all my actions :
jabref.mkv.gz

Any idea ? Am I doing something wrong ?

[Siedlerchr]

Maybe relevant: #6374

[mlep]

Bug is present for "Free search expression" group, but not for "Explicit selection" or "Searching for keywords" groups.

[gyowannyqueiroz]

👋 I'm new to the project and looking for a good first issue to get started. I'm curious, why the color property is being stored in the database as an object of javafx.scene.paint.Color type? I got a feeling the color data is lost during serialization but any assumption at this point wouldn't be assertive enough.

[tobiasdiez]

Thanks to @HoussemNasri should be fixed in the latest development version. Could you please check the build from http://builds.jabref.org/master/. Thanks! Please remember to make a backup of your library before trying-out this version.

Thanks @gyowannyqueiroz for your interest but @HoussemNasri was too quick ;-). I'm sure there are other issues that you may find interesting to work on.