Entry editor missing after changing autocompletion settings

[aphalo]

Using 3.3 release (64 bit) under Windows 10 Pro x64 Java 8 91.
Disabled autocompletion and entry editor disappeared immediately (tried C-e, double click and menu icon to no avail). Resetting settings from dialogue did not solve the problem. Neither uninstalling and reinstalling Jabref.

java -jar JabRef-3.3.jar -d all at the command prompt solved the problem.

importing the saved settings from just after the problem started (attached file) reproduces the problem. (My settings have a very long history as I have been using Jabref for ages...).

The bad preferences are in the file below.

jabref.prefs.txt

[lenhard]

@aphalo: Thanks for reporting!

I can confirm that importing the above preferences disables the entry editor. I can add that also importing other working preferences does not make the editor re-appear. Only the solution you described repairs JabRef"s behavior.

Starting from default preferences and disabling auto completion is all that is needed to reproduce this bug.

[matthiasgeiger]

Actually the entry editor is not missing - but due to a bug it has the height of only 1 pixel. As the bug occurs when the preferences dialog is closed even restoring the default preferences was not possible using the UI.

The bug should be fixed in the references PR - please verify using a build from: http://builds.jabref.org/fix-1450/

[DesBw]

I am having this issue in the Mac right now: on the latter builds (Jabref 4).

I was using it fine last week. Suddenly, double clicking the entry in the table doesn't open the editor. It might have sth to do with the java.

[DesBw]

Restarting the computer; nor using the menu or the shortcut are helping. Downgrading to the official release (3.8.2) also doesn't fix it. Completely removed and re-installed it. Still not opening the editor.

This is strange.

[DesBw]

Resetting the Preference fixed it.