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I am a bit puzzled by the new import and export window: for me, its content is not about importing and exporting a library, but about the actions taking place when opening and saving a library.
If this content is called import and export, I guess it will be confused with custom import and export, and with the menus file -> import and file -> export.

Note 1: in the new import and export window, the file reformatting section use both save and export, adding to my confusion. My guess is that only save should be used.
Note 2: In Jabref 5.1, in the menu Library -> Library properties, Save is used. Except for the title, which is Export sort order. Confusing. I guess the title should beSave sort order.

@mlep I reworded the tab again to FileTab.
We talked here at JabCon about the difference between SaveSortOrder in LibraryProperties and ExportSortOrder in the PreferencesTab: ExportSortOrder in the Preferences takes effect probably in the custom exporters, while SaveSortOrder has only effect on saving the bib file.

@calixtus Thank for clarifying.
So, if we go with " Options -> Preferences is for default behavior, and Library -> Library properties menu is for a specific file " (as I wrote here: https://docs.jabref.org/setup), I am wondering where to define the default saving order for the library in the Preferences.

In the future, will Options -> Manage custom exports and Options -> Manage custom imports integrate the preferences window? In such a case, an Import and export page in the Preferences will need to be created (and will likely contain the Export sort order).

Happy JabCon20!

Yes, thanks for that thought. Refactoring the preferences is a lengthy process I'm working on since some time now and especially here I was pretty clueless about how to reorder them.
It's exactly as you have described it, the options-menu should present all the general and default options for jabref, the library menu the library-specific options which override the general options.
Obviously, the default SaveSortOrder was abolished in favor of an alphabetical SortOrder, which can be adjusted for every single library via library properties, some time ago.
My plan is to integrate all the options dialogues into one grup-d and also in the more further future to integrate all the library properties dialogs into an unified library properties dialog, so we can abolish the "options" menu at all and move the options->preferences menucommand into another menu (like file).

Thank you for your explanation.
I am recognizing your huge effort in improving JabRef and do not want to be disturbing.

Thank you for your explanation.
I am recognizing your huge effort in improving JabRef and do not want to be disturbing.

The opposite is the case, I'm thankful for critics, feedback and people thinking about the future in this matter.