You’re talking about the preview. That is not going to change. It is to not 
have to use space for something you don’t often use. This is not really meant 
for copying  cite keys. Can’t you just copy (Cmd-C) an item from the table? 
That is the designated method to copy citations, at least if you have set it up 
this way.

Christiaan

> On 24 Jul 2019, at 11:14, David Nicholls <david.nicho...@anu.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Here is what I see: 
> 
> Without mouseover on cite key:
> <Screen Shot 2019-07-24 at 5.07.12 pm.png>
> 
> On mousover:
> 
> <Screen Shot 2019-07-24 at 5.06.59 pm.png>
> 
> This used not to happen.  Macbook Pro 2018, OSX 10.14.16, Magic Mouse, 
> Bibdesk 1.7.1
> 
> DN 
> 
> David C Nicholls, PhD FAIP
> Post-doctoral Research Fellow
> Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics
> Australian National University
> mob. 0458 901 888
> 
> 
>> On 24 Jul 2019, at 7:00 pm, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I really cannot follow you. We have not changed anything about copying 
>> citations in a long time. And as far as I know we don't have a zoom option 
>> by hovering, just the items from the font edit submenu. 
>> 
>> Christiaan
>> 
>> Op wo 24 jul. 2019 09:15 schreef David Nicholls <david.nicho...@anu.edu.au 
>> <mailto:david.nicho...@anu.edu.au>:
>> Frequently I need to copy the key of a reference from the main data window, 
>> for inclusion in a Latex \cite{}. In recent versions, instead of being able 
>> to select the key with the mouse, when I mouse over the key, it changes to a 
>> scale percentage for zooming the record.
>> 
>> 1. The zoom control is set in a menu option in most other applications
>> 2. Not being able to copy the key without copying the entire line (i.e., 
>> adding a CR) is maddening.
>> 3. Alternatively, the copy cite command option in the Action drop down is 
>> useful but would be better as a single click action, not a drop down option. 
>> It is also rather cumbersome for multiple reference citations.
>> 
>> I'm not sure if this (#2) is a result of hidden changes in MacOS or if it 
>> was a design choice by the developers, but could it please be changed back 
>> to the way it used to work?  Also, the citation key defaults to a small grey 
>> font: could this be enlarged?
>> 
>> DN
>> 
>> David C Nicholls
>> Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics
>> Australian National University
>> 

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