Bug or Feature?

capidamonte · 07-26-2010, 07:50 AM

Found this by accident, but it's repeatable.

On Xubuntu 10.04, 64-bit: launch Calibre -- hit a key (or hold one down) as the window appears. The first book in the list is renamed to whatever you've typed, as if you've hit F2 (but you haven't.)

DoctorOhh · 07-26-2010, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capidamonte

Found this by accident, but it's repeatable.

On Xubuntu 10.04, 64-bit: launch Calibre -- hit a key (or hold one down) as the window appears. The first book in the list is renamed to whatever you've typed, as if you've hit F2 (but you haven't.)

Bug or feature, I don't know, (Windows XP sp3 32bit) but it happens whenever you have any book selected and hit a key that isn't a shortcut. If you select a book by clicking the author field then the author field is momentarily disrupted. Hitting escape pulls you out of the edit. I've tripped over it once or twice and didn't give it a second thought.

kovidgoyal · 07-26-2010, 11:31 AM

If you type non shortcut keys while the book list is selected, they are interpreted as typing and the GUI opens an editor. On my linux system, F2 is apparently the shortcut for opening the editor. As you can see if you press F2 once calibre has finished starting.

capidamonte · 07-26-2010, 06:31 PM

So it's an intended feature.

Not what I expect, personally. It makes the metadata vulnerable (I had to retype my title), and it's only useful as long as your edit involves a non-shortcut key.

I would expect that there was a shortcut to open the metadata editor, as there is, but not for a line selected to be edited simply by pressing a key (which might happen accidentally with some frequency.)

I'd expect a shortcut key to select the line/column and cycle through them, then for any additional key to begin editing. And I'd expect that shortcut key to be non-alphanumeric.

Or, perhaps, if any non-shortcut key opens the first column for editing, that it not replace the text until the next keypress -- this would allow you to press TAB to cycle through the columns (which is how it currently works.)

$0.02

DoctorOhh · 07-26-2010, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capidamonte

Not what I expect, personally. It makes the metadata vulnerable (I had to retype my title), and it's only useful as long as your edit involves a non-shortcut key.

I can't speak to your OS but in Windows instead of retyping the title I just escape out of it and everything is as it was.

capidamonte · 07-27-2010, 03:06 PM

Not at boot. I can escape if I do it accidentally from the keyboard, but if you do it while booting it just gets changed.

It's still weird, even if you can back out.

07-26-2010, 07:50 AM	#1
capidamonte Not who you think I am... Posts: 374 Karma: 30283 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Honolulu Device: PocketBook 360 -- Ivory	Bug or Feature? Found this by accident, but it's repeatable. On Xubuntu 10.04, 64-bit: launch Calibre -- hit a key (or hold one down) as the window appears. The first book in the list is renamed to whatever you've typed, as if you've hit F2 (but you haven't.)

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07-26-2010, 11:31 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you type non shortcut keys while the book list is selected, they are interpreted as typing and the GUI opens an editor. On my linux system, F2 is apparently the shortcut for opening the editor. As you can see if you press F2 once calibre has finished starting.

07-26-2010, 06:31 PM	#4
capidamonte Not who you think I am... Posts: 374 Karma: 30283 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Honolulu Device: PocketBook 360 -- Ivory	So it's an intended feature. Not what I expect, personally. It makes the metadata vulnerable (I had to retype my title), and it's only useful as long as your edit involves a non-shortcut key. I would expect that there was a shortcut to open the metadata editor, as there is, but not for a line selected to be edited simply by pressing a key (which might happen accidentally with some frequency.) I'd expect a shortcut key to select the line/column and cycle through them, then for any additional key to begin editing. And I'd expect that shortcut key to be non-alphanumeric. Or, perhaps, if any non-shortcut key opens the first column for editing, that it not replace the text until the next keypress -- this would allow you to press TAB to cycle through the columns (which is how it currently works.) $0.02

07-27-2010, 03:06 PM	#6
capidamonte Not who you think I am... Posts: 374 Karma: 30283 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Honolulu Device: PocketBook 360 -- Ivory	Not at boot. I can escape if I do it accidentally from the keyboard, but if you do it while booting it just gets changed. It's still weird, even if you can back out.

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