Ctrl-W to close viewer gone in 6.x?

mwexler · 10-15-2022, 12:16 PM

Hi, I was using 4.x for a long time, 64bit, windows 10. The ability to quickly view a book then close viewer, dropping back to main Calibre from the keyboard, was really handy. The V (to view) and then Ctrl-W workflow was easy to do with one hand.

I just got into 6.7.1 (needed support for a new kindle), and lots of little conveniences are different. The focus sometimes seems to default to the search box instead of the book list panel, meaning V doesn't open the book that the cursor might be on. But more confusing is the loss of Ctrl-W to close the viewer.

There doesn't seem to be a Keyboard Preference option for this. Sure, Alt-F4 works, but that's really awkward. Is there a keyboard option to "close viewer" that's not so hand-stretchy?

Thanks as ever for all the work folks put into making this amazing tool.

mwexler · 10-15-2022, 12:19 PM

Got a pointer to look not for "Close" but for "Quit". Ctrl-q is the current shortcut for that. So, I'll try to change it to ctrl-w again, but at least it's solved. Thanks all!

JSWolf · 10-15-2022, 12:44 PM

You really don't want control-w to close the editor because if you are closing tabs and accidentally press control-w once too often, you'll close the editor.

mwexler · 10-15-2022, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

You really don't want control-w to close the editor because if you are closing tabs and accidentally press control-w once too often, you'll close the editor.

Good point, but just using the Viewer as a quick quality check is a different story. In the Editor portion, yeah, I'd be wary of quickly shutting down tabs and leaving a bunch of unclosed tags in my file accidentally.

BetterRed · 10-15-2022, 05:44 PM

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AFAIK the default for Quit the Viewer has always been Ctrl+Q.

So, I suspect your Ctrl+W would have been your customisation.

If you upgraded from 4.? to 6.? on the same machine your customisations should have been retained. Ditto if you used calibre's export/import tools to move you libraries and configuration to another computer.

As has been pointed out, Ctrl+W is most often used for closing the current tab panel in editors, browsers and such like. I use Escape to Quit the Viewer, or Alt+Space, C.

BR

10-15-2022, 12:16 PM	#1
mwexler Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: None yet	Ctrl-W to close viewer gone in 6.x? Hi, I was using 4.x for a long time, 64bit, windows 10. The ability to quickly view a book then close viewer, dropping back to main Calibre from the keyboard, was really handy. The V (to view) and then Ctrl-W workflow was easy to do with one hand. I just got into 6.7.1 (needed support for a new kindle), and lots of little conveniences are different. The focus sometimes seems to default to the search box instead of the book list panel, meaning V doesn't open the book that the cursor might be on. But more confusing is the loss of Ctrl-W to close the viewer. There doesn't seem to be a Keyboard Preference option for this. Sure, Alt-F4 works, but that's really awkward. Is there a keyboard option to "close viewer" that's not so hand-stretchy? Thanks as ever for all the work folks put into making this amazing tool.

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10-15-2022, 12:19 PM	#2
mwexler Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: None yet	Got a pointer to look not for "Close" but for "Quit". Ctrl-q is the current shortcut for that. So, I'll try to change it to ctrl-w again, but at least it's solved. Thanks all!

10-15-2022, 12:44 PM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,037 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	You really don't want control-w to close the editor because if you are closing tabs and accidentally press control-w once too often, you'll close the editor.

10-15-2022, 05:44 PM	#5
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,586 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	AFAIK the default for Quit the Viewer has always been Ctrl+Q. So, I suspect your Ctrl+W would have been your customisation. If you upgraded from 4.? to 6.? on the same machine your customisations should have been retained. Ditto if you used calibre's export/import tools to move you libraries and configuration to another computer. As has been pointed out, Ctrl+W is most often used for closing the current tab panel in editors, browsers and such like. I use Escape to Quit the Viewer, or Alt+Space, C. BR