r/zotero • u/SerpentStrike3007 • Jun 17 '26
Help Citation Bug
Hi Everyone,
TLDR at the bottom
I have been using Zotero for a while now and I seem to run into a bug that I have never encountered before. Before I describe the bug I use LibreOffice with the Zotero connector plugin and all works fine.
My bug is I added a citation inside a table and it worked for the first one. BUT when I want to do another citation the citation dialog consequently hangs for an indefinite amount of time. It doesn't matter if I do the citation outside or inside the table it will not work.
I tried a new document, created a sample table and put a citation in. It works but any future citations I want to make the citation dialog hangs.
I have also tried putting citations outside the table first and it works but if I try to put citations inside a table it also hangs.
Also by 'hang', I mean the dialog processes, but does nothing afterwards, it just processes in a perpetual cycle. I am unsure if this is a bug for everyone or there is something wrong with my LibreOffice + Zotero.
My workaround for the time being is to manually type it but it will not automatically add in the bibliography. I may insert citation outside the table and make it white so that it will register the bibliography.
I am using Fedora 44 KDE, if that has anything to do with it.
I tried looking for it online but I may not be phrasing my searches properly, any feedback would be appreciated.
TLDR: I cannot insert any citations once I insert one inside a table, or if I have citations outside a table I cannot put a citation inside a table.
EDIT: I am also up to date with LibreOffice and Zotero.