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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
There's no way calibre can know when you edit the file in an external program.
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I think I already said that.
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
Just use edit metadata and drag and drop the cover to refresh it.
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As does Click to open->DragDrop cover.jpg to Book Details
I'll stick with Trim - it's faster.
The Generate Cover plugin refreshes the thumb in the grid, but the Resize Cover plugin doesn't appear to do so (even though the cover is resized) - I would have thought both would write a new cover.jpg
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
Since the down arrow key moves the current item, how is it possible that you are not able to see the last row with it? I cannot reproduce that.
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As I said its only sometimes - but I can make it happen at will - I think
Using a library of 3338 books with a 12/5 grid, gives 278 full rows with 2 in last row.
I progress down the grid fixing covers (with Irfanview, Generate and Resize) using the keyboard to advance and move around the grid, until Page Down sticks on a full row - sometimes the last full row, sometimes the second or third last. If its not the last full row then down arrow will advance to the last full row, but not to the last row with 2 covers.
If the Page Down sticks then the position at which it sticks - last, 2nd last, 3rd last etc - seems to depend on prior actions.
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not get Page Down sticking - I make the first book current, the first Page Down will move current to first book in fifth row - page contents remain as is. The next page down will show the book that was current, at the top of the page, and the first book in the last row displayed will be the new current. If I keep pressing Page Down, the first book in the last row will always be current book and eventually the last row of two books will appear and the first on in that row will be current.
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get Page Down sticking - if I move current book off the last row during the process of moving down the grid, e.g. to generate a new cover with a different picture, and then I resume pressing Page Down, its fairly certain that Page Down will stick shortly before the last row.
Ctrl/End will advance the grid to the very last row of 2 books, as will dragging the slider with the mouse left button down, or rolling the mouse wheel.
Fixing 200-300 covers in this 3338 book library was a heck of a lot easier and orders of magnitude faster than anything else I've tried. 90% of the fixups were via the Generate & Resize plugins, with rest via Irfanview
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