"Back" button for search bar?

Phssthpok · 09-25-2016, 01:11 PM

Recently I've been flipping backwards and forwards between two authors that I'm dealing with in parallel, and each time I have to expand the list of authors-beginning-with-X in the author browser, find the author, and then do the same with authors-beginning-with-Y, and then back to authors-beginning-with-X again... The two lists don't stay expanded, so it's a real time-waster.

The search bar itself (the one that says authors:"=Whatever") has a pull-down list that doesn't seem to get updated when I click on an author in the author browser. The "Whatever" changes in the edit box part of it, but doesn't get added to the pull-down. In fact, I have no idea how the half-a-dozen entries that are there got onto the list -- maybe they're ones I put in manually, long, long ago... some of them look vaguely familiar.

This made me think: why isn't there a "Back" button? Or at least, fix it so that every search is added to the pull-down list? (Having "Back" and "Forward" buttons would be the best solution as far as I'm concerned...)

kovidgoyal · 09-25-2016, 01:23 PM

Only searches you type manually are remembered. That is by design, since searches constructed from the tag browser are easy to reconstruct.

If you want to switch between searches, save the search, then you can switch between them with a single click.

copyrite · 09-25-2016, 01:26 PM

There's also a Walk Search History plugin. I find it very useful.

jhowell · 09-25-2016, 02:39 PM

If you create a search from the tag browser (such as looking up an author) you can easily save it in search history by clicking within the search bar so that the cursor is present there and then hitting enter. It will be saved as if you had typed it yourself.

BetterRed · 09-25-2016, 06:16 PM

@Phssthpok - try: '/', Down Arrow

Create a couple of VL's for the two authors (Ctrl+* will create a VL for current search) and flip between them with Ctrl+Left Arrow and Ctrl+Right Arrow.

BR

Phssthpok · 09-26-2016, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhowell

If you create a search from the tag browser (such as looking up an author) you can easily save it in search history by clicking within the search bar so that the cursor is present there and then hitting enter. It will be saved as if you had typed it yourself.

Ah, thanks. That's a good idea.

Phssthpok · 09-26-2016, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Only searches you type manually are remembered. That is by design, since searches constructed from the tag browser are easy to reconstruct.

A back button would be even easier...

Phssthpok · 09-26-2016, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by copyrite

There's also a Walk Search History plugin. I find it very useful.

Thanks, it'll give it a go.

Phssthpok · 09-26-2016, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@Phssthpok - try: '/', Down Arrow

Create a couple of VL's for the two authors (Ctrl+* will create a VL for current search) and flip between them with Ctrl+Left Arrow and Ctrl+Right Arrow.

BR

I have quite a few VLs already, so creating more for ad-hoc uses isn't very appealing. The real problem is, I don't know in advance that I'm going to need to flip back and forth, and I also don't know how long I'm going to keep doing it, so it would hard to know when to create a new VL and also when to delete it.

Phssthpok · 09-26-2016, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by copyrite

There's also a Walk Search History plugin. I find it very useful.

Thanks very much for the tip! I just installed it, and it seems to be exactly what I want. The only problem is that the keyboard shortcuts (Alt-Left, Alt-Right) don't seem to work and I can't figure out why...

copyrite · 09-26-2016, 04:52 PM

As much as I prefer keyboard shortcuts, I've never tried with the Walk Search History plugin. They don't work for me either. I have the icon on a secondary toolbar at the bottom of the screen because I use it so much!

BetterRed · 09-26-2016, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phssthpok

Thanks very much for the tip! I just installed it, and it seems to be exactly what I want. The only problem is that the keyboard shortcuts (Alt-Left, Alt-Right) don't seem to work and I can't figure out why...

Quote:

Originally Posted by copyrite

As much as I prefer keyboard shortcuts, I've never tried with the Walk Search History plugin. They don't work for me either. I have the icon on a secondary toolbar at the bottom of the screen because I use it so much!

Try changing the kb shorts.

Alt+DownArrow (next) and Alt+UpArrow (previous) work for me. And they make more sense.

BR

copyrite · 09-27-2016, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Try changing the kb shorts.

Alt+DownArrow (next) and Alt+UpArrow (previous) work for me. And they make more sense.

BR

That works great.

Less mouse time.

Phssthpok · 09-28-2016, 03:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Try changing the kb shorts.

Alt+DownArrow (next) and Alt+UpArrow (previous) work for me. And they make more sense.

BR

That works. I still don't understand why Alt-Left and Alt-Right don't work -- I'd prefer them for compatibility with web browsers. It says they're not conflicting, but they just don't work; after changing to Alt-Up/Alt-Down I changed them back again to see if they would start working, but they still didn't. So it seems that Alt-Up/Alt-Down is the best solution at the moment. Thanks!

nabsltd · 09-28-2016, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phssthpok

That works. I still don't understand why Alt-Left and Alt-Right don't work

If you have the "Walk Search History" plugin installed and on the menubar or toolbar, it conflicts with those keys.

09-25-2016, 01:11 PM	#1
Phssthpok Age improves with wine. Posts: 558 Karma: 95229 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Kindle Oasis, Kobo Libra II	"Back" button for search bar? Recently I've been flipping backwards and forwards between two authors that I'm dealing with in parallel, and each time I have to expand the list of authors-beginning-with-X in the author browser, find the author, and then do the same with authors-beginning-with-Y, and then back to authors-beginning-with-X again... The two lists don't stay expanded, so it's a real time-waster. The search bar itself (the one that says authors:"=Whatever") has a pull-down list that doesn't seem to get updated when I click on an author in the author browser. The "Whatever" changes in the edit box part of it, but doesn't get added to the pull-down. In fact, I have no idea how the half-a-dozen entries that are there got onto the list -- maybe they're ones I put in manually, long, long ago... some of them look vaguely familiar. This made me think: why isn't there a "Back" button? Or at least, fix it so that every search is added to the pull-down list? (Having "Back" and "Forward" buttons would be the best solution as far as I'm concerned...)

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09-25-2016, 01:23 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Only searches you type manually are remembered. That is by design, since searches constructed from the tag browser are easy to reconstruct. If you want to switch between searches, save the search, then you can switch between them with a single click.

09-25-2016, 01:26 PM	#3
copyrite Wizard Posts: 1,814 Karma: 4985051 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maryland Device: ...lots! ;) mostly reading on a Kindle Voyage	There's also a Walk Search History plugin. I find it very useful.

09-25-2016, 02:39 PM	#4
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,498 Karma: 84420419 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Device: Kindles	If you create a search from the tag browser (such as looking up an author) you can easily save it in search history by clicking within the search bar so that the cursor is present there and then hitting enter. It will be saved as if you had typed it yourself.

09-25-2016, 06:16 PM	#5
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,575 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Phssthpok - try: '/', Down Arrow Create a couple of VL's for the two authors (Ctrl+* will create a VL for current search) and flip between them with Ctrl+Left Arrow and Ctrl+Right Arrow. BR

09-26-2016, 04:52 PM	#11
copyrite Wizard Posts: 1,814 Karma: 4985051 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maryland Device: ...lots! ;) mostly reading on a Kindle Voyage	As much as I prefer keyboard shortcuts, I've never tried with the Walk Search History plugin. They don't work for me either. I have the icon on a secondary toolbar at the bottom of the screen because I use it so much!

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