Error in group interface: Tooltip shown for groups without descrition can be a desription from some other group

[OlafKleinBerlin]

JabRef version

5.15 (latest release, snap-Version)

Operating system

GNU / Linux

Details on version and operating system

Operating System: Kubuntu 22.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.7 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3 Kernel Version: 6.5.0-41-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 @ 3.00GHz Memory: 15,3 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Xe Graphics,

Checked with the latest development build (copy version output from About dialog)

• I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
• I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

1. Load a bibtex file with some groups with description and with some groups without description, e.g. the attached bibtex-file
2. Open the Group interface
3. Move the mouse pointer above the group names and wait for the tooltip to show up. Then, at least some times it holds for groups without description e.g. the Test group 2 without description in the attached file that the description of some other group is shown. This can also be a description from some other bibtex file that has been shown before. Here a screen shot generated with the mouse pointer at group 2:
   

P.S.: I lied when I clicked the I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists box above, since I need my jabref installation for my work and to not dare to risk it by playing around with your latest development version since that may create temporary files somewhere or may do other thinks that may cause problems afterwards if I start JabRef 5.15 again. But, after I spotted this error already in 2023, I decided now to ignore your demotivation for reporting bugs.

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Appendix

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Bibtex-File

@Comment{jabref-meta: databaseType:bibtex;}

@Comment{jabref-meta: grouping:
0 AllEntriesGroup:;
1 StaticGroup:Test group 1 without description\;2\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Subroup 1 of test group 1 without destiption\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Subgroup 2 of text group 1 with descrtiption\;0\;1\;\;\;Description of Subgroup 2 of text group 1\;;
1 StaticGroup:Test group 2 without description\;2\;1\;\;\;\;;
1 StaticGroup:Test group 3 with description\;2\;1\;\;\;Description of group 3\;;
1 StaticGroup:Test group 4 with descriptoin\;2\;1\;\;\;Description of group 4\;;
}

[yeonissa]

Hi @OlafKleinBerlin, I would like to work on this issue. Could you please assign it to me?
Thanks

[OlafKleinBerlin]

Dear @yeonissa,

thanks for your interest in this issue. I am sorry, but it seems that I am not able to assign anyone to this issue, even if I had opened it. I am a normal gitlab user without the corresponding permissions for the JabRef repository.

Dear @Siedlerchr, dear @koppor,
I would be grateful if you could assign @yeonissa to this issue or if you could point out how to proceed for doing this.

Greetings
Olaf

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[yeonissa]

Hi @OlafKleinBerlin, I’ve decided to work on another issue(#11785) with my classmates. Could you please help unassign me from this one? Thank you for your understanding, and I appreciate your support!

[almada39]

Hi, i would like to work on this issue, can i be assigned please? @Siedlerchr @koppor

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[almada39]

Hi! I am still working on this issue, I'm getting somewhere. Could I get reassigned, please? @koppor
Thank you!

[OlafKleinBerlin]

Dear @Siedlerchr, dear all,

Since the problem I described when creating this issue showed up without any removing of a group, I doubt that
a fix for dealing with "Refresh groupTree after removing group" will have solved this problem.
Hence, I would like to ask for reopening this issue.

Many thanks in advance.
Greetings
Olaf Klein

[Siedlerchr]

@OlafKleinBerlin Would you mind testing the latest dev version and check this https://builds.jabref.org/main/ ?

[koppor]

The changelog entry of @almada39 is a bit mis-leading. The code at https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/12815/files does a refresh after all group actions.

[OlafKleinBerlin]

Hello,

   @Siedlerchr thanks for reopening the issue. 

I have just tested the lastest dev version, and the result is that for my test example the problem disappeared but is still there for other files.

I have tested two last dev versions:

• the portable Linux version JabRef-6.0-portable_linux.tar.gz from https://builds.jabref.org/main/ with the description
  "JavaFX 24+29
  JabRef 6.0-alpha.356--2025-03-25--afc71ed
  Linux 6.8.0-56-generic amd64
  Java 23.0.1
  JavaFX 24+29"
• the edge snap version with the description
  "JabRef 6.0-alpha.356--2025-03-25--afc71ed
  Linux 6.8.0-56-generic amd64
  Java 23.0.1
  JavaFX 24+29"

And the result is the same for all both files: Considering the example file discussed in the opening of the issue there seems seems to no tooltip shown for groups without a description. But, loading in addition the bibtex file I inserted below and moving the mouse pointer over the groups whose names starts with "No desc." since there is no description for these groups, it holds at least for some of them that some description text is shown. This text is copied from some other group description. This can also be a group description from the other file.
And to my great surprise it may happen now that after returning to the first file: At least some times it happens that while moving the mouse pointer over a group without a description now some tooltip with some description text is shown.

To my surprise, I am also no longer able to reproduce the problem in the issue description with the example file with the stable snap version i.e. jabref 5.15.60000 3232 latest/stable koppor, but can observe also the problem with the other file. Maybe this is due to some update of my laptop since creating the issue in the summer of 2024 or due to playing around
with snap.

**Other bibtex file example, inserted as .txt file since bibtex files are rejected **and the insertion as code removed the backslashes in the output.

sos-hytop-groups-only.txt

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