08-26-2023, 02:59 PM | #1 |
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Viewer scrolling behavior with keyboard keys
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Is there a way to change the default behavior of the keyboard's arrow keys? by default, it goes a page up or page down, which is way excessive, I'd like to set it to half or even 1/3 of a page at time, is there a way to change this setting? |
08-26-2023, 04:06 PM | #2 |
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Hi! Welcome to MR.
Did you check the Viewer Preferences section (Ctrl + ,)? I have attached a screenshot, maybe that helps |
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08-26-2023, 05:12 PM | #3 | |
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That affects mouse wheel only, not the keyboard arrow buttons Not to mention, even with mouse whell, at minimum, it scrolls an entire page, at minimum, way, wayyyy too much |
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That way , the pages have whatever size I want |
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08-26-2023, 05:54 PM | #5 |
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Yeah I understand what you mean, but it's not about the page size...it's about the scrolling
Sorry I don't wanna come off as rude, but I don't understand how I get a better reading experience using Windows Notepad, there I can scroll one text row per tick, image that. Really I don't wanna sound rude but how come a software that's all about the reading experience lacks such a basic thing ? I'm better off copy-paste the text on notepad and read it from there at this point |
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08-26-2023, 05:57 PM | #6 |
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Control + M (Flow mode) doesn't suit you?
(that's a toggle hotkey, actually) |
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Oh THAT's how you do it now I get it thanks ~
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08-26-2023, 07:18 PM | #9 |
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Scrolling is the worst reading experience. Pages were invented over 2,000 years ago. Computers only had scrolling due to lack of memory, stupidity and continuous paper teletypes, from 1950s.
Pagination is far better. Web sites could work like ebooks and would be a better experience. Print preview on a paper size that fits your view window sort of paginates web sites. |
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On topic: does anyone know how to get an 'at a glance' indication of the current mode - e.g. change the button from scroll to a page. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 08-26-2023 at 08:11 PM. Reason: last para |
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To an extent. But scrolling is bad, which is why no physical ebook reader I know does it. Not even the older LCD models.
I've not even looked for studies as it's reviled except by people that have only ever read web "pages". There might not even be a study. It's amazing what is foisted on users with no study. There was originally no study about the Open Dyslectic font. It was an art project. Later studies show that simply being able to change font size and line spacing works better. Dyslectic readers I tested thought the Open Dyslectic font was the worst option and had not previously seen eink ereaders or ebooks. They thought them superior to printed books or web pages. However that wasn't a scientific study. Though the Calibre viewer can paginate or scroll, some ereader apps don't scroll and most have pagination as the default. An autocue is one of the valid applications of scrolling, though experienced narrators prefer pagination and will press the page turn button as they read the end of the page. You can't do decent narration with an autocue on your own, nor use on screen swipe when narrating. Some people have literally been trained to accept scrolling due to historic bad PC application / browser design. Last edited by Quoth; 08-27-2023 at 04:29 AM. |
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I can't tell instantly one mode from the other in my currently preferred setup, which has the Original Dark icon pack, a little changed with some custom resources from other packs. The scroll icon seems to have a slight border when pressed, but this doesn't make it really distinctive. Maybe the modern icon packs make that distiction easier? At one point, after having migrated to use the dark color palette and testing a bunch of icon packs, I decided to go with that one in the screenshots, and override just some icons using the custom resources feature. (this might be related to those Qt limitations for the dark palette, such as it not dealing well with scrollbar CSS rules) Last edited by Comfy.n; 08-27-2023 at 09:46 AM. |
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